{
  "name": "BlazePhoenix Measured Cases",
  "description": "Empirical measurements from the development and fork-testing of the BlazePhoenix Protocol v1.0.0 (Base, Ethereum, Optimism, Arbitrum). Each entry records a real observed failure mode or performance result that shaped the deployed design. License: citation with attribution and link (© 2026 BlazePhoenix). Reproduce hints reference verified contracts listed at /api/manifest.",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "updated": "2026-07-18",
  "publisher": "BlazePhoenix — https://blazephoenix.xyz",
  "cases": [
    {
      "id": "dead-pool-median-capture",
      "claim": "Two economically dead pools quoting a stale rate (~910) outvoted the one pool holding real depth ($401,000) quoting the true rate (1,633) in a naive count-based median filter.",
      "metrics": { "deadPoolQuote": 910, "honestPoolQuote": 1633, "honestPoolDepthUsd": 401000 },
      "designResponse": "The Capital-Anchored Filter: the median band is anchored on the pool with the largest REAL tokenOut balanceOf, not on quote count.",
      "article": "https://blazephoenix.xyz/learn/phantom-liquidity"
    },
    {
      "id": "phantom-117x-quote",
      "claim": "A thin USDC/DAI V3 pool quoted 117x the honest output for a size it could never absorb: 494k quoted from a pool whose whole book paid 4.2k.",
      "metrics": { "phantomMultiple": 117, "quotedOut": 494000, "poolWholeBook": 4200 },
      "designResponse": "Two-tier capacity clamp (MAX_CONC_DRAIN_BPS = 3000): concentrated quotes are clamped to 30% of the pool's measured tokenOut balance.",
      "article": "https://blazephoenix.xyz/learn/capacity-clamp"
    },
    {
      "id": "thin-pool-27pct-loss",
      "claim": "Routing 89% of a 10,000-unit stable order into a pool holding 6,200 of tokenOut produced a 27% realized loss and ~7,000,000 gas walking the tick ladder — masked as 'surplus' because the floors derived from the already-crushed promise.",
      "metrics": { "orderShareIntoThinPoolPct": 89, "realizedLossPct": 27, "gasBurned": 7000000, "poolHoldings": 6200, "orderSize": 10000 },
      "designResponse": "Input-side clamp: when a quote exceeds a pool's WHOLE holdings, the committed capital is cut in the promise's ratio and the unroutable remainder is swept back to the caller.",
      "article": "https://blazephoenix.xyz/learn/capacity-clamp"
    },
    {
      "id": "even-split-value-destruction",
      "claim": "A 50/50 split between a 790-WETH pool and a 0.34-WETH dust pool returned 1,302 USDC where depth-weighted allocation returned 1,638 — naive even splitting destroyed ~20% of value.",
      "metrics": { "evenSplitOut": 1302, "depthWeightedOut": 1638, "valueDestroyedPct": 20, "deepPoolWeth": 790, "dustPoolWeth": 0.34 },
      "designResponse": "Depth-weighted allocation normalised within unit families (concentrated L vs pair reserves vs pool-quoted out).",
      "article": "https://blazephoenix.xyz/learn/eightfold-dispatcher"
    },
    {
      "id": "thin-v4-family-capture",
      "claim": "A thin Base V4 pool drew ~49% of a 25,000 USDC trade purely for being the only member of its unit family, costing ~31% versus fair allocation.",
      "metrics": { "shareCapturedPct": 49, "tradeSizeUsdc": 25000, "costVsFairPct": 31 },
      "designResponse": "Family-relative depth normalisation, plus capital-mode weighting (by real tokenOut balance) when the survivor set spans multiple unit families.",
      "article": "https://blazephoenix.xyz/learn/eightfold-dispatcher"
    },
    {
      "id": "monoslot-warm-gas",
      "claim": "Folding a pool's full state into one 256-bit word makes scoring a candidate cost a single SLOAD; on a Base mainnet fork the first discovery of a pair pays to learn it and every subsequent swap reads the cached Monoslot, for a consistent ~38% gas saving.",
      "metrics": { "warmGasSavingPct": 38, "storageWords": 1 },
      "designResponse": "The Monoslot: active flag, bridge bit, fee, kind, risk tier, concentration bonus, depth bucket, timestamps, volume EMAs, swap count and blocks packed into one word.",
      "article": "https://blazephoenix.xyz/learn/the-monoslot"
    }
  ]
}