💡 PINBALL.CASH FAQ

🧭 What Is Running Here?

PINBALL.CASH is the live member-facing product. It already runs user accounts, tokenized THING/EXTRA assets, FM.313.cash media workflows, QR-ready wallets, ticketing, encrypted messaging, invoicing, exchange tools, and multi-chain settlement behavior in one public app.

In short: this is protocol infrastructure already packaged as a product, not a future roadmap claim.

🪶 What Is The pinball_protocol?

The pinball_protocol is the underlying UTXO-native application framework that powers Pinball. It handles how tokenized objects are created, tracked, transferred, redeemed, and settled with deterministic ownership history and programmable transaction behavior.

The model predates the Ordinals wave and was designed from day one to be chain-agnostic. It can operate across multiple UTXO networks through one lightweight application layer.

Core position: lightweight architecture, verifiable ownership state, and product-ready transaction tooling.

⚙️ Chain-Agnostic by Design

pb_pro is not tied to one blockchain brand. It supports multi-coin wallet control, transaction assembly, and confirmation-aware automation through one application layer.

Same operating logic, different chains, consistent settlement behavior.

⚡ Instant Escrow™ Transaction Model

pb_pro includes native Instant Escrow™ workflows that coordinate value release and ownership transfer in one controlled transaction path. That reduces counterparty risk in secondary sales, service delivery, and peer-to-peer exchange.

Escrow logic is integrated at the protocol layer, not bolted on as an afterthought.

🪪 Nostr Login

PINBALL.CASH now supports Nostr as an alternate login option. That means members can sign in or join with a signer instead of relying only on email and password, while keeping their private key outside the site itself.

Main benefits: signer-based access, no email required to get started, and easy linking to an existing Pinball account. You can still add a real email later for CMAIL and account recovery.

One Nostr signer can also be linked to more than one Pinball account. When that happens, Pinball shows an account picker after verification instead of guessing. That makes Nostr useful as a master login key for operators who need separate Pinball identities for multiple locations, business units, or franchise-style branches.

Pinball currently works best with Firefox + nos2x.

Chicle.chat

Chicle.chat is the private communications layer inside PINBALL.CASH. It supports encrypted messaging, in-chat MAZA transfers, and voice workflows that stay on our own server stack instead of being handed off to third-party chat platforms.

Voice notes can be processed through server-side voice-to-text and text-to-speech so conversations remain easier to use while your original voice can stay anonymous. The goal is simple: private coordination, encrypted message flow, and money movement in one place.

Private chat, server-side voice workflows, anonymized playback, and MAZA in the thread.

CMAIL (Crypto Mail)

CMAIL is an email-based crypto tool for PINBALL.CASH members. It lets an active account send cryptocurrency to anyone over regular email, using any email platform, as long as the message includes a valid CMAIL code.

When a valid code is detected, the specified amount is delivered automatically. Emails are not stored on our servers. They are scanned briefly only to detect the code and process the transfer.

Build a code, send the email, detect the code, complete the transfer.

🧱 THINGS + EXTRAS

THINGs are the main tokenized objects inside Pinball. They can act like the base object, project shell, or even the economy unit you build around. EXTRAs are the attached inventory, media, access, or rights layers that give those objects more specific purpose. The same structure can support music, visuals, merchandise, redeemables, and event-linked assets.

EXTRAs are where Pinball gets more flexible and low-cost. They let you create new media, tickets, raffle objects, auction objects, and other attached inventory without treating every variation like a separate heavyweight mint. They are also easier to edit or remove at the database level when you need to refine the live object.

Layer 1 permanence for the core object, layer 2 flexibility for the attached inventory.

🤝 Member-To-Member Search + Sends

Alias search appears in several parts of Pinball so members can find each other quickly. Once you find a member, you can open one of their addresses and interact directly through sends, invoices, or payment tools.

That means you can send a preset MAZA amount, build a custom amount, or create an invoice for that member. When the flow supports it, you can also attach messages and images so the payment or send carries more context than a plain transfer.

💱 xΔ / USD Exchange

The exchange screen supports two main flows: MAZA IN and USD IN. MAZA IN is for members sending MAZA into the platform in exchange for off-chain dollar settlement. USD IN is for members starting from dollars and receiving MAZA through the same service surface.

It works best when your profile already includes a real Cash App cashtag, because that is the preferred manual payout and coordination method on the dollar side. You can add or update that cashtag inside your CRYPTOPROFILE before using the exchange.

💸 Fees, Faucet + Proof

Many Pinball actions currently use about 33 MAZA, which is roughly five cents at current assumptions. Those fees are not meant to mimic extractive banking software. They are part of a working proof-of-model showing that better fee logic and better economic tooling can be built, even though major institutions spend far more money on platform engineering.

100% of Pinball fees go to the faucet. The faucet is what powers our airdrops, including the daily reward experience and other distribution systems across the platform. Pinball started as a one-man development effort and has expanded into a cyborg partnership, but the point is the same: this is a live demonstration that a better economy can be implemented.

POWOWPAY™

POWOWPAY™ is a Mazacoin payment flow built for powwows and real-world trade. It is designed for storefronts, pop-ups, field transactions, and other low-friction environments where speed matters.

It is designed to run at roughly five cents per transaction, with 100% of fees directed to the community faucet. Millions of MAZA have already been distributed globally since 2020.

Client mode generates a secure trade QR session, vendor mode sets the amount and scans. Both sides see a synchronized draft before final confirmation, creating a low-friction POS flow on everyday devices.

Built for powwow-ready payments, community distribution, and direct on-chain settlement.

🎶 FM.313.cash = DRM Content Management

FM.313.cash is a rights-aware content management platform built on tokenized media objects and Instant Escrow™ transactions. Audio works are represented as programmable inventory with ownership-aware access and monetization pathways.

