THE LADDER

EIGHT SPECIES, ONE POOL

COLONY

TOTAL BORN—

SPECIES—

MARKET NOW—

VOLATILITY—

MARKET STATES

The pool reads its own conditions through Chainlink and classifies them into three states. The state does not change what a swap costs — it changes how far down the ladder that swap is allowed to reach.

CALMvol < 18% · window narrows

WINDY18–45% · base window

VOLATILE> 45% · tail opens

A Mythic Albino has never been born in a calm market. That is not a rule written anywhere — it is what the weights make overwhelmingly unlikely.