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2026-09-01 — why local resets did NOT use packages/contracts/.env's VEREX_OPERATOR_KEY

The split was not "secrets in their own file" — it was "the real-network key stays off the local path":

1. That key is the real Sepolia deployer (0xABDB…, nonce 434 upstream). If local resets used it, a shell that had sourced packages/contracts/.env could broadcast a "local" reset to real Sepolia (runbook 0). reset.sh:44 therefore defaults to anvil #0 (0xac0974… → 0xf39F…) and exports it; dotenv in seed.ts never overrides an existing variable, so the file's key loses.
2. anvil #0 is the right local operator anyway: 10 000 ETH, seed strips its 7702 code, faucet/MM/resolution sign as it.
3. The file is still used where it should be: Foundry auto-loads .env from packages/contracts for manual forge script … --broadcast (the testnet path).

${VAR:-default} reads a shell variable, never a file — a .env only enters the shell via source or dotenv.

2026-09-01 change (jay): VEREX_OPERATOR_KEY moved to verex root .env for convenience. Consequences: the local fork is now deployed/operated by 0xABDB… (fund it on the fork before reset.sh; ~32 seed txs); the API warns Operator mismatch until reset.sh re-seeds; safety now rests only on VEREX_RPC_URL being loopback.

2026-09-01 — why approve / seed-news / faucet before a tick

ANVIL_RPC_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8545 pnpm agent:approve
pnpm agent:seed-news
curl -s -X POST -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{"address":"<AGENT_OR_OWNER_ADDRESS>"}' http://127.0.0.1:4000/faucet

• agent:approve — one-time on-chain approvals from the agent EOA: ERC-20 approve (BUY) and ERC-1155 setApprovalForAll (SELL). verex's checkExternalFunds only reads an external maker's balance/allowance; it never approves on its behalf, so without this every BUY fails with insufficient USDC allowance and every SELL with has not approved the exchange for CTF transfers. Two txs → the agent needs ETH first. ANVIL_RPC_URL= prefix because the script reads it from the process env, not .env (bare, it talks to :8545). Idempotent.
• agent:seed-news — estimate() refuses to call the LLM with no news (a prior can't beat a live book), so an empty news store always yields SKIP_NO_ESTIMATE. Seeds use relative timestamps (90/55/20 min ago) to stay inside the 48 h window — rerun before each demo.
• /faucet — MockUSDC mint on the fork. Fund the owner you grant from (the mandate lets the agent pull USDC out of the owner; the 7715 path skips /prepare, which is what funded the owner on 31337) and optionally the agent as a cushion.

Order: ETH → approve → faucet → seed → grant → tick.

Memo

2026-09-09 — anvil default accounts (deterministic dev keys)

Mnemonic test test test test test test test test test test test junk. Public dev keys — never secrets; identical on every anvil. Jayverse deployers: personas → #4, token → #7, defi/others → #0.

1. Sepolia fork anvil (persistent state)

cd /Users/jay/work
set -a; source rabbit/.env; set +a
anvil --fork-url "$SEPOLIA_RPC" --fork-block-number 11609470 --chain-id 11155111 --state ./anvil-sepolia-state.json --state-interval 60

First run creates the state file — keep --fork-block-number to pin the fork block.

Resume — same command, but the file now exists so --state loads it. Drop --fork-block-number (the block env is restored from the file; a mismatch can conflict):

cd /Users/jay/work
set -a; source rabbit/.env; set +a
anvil --fork-url "$SEPOLIA_RPC" --chain-id 11155111 --state ./anvil-sepolia-state.json --state-interval 60

--state = --load-state + --dump-state (load if the file exists, dump on exit); --state-interval 60 snapshots every 60 s so a crash keeps the session. forge test needs no anvil; deploy/study/dev do.

2. verex (API only — root pnpm dev also starts web on :3000)

cd /Users/jay/work/verex
./scripts/reset.sh                      # first time / after deleting the state file
pnpm --filter @verex/api dev            # :4000
curl -s http://127.0.0.1:4000/config    # expect chainId 11155111, tradingEnabled true

3. rabbit (rerun approve + faucet after every reset.sh — USDC/exchange addresses change)

cd /Users/jay/work/rabbit
pnpm dev                                # :3100
ANVIL_RPC_URL=http://127.0.0.1:8545 pnpm agent:approve
pnpm agent:seed-news
curl -s -X POST -H 'content-type: application/json' -d '{"address":"<AGENT_OR_OWNER_ADDRESS>"}' http://127.0.0.1:4000/faucet

4. Test

1. MetaMask → Sepolia, RPC http://127.0.0.1:8545, an account that is not the agent.
2. Fund it: faucet (above) + ETH (below).
3. http://127.0.0.1:3100/live/agent/console → Connect → Grant mandate → MetaMask's own "up to 10 USDC, 60 min" popup.
4. Tick us-federal-stablecoin-law-2026 with a short cooldownSec → expect TRADED … (drawn on-chain 0x…).
5. Tick eth-above-10k-2026 → expect SKIP_EDGE.

Transfer ETH from a private key to an address

cast send <TO_ADDRESS> --value 10ether --private-key <PRIVATE_KEY> --rpc-url http://127.0.0.1:8545
cast balance <TO_ADDRESS> --ether --rpc-url http://127.0.0.1:8545

Example — anvil #0 (0xf39F…2266) → 0xABDB…6d8B:

cast send 0xABDB93C5642f3342D5195fcf8c1A735e32266d8B --value 10ether --private-key 0xac0974bec39a17e36ba4a6b4d238ff944bacb478cbed5efcae784d7bf4f2ff80 --rpc-url http://127.0.0.1:8545
cast balance 0xABDB93C5642f3342D5195fcf8c1A735e32266d8B --ether --rpc-url http://127.0.0.1:8545

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