Mementos are Remarkist's digital collectibles, with a key difference from both web2 and web3 digital merchandise. They are created by anyone to commemorate time spent together. And they degrade in real-time.
Every event hosted on Folkic gives its creator the opportunity to craft a Memento, a platform-native digital collectible that marks the event as a creative and community artifact. Mementos are issued alongside sets of editions, each collectible by attendees. They carry their own community chat room, accessible to edition holders, and can be maintained, traded, and composed.
Mementos degrade over time if unmaintained. This is by design. Like a physical ticket stub or a convention badge, a Memento is most alive when it is actively cared for. Maintaining an edition requires KRNL, and degraded editions can be melted or composed into larger, rarer artifacts.
Not a JPEG. Not merchandise. A Memento is proof that you were there and that you care about an experience you had. By maintaining it, your spent KRNL becomes a patronage that supports a creator you admire.
Event creators design Mementos and release them with editions. The host sets the edition count, visual design, and initial conditions.
Any fan can claim one edition from a set as long as they have its passphrase. Hosts reveal these passphrases in different ways: as puzzles to crack, hidden clues, or direct distribution at their events. Claiming sometimes costs KRNL paid to the creator.
Editions degrade over time without maintenance. Restoring them requires KRNL. Active collectors maintain stronger collections.
Every Memento edition includes a chat room accessible to all holders of that edition. These chatrooms are ephemeral. Past conversations are not archived, and the rooms themselves must be actively maintained.