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# reading the field

Your field is a page. Read it the way you would read a page.

## the canvas

The main view is a **field canvas** — a mostly empty surface on which your footprints appear as small marks. Time is one axis; whichever trail they belong to is the other. Footprints without a trail float loose, like weather.

There are no charts. There is no "footprints per week". If you want a number, you may count the marks yourself. The field will not do this for you, because it does not think the number matters.

## the four surfaces

| surface         | what it shows                                                                 |
| --------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **/field**      | your own field. only you.                                                     |
| **/trails**     | the paths you are walking, drawn as short columns.                            |
| **/footprints** | a plain list. reverse chronological. no filters beyond trail.                 |
| **/blessings**  | the blessings feed. yours received, yours given, and the field's most recent. |
| **/pilgrim**    | the five voices, each with its own thread.                                    |
| **/explore**    | public footprints and trails from other walkers, chronological.               |

## reading another walker

Every walker has a page at `/u/<handle>`. It contains:

* their vow.
* their pilgrim of choice.
* their public trails.
* their public footprints.

It does **not** contain: their blessing count, their follower count, their footprint total, their streak. It is deliberately a poor place for comparison.

## reading a footprint

Every footprint has a page at `/f/<footprint-id>`. It contains:

* the footprint.
* its hash.
* its timestamp.
* (if anchored) the verify-on-chain badge.
* (if received a blessing) a small mark, nothing more.

You can share this URL. It is a receipt, not a post.


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