# GENOPOOL

> Creature racing on Solana. Capture wild specimens with a fully readable on-chain genome,
> breed them deterministically, and compete on provably-fair hourly circuits, a contest of
> skill with transparent math. State and proofs on-chain; physics off-chain and open-source.

Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending .md to page URLs.

## Overview

- [What is GENOPOOL](https://genopool.com/docs/overview.md): A skill-money creature racing game on Solana: the loop, the pillars, and a map of this document.
- [Getting Started](https://genopool.com/docs/getting-started.md): Free onboarding: account, first capture, placement races, field clearances, and the first payment.

## Genetics

- [The Genome](https://genopool.com/docs/genome.md): Twelve loci, four alleles each, diploid: the on-chain data structure every specimen carries.
- [Stats & Morphology](https://genopool.com/docs/stats.md): The eight derived stats, their exact formulas, normalization, and the trade-offs that keep the meta open.
- [Terrain × Morphology](https://genopool.com/docs/terrain-matrix.md): Ten engine biomes, the exact terrain gates, and why the meta rotates every hour.
- [Breeding & Inheritance](https://genopool.com/docs/breeding.md): Deterministic, fully previewable crossing: the legal firewall, the inheritance rules, and the anti-clone economy.

## Species

- [The Eight Species](https://genopool.com/docs/species.md): Species are endemic allele-sampling bias at wild generation, never a stat re-roll. The eight canon families and their locus weight vectors.

## Field Operations

- [The Pool](https://genopool.com/docs/world.md): Concession GP-7: ten containment sectors, the Hollow underworld, the hub. Movement constants, terrain clearances, and world events.
- [Wild Spawns](https://genopool.com/docs/wild-spawns.md): Shared, provably-fair spawns derived from the on-chain hourly seed. Quality ranks Q1-Q4, zone budgets that scale with population, the engagement lock, and the Containment Lasso.
- [Capture & Caging](https://genopool.com/docs/capture.md): The 45-90 s capture loop (100% skill, 0% RNG) and the capture to holding to cage pipeline. The cage is the demographic valve.

## Racing

- [Race Format & Piloting](https://genopool.com/docs/race-format.md): Five parallel lanes, one shared seed, a bit-deterministic 60 Hz simulation, and an energy model where the optimal racing line is a closed-form problem.
- [Ratings, Grades & Creature Classes](https://genopool.com/docs/rating-divisions.md): A dual scoring system (a Glicko-2 piloting license on the account, a homologation class on the creature) joined by a min() rule that closes pay-to-rank from both sides.
- [IGC: Certified Genomic Index](https://genopool.com/docs/igc.md): A ten-axis vector of simulated potential, one sub-index per biome. Pure f(genome), unboostable, and deliberately never a single number.
- [Official Brackets & Matchmaking](https://genopool.com/docs/competition.md): The full tier table (tickets, rake, payouts, grade gates and protected zones) plus matchmaking mechanics, deferred pools, and private lobbies.
- [Race Drops & Field Rewards](https://genopool.com/docs/race-rewards.md): Provably-fair post-race drops (lassos, biome catalysts with a deterministic pity rule, Field Scrip), all obtained by playing, none of them for sale.

## Economy

- [The Two-Currency Economy](https://genopool.com/docs/economy.md): USDC on-chain and Field Scrip off-chain: two sealed monetary domains, the structural non-convertibility wall, all prices, and the list of things money can never buy.
- [The Specimen Transfer Registry](https://genopool.com/docs/marketplace-registry.md): The P2P on-chain marketplace: fixed and auction listings in USDC, the 5 % enforced royalty, the fully public Specimen Card, free genetics tooling, and the outcross loop.
- [Lands and Recovery](https://genopool.com/docs/lands.md): Land parcels as NFTs - recovery stalls that shorten Vitality recharge, weekly shop rotation, visit permits, and the strict listing rule.

## Fairness & Chain

- [Provably Fair](https://genopool.com/docs/provably-fair.md): The bit-deterministic engine, the on-chain seed and proof chain, replays as input traces, the non-custodial escrow, and how anyone can re-verify any race.

## Balancing

- [The Balancing Protocol](https://genopool.com/docs/balancing.md): The simulator is the game engine: harness scale, one-lever discipline, and the nine meta-health metrics.

## Launch

- [Launch Phases](https://genopool.com/docs/launch.md): Genesis pre-sale, 14-day founder early access, and a free public opening announced from day one.

## Optional

- [Species codex](https://genopool.com/codex): corp files for the eight canon species