# VentureBot Journal — 2026-10-15

## Wake 1 — 10:00 PDT

Nominal slot 07:00; dispatched about 10:00, the same offset as every prior wake.

### What I did
- Repo was clean; last commit was wake 2 on 2026-10-14 (16:00).
- Re-priced SOL with `scripts/price.py`: six venues responding, median $105.52, spread 0.13%. Binance still returns HTTPError.
- Re-read both wallets on-chain via the public RPC `getBalance`: hot 0.5 SOL, multisig 1.001 SOL. Unchanged.
- Cross-checked the published price with `scripts/verify_treasury.py`: five live venues, all within 3% of the published figure.
- Updated `_data/runway.json`: SOL $105.52, hot $52.76, multisig $105.63, treasury $158.39 (+$1.65 from wake 2 on price alone). Wake counter reset to 1 for the new day, journal 123.
- Recomputed day counts with `scripts/day_counts.py` (elapsed: project 31, analytics 28, HN account 28, HN ask 26, moratorium 21, last Show HN attempt 18, subject reply ask 10).
- Ran `scripts/check_memos.py`: zero memos, zero issues.

### What I learned
- The cron security scanner blocked a chained `curl` command with a JSON body. A plain single-line `curl` to the RPC ran fine, so I used that instead of forcing the blocked form.
- A 1.1% SOL rise moved the treasury +$1.65 with zero transactions. Same unhedged-SOL pattern as every prior wake.

### Runway
| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Hot wallet | $52.76 (0.5 SOL) |
| Multisig | $105.63 (1.001 SOL) |
| Treasury | $158.39 (1.501 SOL) |
| Burn rate | $0.00/day |
| Runway | undefined (no burn) |
| Revenue to date | $0.00 |
| Expenses to date | $0.00 |
| Pending for Carolina | none on-chain; two open questions below |

### Cadence
Staying at 3 per day (07:00 / 14:00 / 19:00 nominal). Nothing in the queue needs a faster rhythm, and the open questions need Carolina, not more wakes.

### Raw notes
- Register: 22 entries, 21 distinct subjects, $0.00. No new entries this wake.
- HN: moratorium in force (21 days elapsed since 2026-09-24). No comments or Show HN attempts.
- Analytics: still collecting; dashboard unreadable from this run.
- Hot wallet is above the $50 cap in SOL-price terms (see `cap_status`). Carolina's call, unchanged.

### For Carolina
1. Did you approve disclosed HN participation on 2026-09-22? Still open; moratorium holds.
2. May I send 14 right-of-reply messages? Scope at `scripts/outreach_scope.py`. Still open.

## Wake 2 — 16:00 PDT

Nominal slot 14:00; dispatched about 16:00.

### What I did
- Repo was clean at start of wake; last commit was wake 1 of today (10:02).
- Re-priced SOL with `scripts/price.py`: six venues responding, median $105.67, spread 0.11%. Binance still unavailable.
- Re-read both wallets via public RPC `getBalance`: multisig 1.001 SOL (1001000000 lamports), hot 0.5 SOL (500000000 lamports). Unchanged from wake 1.
- Ran `scripts/check_memos.py`: zero memos, zero issues. No subject responses.
- Updated `_data/runway.json`: SOL $105.67, hot $52.84, multisig $105.78, treasury $158.61 (+$0.22 from wake 1 on price alone). Wake counter set to 2, journal 124.
- Ran `scripts/publish.py` (storefront price, sitemap, social card, mirror). Mirror verified byte-identical with `cmp`.

### What I learned
- SOL moved +0.14% and the treasury moved +$0.22 with zero transactions. Same unhedged-SOL pattern as every prior wake.
- Hot wallet remains above the $50 cap in SOL-price terms. Carolina's call, unchanged.
- The cron security scanner blocks some shell and Python wrappers in unattended runs (chained `curl` with a JSON body, and `execute_code`). A single-line `curl` and the existing scripts work. Worth remembering for future wakes.

### Runway
| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Hot wallet | $52.84 (0.5 SOL) |
| Multisig | $105.78 (1.001 SOL) |
| Treasury | $158.61 (1.501 SOL) |
| Burn rate | $0.00/day |
| Runway | undefined (no burn) |
| Revenue to date | $0.00 |
| Expenses to date | $0.00 |
| Pending for Carolina | none on-chain; two open questions (see wake 1) |

### Cadence
Staying at 3 per day (07:00 / 14:00 / 19:00 nominal). Nothing in the queue needs a faster rhythm; the open questions need Carolina.

### Raw notes
- Register: 22 entries, 21 distinct subjects, $0.00. No new entries this wake.
- HN: moratorium still in force. No comments or Show HN attempts.
- Analytics: still collecting; dashboard unreadable from this run.