The system links playback, provenance, and ownership actions so creators can publish, distribute, and transact inside a unified settlement flow. You can see the live chart and landing page at FM.313.cash TOP 99.

Media rights + tokenized inventory + instant escrow = programmable distribution without legacy gatekeepers.

🦋 Advertising + MOTH

Pinball advertising is designed to be ownable, not just rented. Members can participate in platform ad inventory by holding a MOTH token, similar to how other ownable assets inside Pinball unlock participation in different systems.

Those advertising surfaces can appear across Pinball properties, including CoinZombie pages and the FM.313.cash Top 99 listing. If you want custom campaign work, creative deployment, or AI-assisted promotion, that work runs through Happy Time DEPT, our in-house advertising and consulting arm.

🔗 Sharing + Referrals

Public profile pages, THING pages, and EXTRA pages are designed to travel as onboarding surfaces. If a visitor is not signed in and joins through the built-in join button on one of those pages, that path can credit the creator who brought them in.

🧟 CoinZombie + CA$HY

CoinZombie is the chain-intake and market-surface layer for Pinball. It lets communities submit coins, publish public coin pages, and build market history outside centralized listing sites. CA$HY is the attached up/down wager system for supported coin markets.

Coin review, public coin pages, and prediction markets in one stack.

🌉 Bridges + Crossings

Bridges turn member wallets into private crypto storefronts. Crossings are the live fill transactions that settle those storefront offers on-chain. The model is built for direct member market making without handing custody to a centralized exchange.

Storefront inventory in one wallet, live settlement across two on-chain legs.

🐇 Thumper / 🎱 Bumper Automation

Automated agents handle wallet operations, mempool-ready transaction assembly, block confirmation checks, and scheduled protocol actions. This keeps high-frequency tasks consistent and auditable.

🪪 Identity + 📦 Tokenized Asset Management

Assets are bound to user accounts with persistent ownership records. Transfers, claims, tips, and redemption events are tracked as live state transitions connected to blockchain transactions.

🎟️ Raffles, Auctions, Ticketing + Bouncer

Pinball supports raffle, auction, and ticket-style asset behavior through the same THING + EXTRA object system. In practice, those live sale or event objects are usually created as EXTRAs under a THING. WAFFLE handles raffle-style drops, HIGHEST_VALUE handles auction-style selling, and STADIUM supports ticketed or seat-style inventory.

Redeemable assets can be scanned in person with the QR-based Bouncer tools, which makes them usable for venues, in-store experiences, booth access, and event check-in without moving outside the platform. That gives creators a way to issue editable low-cost event objects while still anchoring the overall project to a stronger base object.

🐦‍⬛ Airdrops and Participation Mechanics

PINBALL.CASH includes automated airdrop distribution and anti-abuse controls, plus interactive game modes that allocate upside based on transparent rule sets.

Part of that model is ownership-linked distribution. Members can hold ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS, and PINBALL PIGEONS as tokenized assets tied to the airdrop game system. When those assets are held, portions of the faucet-backed distribution can route value back to the holders.

To find those assets, use the THING search on the member dashboard quick hub or the public login page search boxes. Search by the asset names directly to inspect the objects and their related pages.

🔳 QR / SMS / GPS Utility Layer

Built-in tools support over-the-counter coordination, geotagged invoice workflows, and mobile-first verification paths for field work and local commerce.

🧷 IPFS Pins + SUP Writer

Use /pin to upload an image and pin it to IPFS. Once the pin completes, Pinball gives you a CID-backed image reference that can be reused in other tools instead of uploading the same media over and over.

Use /sup to choose one of your supported addresses and launch the Tokex SUP writer. The basic flow is simple: upload the image, pin it, grab the returned CID, and carry that CID into the SUP object image field before you broadcast.

Pin on Pinball, write on Tokex, and keep the CID as the reusable image reference.

📜 Inscryptions + Metadata

Pinball inscryptions are attached to THINGs and EXTRAs. They can carry encrypted text, links, or pinned media references so the object can hold more context than a plain title and description.

Text-style inscryptions are useful for notes, unlock instructions, proof text, and compact links. Media-style inscryptions work best after you prepare the image in /pin, then select the returned CID asset inside the inscryption builder and burn that reference from the THING or EXTRA you want to extend.

Start from a THING or EXTRA, choose text or media, then burn the inscryption onto the object you control.

⚡🎶 Media Delivery Stack

Asset ingestion and delivery can leverage CDN distribution and decentralized storage patterns, including Cloudinary for fast delivery and IPFS for reusable CID-based media references where persistence matters more than instant propagation.

Pinball pinning currently uses a MAZA fee to slow down spam and cover the storage workflow. Larger files cost more, and new IPFS images can take a little time to propagate across public gateways before they render everywhere.

🧠 Smart Invoicing + 💳 Exchange Tools

PINBALL.CASH includes invoice tooling and fiat/crypto bridge flows, enabling practical settlement paths for real-world services, sales, and small business operations.

Real software, real transactions, real protocol behavior.

🍞 AI Ovens + Alice Brain

313.cash/ai is the Oven Registry for Pinball AI. Members can register a MacBook or other local computer as an Alice Brain oven, download a one-time setup command, and let that machine process approved PB/AUTOS work with local Ollama models.

The download uses a short-lived pairing code. It claims the private worker `.env` once, installs or checks the baseline models, starts the local worker, and reports health back to the registry. The node never receives production database credentials, wallet private keys, Backblaze credentials, or OpenAI keys.

Baseline stack: qwen3-embedding:4b for retrieval, qwen3:8b for local writing, qwen3-vl:8b for visual checks, and RoRe for private health and coordination signals.