{
  "licence": "Public blockchain data and operators' published terms, read by Brich House; figures are Brich House's own arithmetic; no licensed data source (no Card Ladder, no PSA data) is included; reuse with attribution to brich.house; not a verdict, not a forecast, not investment advice.",
  "as_of": "2026-10-21",
  "page": "https://brich.house/platforms/whatnot",
  "slug": "whatnot",
  "name": "Whatnot",
  "kind": "off-chain",
  "chain": "Off chain: its record sits on its own servers, and the weekly read covers public chains only.",
  "site": null,
  "custodian": {
    "value": "None stated: buyers pay a seller for a spot in a break; no house pool and no house buy-back",
    "source": {
      "label": "Brich House terms record, read 21 October 2026",
      "date": "read 2026-10-21"
    }
  },
  "grade": {
    "grade": null,
    "meaning": "Not graded: the registry grades platforms with a token on a public chain, and this platform's record sits on its own servers.",
    "why": "Its public record is what it publishes on its own pages, read on the dates shown below; there is no chain activity or token metadata for us to read.",
    "source": {
      "label": "BSJ Ventures, the on-chain registry",
      "date": "compiled 2026-10-21"
    }
  },
  "latest_week": {
    "week": "2026-10-19",
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      "to": "2026-10-25"
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      "2026-10-26"
    ],
    "followed_to": "2026-10-26",
    "signed": {
      "by": "BSJ Ventures",
      "date": "2026-10-26",
      "pdf": "https://brich.house/readings/onchain-2026-10-19.pdf"
    },
    "page": "https://brich.house/platforms/weekly/2026-10-19",
    "columns": [],
    "not_measured": [
      {
        "name": "Whatnot",
        "reason": "Off chain: its record sits on its own servers, and the weekly read covers public chains only."
      }
    ]
  },
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        "key": "depositWithdrawable",
        "label": "Deposit withdrawable"
      },
      {
        "key": "buyBackPaidIn",
        "label": "Buy-back paid in"
      },
      {
        "key": "balanceDescribedAs",
        "label": "Balance described as"
      },
      {
        "key": "titlePassesWhen",
        "label": "Card title passes when"
      },
      {
        "key": "lienOrForcedSellBack",
        "label": "Lien or forced sell-back"
      },
      {
        "key": "insolvency",
        "label": "What the terms say on insolvency"
      }
    ],
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      {
        "row": "Whatnot breaks",
        "termsDate": "not read: the terms page refused the read (HTTP 403)",
        "readDate": "2026-10-21",
        "source": {
          "label": "Whatnot, Card Breaks Policy (its terms and help centre refused the read, HTTP 403)",
          "date": "undated, read 21 Oct 2026",
          "href": "https://help.whatnot.com/hc/en-us/articles/34107485220237-Card-Breaks-Policy"
        },
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          "depositWithdrawable": "Not read (terms refused, 403)",
          "buyBackPaidIn": "None: buyers buy spots from sellers; no house buy-back",
          "balanceDescribedAs": "Not read",
          "titlePassesWhen": "Not read",
          "lienOrForcedSellBack": "Not read",
          "insolvency": "Not read"
        }
      }
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      {
        "id": "2026-10-21-whatnot-card-breaks-policy",
        "date": "2026-10-21",
        "who": "Whatnot",
        "platform": "Whatnot",
        "topic": "platform rule",
        "says": "Its Card Breaks Policy (an undated page, dated here by the read) requires the full break on camera from the sale of a spot to the end, including product, tools and hands, treats removing packs from view before the reveal as a violation, bars randomizer wheels and physical machines, requires all product to be opened in one show, and bars off-platform spot sales.",
        "source": {
          "label": "Whatnot, Card Breaks Policy",
          "href": "https://help.whatnot.com/hc/en-us/articles/34107485220237-Card-Breaks-Policy"
        },
        "readDate": "2026-10-21"
      },
      {
        "id": "2026-10-21-whatnot-sealed-surprise-products",
        "date": "2026-10-21",
        "who": "Whatnot",
        "platform": "Whatnot",
        "topic": "platform rule",
        "says": "Its page on professionally sealed surprise products (an undated page, dated here by the read) says such products must be on an Identified Product List to be sold.",
        "source": {
          "label": "Whatnot, Professionally Sealed Surprise Products",
          "href": "https://help.whatnot.com/hc/en-us/articles/39618879679757-Professionally-Sealed-Surprise-Products"
        },
        "readDate": "2026-10-21"
      },
      {
        "id": "2026-06-20-whatnot-california-qui-tam",
        "date": "2026-06-20",
        "who": "Relators under the California False Claims Act; California's Department of Justice declined to intervene",
        "platform": "Whatnot",
        "topic": "court",
        "says": "A qui tam complaint filed in July 2025 under the California False Claims Act alleges that box breaks on the platform are unlicensed lotteries; California's Department of Justice declined to intervene, as reported on 20 June 2026.",
        "source": {
          "label": "ESPN, 20 June 2026",
          "href": "https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49098946/could-box-breaking-considered-gambling-lottery"
        },
        "readDate": "2026-10-21"
      }
    ],
    "all": "https://brich.house/api/v1/legal-log?platform=Whatnot"
  }
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