🧾 source-verification-log.md
⭐ The rule for this log
The entries below are the earlier AI-assisted account of checks on October 5, 2026. They are preserved as historical reports. The dated audit below states what Codex rechecked directly.
📄 Source 1
- 🏢 Who: OpenTweet
- 📰 Title: X API Pay-Per-Use Explained
- 📅 Date: updated July 2026
- 🔗 Link: https://opentweet.io/how-to/x-api-pay-per-use-explained
- 🗂️ Type: article
- 💬 What it says: X charges $0.005 for each post you read. The free plan ended for new users on February 6, 2026.
- 🔍 How I checked: I opened the page. I read the price table and the line about February 6.
📄 Source 2
- 🏢 Who: rsimik (a GitHub user), on the twikit project
- 📰 Title: ClientTransaction broken as of March 18 2026: Couldn't get KEY_BYTE indices (issue #408)
- 📅 Date: March 18, 2026
- 🔗 Link: https://github.com/d60/twikit/issues/408
- 🗂️ Type: bug report
- 💬 What it says: X changed its website code. The free scraper twikit stopped working.
- 🔍 How I checked: I opened the issue. My robot showed the same error on my Mac.
📄 Source 3
- 🏢 Who: Bitcoin Magazine
- 📰 Title: Lightning Labs Launches Wavelength: "Bitcoin on Easy Mode" for Developers and Autonomous Agents
- 📅 Date: July 22, 2026
- 🔗 Link: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/technical/lightning-labs-launches-wavelength-bitcoin-on-easy-mode-for-developers-and-autonomous-agents
- 🗂️ Type: article
- 💬 What it says: Lightning Labs released Wavelength. It is a kit that adds Bitcoin payments to apps.
- 🔍 How I checked: I read the date and the first paragraph. A Bitcoin Magazine reporter (@JuanSGalt) posted it on X that day. That post is on the July 22 card.
📄 Source 4
- 🏢 Who: Litecoin Project
- 📰 Title: Litecoin Core v0.21.5.6
- 📅 Date: August 2, 2026
- 🔗 Link: https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/releases/tag/v0.21.5.6
- 🗂️ Type: software release
- 💬 What it says: A maintenance release. It makes the MWEB checks stronger.
- 🔍 How I checked: I read the release date on GitHub (August 2, 2026). @litecoin posted the same thing that day.
📄 Source 5
- 🏢 Who: The Block
- 📰 Title: DogeOS launches testnet to bring EVM smart contracts to Dogecoin
- 📅 Date: September 30, 2026
- 🔗 Link: https://theblock.co/news/ecosystems/2026-09-30-dogeos-launches-public-testnet-dogecoin-zk-rollup-evm-417307
- 🗂️ Type: article
- 💬 What it says: DogeOS is a layer 2 for Dogecoin apps. Its public test network opened on September 30.
- 🔍 How I checked: The date is in the web address. Decrypt and crypto.news reported it the same day.
📄 Source 6
- 🏢 Who: seraphis-migration (Monero developers)
- 📰 Title: FCMP++ & Carrot beta stressnet v3.0
- 📅 Date: September 25, 2026
- 🔗 Link: https://github.com/seraphis-migration/monero/releases/tag/v0.19.0.0-beta.3.0
- 🗂️ Type: software release
- 💬 What it says: The third Monero test network for FCMP++ was released. It started on October 5.
- 🔍 How I checked: I read the release date on GitHub. @monero posted on October 5 that it is live. That post is on the October 5 card.
✅ Claim check
| 💬 Claim | 📄 Source | 🔎 Exact words | 🏷️ Status | ✂️ Keep, fix or drop |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| X's API costs money to read posts | Source 1 | "Read a post" costs "$0.005 per post returned" | ✅ verified | keep |
| X's free API plan is gone | Source 1 | "On February 6, 2026, X made pay-per-use the default pricing model for its API and discontinued the free tier for new developer signups." | ✅ verified | keep |
| The normal twikit download is broken | Source 2 | "Twitter changed their ondemand.s.js structure so the regex in transaction.py no longer matches." | ✅ verified | keep |
| July 22 matters for Bitcoin Lightning | Source 3 | Lightning Labs released Wavelength | ✅ verified | keep |
| August 2 matters for Litecoin MWEB | Source 4 | release v0.21.5.6 published 2026-08-02 | ✅ verified | keep |
| September 30 matters for Dogecoin layer 2 | Source 5 | DogeOS public testnet launched September 30 | ✅ verified | keep |
✂️ Claims I fixed or dropped
❌ Dropped
"X search only gives posts from the dates you ask for." This is false. My test asked for July 22. X gave back a Monero post from October 5. Now the robot checks every date itself.
🔧 Fixed
"September 25 is the big Monero day." The release was on September 25. But the network started on October 5. So the October 5 video covers Monero's big day.
October 11, 2026: source audit and corrections
Checked by Codex in this session. These are new checks, not claims that KJ personally repeated them.
| Entry | Source and method | Finding | Limitation or action |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Opened X's official pricing, read operations table. | Ordinary post reads are listed at $0.005 each. | Replace vendor pricing as the primary evidence. Drop the unsupported exact free-tier-end date. Prices and credit eligibility can change. |
| 2 | Opened twikit issue 408. | A dated transaction-code bug was reported. | Narrow the claim to the reported version/time. Do not claim every current install is broken. This session did not repeat the old full fork security review. |
| 3 | Attempted the historical Bitcoin Magazine URL. | The browser research tool could not fetch the article. | Keep as historical/unconfirmed in this audit. Do not use it alone to certify Wavelength's launch date. |
| 4 | Opened Litecoin's release; checked GitHub release metadata. | Published 2026-08-02T15:17:39Z. Notes concern MWEB validation. | A release source supports this release, not every social post about it. |
| 5 | Opened DogeOS's issuer announcement. | Public EVM-compatible testnet announced September 30. | Issuer claim; does not independently prove bridge security, production adoption or mainnet launch. A URL date alone was insufficient verification. |
| 6 | Opened Monero beta release; checked release metadata. | Published September 25. It schedules an October 5 stressnet fork at block 3,102,800. | Distinguish release date, scheduled test fork and observed activation. It does not prove mainnet activation. |
| 7 | Opened Lightning Labs overview. | Describes channels anchored to Bitcoin and off-chain payment routing. | Supports the mechanism, not every performance promise or news post. |
| 8 | Opened Ark protocol documentation. | Describes virtual outputs, server coordination and different in-round/out-of-round assumptions. | Check the named implementation before reporting its status. |
| 9 | Opened Litecoin Foundation MWEB explanation. | Explains optional confidentiality and extension blocks. | Its 2022 release-candidate announcement does not establish current wallet or security status. |
| 10 | Searched the official ASD site; attempted to retrieve the standard. | Official descriptions identify a controlled technical language. | Direct full-standard retrieval was blocked. This audit does not certify dictionary/rule compliance. |
Revised claim: all covered upgrades are layer 2s → name each mechanism separately. Revised claim: quiet today means no news → no sampled posts passed these filters. Dropped claim: the September 30 date in a URL alone verifies a launch → read an original dated announcement.