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TBT 101
What a TBT is
Transferable Billable Token — anchored on Bitcoin, sailing on Solana, engraved in Arweave.
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Brewing your first TBT
What actually happens when you register a work — the two moments that matter, and what arrives on your phone.
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Setting your royalty
What the percentage means, where the money comes from, and why it locks forever at the first sale.
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Selling a work
Availability states, what the buyer pays versus what you receive, and the full fee breakdown with real numbers.
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Buying a work
What you pay, what arrives, and what you actually own afterwards.
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Making and receiving offers
How offers move, when money actually changes hands, and what the countdown means.
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Transferring ownership
The two-phase card hold, the 24-hour window, and how the new title reaches the recipient.
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Collecting your payouts
Where your money accumulates, how collection works, and what the payout block on your receipt records.
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Fixed royalties, and when to use one
A royalty that does not move with the price — what it protects, and the floor it creates.
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Keeping your work and your money safe
The four things that protect you, and the one that matters most.
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What survives if tbt.cafe disappears
The test the whole architecture is built to pass.
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