Changelog

All notable changes to Earned: Self Found. Versions follow Semantic Versioning: MAJOR for changes that break saved data or the witness protocol, MINOR for new features, PATCH for fixes.

[Unreleased]

[1.0.0] - 2026-09-29

First release.

Rules

• Immediate disqualification for completing a trade where anything changes hands, bidding on / buying out / listing an auction, taking items or gold from mail sent by another player, and guild bank or Warband bank withdrawals.
• Runs are marked Unverified for play time the addon didn't see (checked against /played) or when installed on a character that already had play time.
• Warning banner above trade, auction, mail and bank windows.

Tracking

• Deaths, kills, quests, levels, trades, auction house activity, mail.
• Gold ledger: income by source (looted gold, quests, vendor sales, mail/auctions, other) and spending by category (vendor, repairs, training, flights, fees, given away).
• Net worth: gold plus the vendor value of bags, equipped items and bank, with peak value.
• Items looted, sold and destroyed.

Integrity

• Hash-chained event log and a seal over all saved data; editing the saved file outside the game disqualifies the run.
• Witnesses: players running the addon in the same guild or group exchange status heartbeats every minute and keep records of each other. Sharing is always on.
• Crash recovery: play time lost to a game crash is recovered when witnesses heard from the addon right up until the crash. Each recovery lists the witnesses who confirmed it.
• Witness Record: witnesses remember which hours of your played time they heard your addon in. When anyone checks you, all answers are combined into a bar ("36 of 42 played hours witnessed by 27 players"), a plain verdict (Well / Partly / Barely witnessed) and named flags (saw a disqualification, saw you online without Earned). It's calculated by the person checking, never self-reported.
• Flags: witnesses flag a player whose addon said DISQUALIFIED and later claims fewer violations, or who was online without the addon for 10+ minutes. Flags are signed, shared with every witness, re-announced when the player is around, and shown in tooltips once 2+ players reported them, even if the player's own addon claims CLEAN or stays silent. They never change anyone's status.
• Who was there: witnesses tell you when they saw your level-up or death, and your log shows who.
• Chat-command protection: the addon works on a private copy of its data that /run can't reach, exposes no global handle, and checks every /played response. A sealed copy is saved every 15 seconds and on every violation, so disconnects lose almost nothing.
• Closing the game, disconnects and loading screens: the time the server keeps the character in the world is recognised and not held against the run. Untracked time where the character did something counts, even when it's short.
• Players are identified by their full WoW: Forever name (first name and surname), shown everywhere in the addon; you never witness yourself.
• Player profiles: search for any player (with suggestions) or click one to see what your addon recorded over time, and ask every other witness in your guild and group what theirs recorded. Also /sf check <name> and "My profile".
• Online without Earned: witnesses record when a player known to run the addon is online but their addon sends nothing for 5 minutes. It's shown in profiles, the witness list and tooltips.
• Bank watch: if the bank's contents ever differ from how the addon last saw them, the bank was used without the addon, and the run becomes Unverified.
• Unforgeable sightings: heartbeats carry a token derived from a per-run secret key. Crash recoveries need a sighting that echoes a real token. A token-proven disqualification that was lost to a crash is restored.
• /sf preview shows the disqualification alert without saving or sharing anything.
• Griefing protection: other players can never disqualify you or make you Unverified. What witnesses report is recorded by name and shown, never enforced. Messages from players outside your guild or group are ignored.
• Share my run: a summary with a verification code to paste anywhere. Check a shared run: paste one and that player's profile opens with the run's claims next to your records, their witness record and any flags.

Interface

• Native-style window with Overview, Ledger, Log and Witnesses tabs.
• Minimap button, addon compartment entry, player tooltip status, /sf.