About Ownora

On most blockchains, collectibles are tokens inside smart contracts. On Verus, each one is a VerusID — a self-sovereign identity with its own address. When you own a Verus identity, you control a real blockchain identity. No contract can freeze it, censor it, or take it away.

Collections work as namespaces. An identity named OG042.TheOGs is a child of the TheOGs collection. The artwork, traits, and metadata are stored directly on-chain — not on someone else's server.

Explore The OGs from the homepage or the collection page. Filter by traits, check rarity, and find your piece. Each identity has a detail page showing the artwork, attributes, ownership info, verification status, and activity history.

Ownora verifies every identity through two cryptographic checks — collection membership and creator signatures. Look for the verification badges on each identity detail page.

Some collections use encrypted, phased reveals. When a collection first launches, parts of each identity may be hidden — the artwork might show a locked placeholder, traits might be encrypted, or the real name might be replaced by a codename. The creator reveals each layer over time by publishing viewing keys on-chain.

A collection can have up to four reveal phases:

• 1
  Collection Image — The collection thumbnail becomes visible. Before this, the collection shows a generic placeholder.
• 2
  Names — The real display names are revealed. Until then, each identity shows only its codename (e.g. OG042 instead of its true name).
• 3
  Traits — Rarity and attributes unlock. You can now filter by traits and see how rare each identity is.
• 4
  Artwork — The full artwork is decrypted and displayed. This is usually the final reveal.

You can see the current reveal status on any collection page — each phase shows as either Revealed or Encrypted.

Verus has a built-in offer system at the protocol level. There is no intermediary between you and the trade — no platform, no escrow, no contract. Offers and bids are on-chain transactions that the blockchain itself settles. Ownora displays these offers but never processes, holds, or touches any funds.

There are two sides to every trade:

• S
  Selling (Listing) — The owner creates an offer: “I'll give you this identity if you send me X amount.” The identity is locked in the offer until someone accepts or the offer expires.
• B
  Bidding — Anyone can create a bid: “I'll pay X amount for this identity.” The funds are locked in the offer. The identity owner can accept anytime before it expires.

All trading happens directly on the Verus blockchain through your own wallet and the Verus CLI. Ownora is not involved in any transaction — it only displays publicly available on-chain data. You need a Verus wallet with enough funds (VRSC or VRSCTEST depending on the network).

When Ownora displays a price on an identity, the owner has created an on-chain offer directly on the Verus blockchain. You can accept it with takeoffer from your own wallet. The offer transaction ID is shown on the identity detail page.

./verus -chain=vrsctest takeoffer '{
  "txid": "OFFER_TX_ID",
  "changeaddress": "YOUR_R_ADDRESS",
  "deliver": {
    "currency": "vrsctest",
    "amount": 10
  },
  "accept": {
    "name": "OG042.TheOGs@"
  }
}'

txid

The offer transaction ID (from the identity detail page)

changeaddress

Your R-address to receive the identity

deliver.amount

The listed price in VRSCTEST

accept.name

The fully qualified identity name ending with @

To bid on any identity — listed or not — use makeoffer. Your funds are locked on-chain until the owner accepts or the offer expires.

./verus -chain=vrsctest makeoffer '{
  "changeaddress": "YOUR_R_ADDRESS",
  "offer": {
    "currency": "vrsctest",
    "amount": 10
  },
  "for": {
    "name": "OG042.TheOGs@"
  },
  "expiryheight": 1500000
}'

changeaddress

Your R-address (funds return here if the offer expires)

offer.amount

How much VRSCTEST you are offering

for.name

The identity you want, fully qualified with @

expiryheight

Block height when the offer expires (~1 block/min)

If you own an identity and want to sell it, use makeoffer with the identity as the offer and your asking price as the “for” side.

./verus -chain=vrsctest makeoffer '{
  "changeaddress": "YOUR_R_ADDRESS",
  "offer": {
    "name": "OG042.TheOGs@"
  },
  "for": {
    "currency": "vrsctest",
    "amount": 25
  },
  "expiryheight": 1500000
}'

changeaddress

Your R-address (identity returns here if nobody buys)

offer.name

The identity you are selling

for.amount

Your asking price in VRSCTEST

expiryheight

Block height when the listing expires

All offers and bids have an expiry block height. On the Verus network, blocks are mined roughly every minute. Common durations:

When an offer expires, locked funds or identities are automatically returned. No action needed.

Ownora cryptographically verifies every identity through two independent checks:

• Collection Membership — Verifies the identity's i-address is a genuine child of its claimed collection. The Verus protocol enforces parent-child relationships — only the collection creator can mint children under its namespace. A copycat collection will always have a different i-address.
• Creator Signature — The collection creator signs each identity's image hash with their private key and stores the signature on-chain. Anyone can verify the signature against the creator's address — a counterfeit using copied artwork will fail this check because only the original creator holds the signing key.

Together, these two checks prove that the identity belongs to the real collection and that its artwork was placed there by the original creator. No amount of copying contentmultimaps, txids, or viewing keys can fake either check.

When you own a Verus identity, you control it completely. This means:

• The identity has its own blockchain address that you control
• No platform, service, or contract can freeze or confiscate it
• You can transfer, sell, or hold it using any Verus wallet — with or without Ownora
• The identity can hold funds, receive payments, and interact with the Verus network

Soon, creators will be able to launch their own digital identity collections on Verus and have them displayed on Ownora — with encrypted reveals, on-chain traits, and cryptographic verification built in.