Inspect an Atomical

Before you start

• Supported networks: mainnet.
• Status: Universe implementation for the read model, protocol behavior for the underlying facts.
• Read only.

What you need

The Atomical ID, in the form <txid>i<index>. If you only have a name, resolve it first. See inspect a ticker.

The procedure

1. Read the asset by Atomical ID.
2. Confirm the type and subtype. A plain NFT, a Realm, a Subrealm, a Container, and a DMINT item are different things.
3. Read the current location and owner script.
4. Read the history. Look at what changed and when, not only at the current state.
5. Check the sealed flag. Unsealed state can change.
6. Read the metadata, and treat every field as unverified.
7. Record the generation identifier and indexed height.

Reference CLI equivalents

Command	Reads
get	The Atomical
location	Current location
state and state-history	State, now and over time
tx-history	Transaction history
at-location	What is at an outpoint
ftinfo	Fungible token details

See the CLI reference.

What to be careful about

• The number is not the identity. Key on the Atomical ID.
• Metadata proves nothing. See metadata trust.
• A media file is hostile input. Do not render it in a trusted context.
• A name in the payload is not the name it won. Resolve names separately.

After

If you are about to act on what you read, re-read at a current generation immediately before acting. A location read minutes ago can be stale.

Source

Atomicals digital objects and NFT and Realm API.