dPRN Console · Operating Doctrine

§1 · What it is

The dPRN Minting Console at /dprn-console is the sovereign-only vault dashboard where digital PRNs are minted at the doctrinal floor of £450 per tonne. Four metric cards at the top, a mint action area in the centre, recent-mints and recent-sales tables in the body, an audit trail on the side, and a settings panel at the bottom.

Every mint requires a confirmation modal — no accidental minting. Every mint is SHA-256 sealed and written to dprn_audit_log. The audit table is append-only by doctrine — refunds add reverse entries; they do not delete originals.

§2 · How to operate it

Mint flow

1. Enter quantity in the centre input. The total preview updates live (qty × £450).
2. Add an optional reference (e.g. "May batch · supplier ABC").
3. Tick "I confirm this material has been verified." The mint button activates.
4. Click ⚡ Mint — the confirmation modal opens with a triangle warning, the total in gold, and "this action cannot be undone."
5. Confirm wallet, enter 2FA if enabled, click Confirm Mint.
6. Toast confirms · clunk sound plays (if enabled) · metrics refresh · audit log updates.

Keyboard shortcuts

Settings (collapsible bottom panel)

• 2FA toggle — adds a 6-digit code requirement to every mint
• Mint sound toggle — the satisfying "clunk" on success
• Email triggers — on mint, on sale, on low stock
• Wallet address — pre-fills the confirmation modal
• Min stock alert — Remaining card turns red when stock falls below

§3 · Functions exposed

§4 · How it helps now

• Mint without spreadsheets. Single source of truth replaces ad-hoc tally sheets.
• Audit-immutable from day one. Every action SHA-256 sealed and timestamped. Append-only.
• Live metrics. Total minted, total value, sold, remaining — refreshed every 30 seconds.
• Settings persist. Your wallet, your low-stock threshold, your email rules — saved per-installation.
• CSV export. Audit trail downloads to CSV for accountant or Companies House inspection.

§5 · How it helps in the future

• Auto-mint queue. Verified Carrot submissions (status=complete in the Watcher) auto-promote into a "Pending Mint" queue. One operator click mints the whole queue.
• Multi-buyer marketplace. The sales table feeds /dprn-exchange — buyers bid above £450; deltas split per Covenant.
• Public verification. Every minted SHA-256 hash gets a public /verify/dprn/<hash> page so any buyer can confirm authenticity.
• Treasury reconciliation. Hourly job reconciles dprn_mints against dprn_treasury to catch any drift between vault and books.
• Whitelabel mode. Same console, scoped to a partner's mint pool — wires into the existing whitelabel_dprn_clients table.

§6 · How to make it better

1. 2FA implementation. The toggle exists; the verification path needs a real TOTP backend (e.g. pyotp) and per-operator secret storage.
2. Refund modal. Stub exists in the spec; the UI flow needs building (button next to completed sales · reason text · audit reverse-entry).
3. Stripe-on-sale. Wire the sales table into Stripe Checkout for direct buyer pay-in (re-use the VMR pattern at /buy-meal-receipt).
4. Sparkline. A 30-day mini-chart on each metric card showing trend at a glance.
5. Mint approvals. Optional second-operator approval flow for mints over a threshold (e.g. 100 t).
6. Email backend. Wire the three email triggers (mint · sale · low stock) into SMTP.
7. Webhook spec. Document the H.BLUE webhook payload publicly so external partners can subscribe.
8. Mint scheduling. "Mint X dPRN every Monday at 9am" — cron-driven, audit-logged.

§7 · Connected MDs

• MD-233 · The Original Carrot — supplier journey upstream.
• MD-435 · Proof Stack — the dPRN sits at the heart of the six proof products.
• MD-453 · The Circularities — Ring 4 (Circularity Credit) is what the Console mints.
• MD-432 · ESG Block £450 doctrine — the floor price defended here.
• MD-458 · Watcher Doctrine — the upstream supplier pipeline.
• MD-459 · Intake Doctrine — the public door.