Cases
Layouts are collector infrastructure: a presentation layer for ordinals, designed to be shown in vitrines, albums and showrooms. Layouts may be empty shells or verified as “full” based on proof.
Case types (current)
- Standard Case — general ordinal collector case (unbound, supports pack/unpack via viewer).
- Flickerbox Case — member presentation object (may be bound by policy / verification).
- Rare Sat Case — proof-based display (two-asset proof: case + sat).
- Rare Sat Hardcase — a stricter/premium variant (planned).
Cases as collector infrastructure (not members-only)
OrdiFi cases are designed as infrastructure for the broader ordinals community. Membership adds identity and premium presentation, but the base collector tooling is intended to remain accessible.
- Cases are mintable layouts even without content.
- Content display can require proof, depending on clayout type.
- Showroom surfaces exist to curate and exhibit cases (vitrines, albums, suitcases).
Verification model (full vs empty)
A case is a distinct object (its own inscription/ID). “Full” status depends on proof requirements for the case type. This prevents confusion in secondary markets: a case can exist without verified content.
- Primary ID: the case itself.
- Contained IDs: the ordinal/sat IDs.
- Status: verified full vs empty.
Recursive layout standard (v1 minimal)
OrdiFi uses a minimal layout manifest that composes inscriptions with simple transforms. The manifest is generic: it does not know what the content “is” (mouse hole, window, case label, etc.). It only applies:
- scale (uniform or explicit)
- x, y placement
This keeps the standard flexible and broadly useful for recursive compositions beyond OrdiFi.
Pack / unpack (viewer behavior)
Packing/unpacking is a display linkage used by OrdiFi’s collector tooling. A case can remain tradeable even when “packed”; unpacking is the user-controlled process to remove the display content.
For strict binding (e.g., immutable burn-in), a separate bound case flow may exist, where content is burned into the case at mint time and cannot be changed.
Serial + QR overlays (production note)
Cases can include a serial + QR overlay layer. Serial overlays can be pre-rendered and pre-inscribed so mint flows can reference them immediately. This supports predictable presentation and verification UX.