Pearl Shell is the daily home of MercyChain — the surface where a long, careful project arrives in your hand. It holds the pearls you have gathered, the people you keep close, and the small exchanges of care that move between you and them. A vessel for what you have collected, and the place from which much else will come.
What lives inside
Your collection — every pearl that has come to you, sorted by the moment it arrived. The people closest to you, surfaced quietly. The actions you can take in a single tap: send a pearl, receive one, request one, or pass your shell to someone in front of you.
How you carry it
Your shell address is yours alone. A short string you can share, scan, or pass to another shell through the SONO Card. You can hold the shell with a PIN, with your face, with your fingerprint. You decide who knows your shell exists.
Speaks when it has something to say
Pearl Shell speaks when you open it, and goes quiet when you close it. The daily ritual is brief by design — a few moments of presence, then the shell returns to rest. It earns your time only when there is something worth saying.
Questions
Everything Pearl Shell answers, in one place.
Open any question for a careful answer. The list grows as we add new
surfaces to the component.
What is a shell? Why call it that, and not a wallet?
A shell is the home of your MercyChain — the place where the pearls you have gathered, the people you keep close, and the small acts you exchange with them all live together. We do not call it a wallet because a wallet is a tool for transactions. A shell is a vessel for what you have collected — and a place from which much else, in time, will come.
Do I need an invitation to use Pearl Shell?
Yes. MercyChain is currently invitation-only, by design. The earliest shells are placed by hand. If you have not received one yet, leave us a name on this page; you will hear from us when the next circle opens.
Can two people share one shell?
No. A shell belongs to a single human being. The bond between you and your shell is held on the device in your hand — by your face, your fingerprint, the small private gestures that make a phone yours.
What protects my shell?
A six-digit PIN that you choose, your phone’s biometric lock if you turn it on, and a deliberate confirmation step before any pearl moves out of your shell. None of these are optional theatre — each one has refused a transaction we did not want to happen.
What is my shell address?
A short string that is yours and only yours. You can share it, scan it as a QR code, or pass it through a SONO Card. Knowing someone’s shell address is what lets a pearl find them. Your address never changes — but how visible it is, is up to you.
Can I send a pearl to someone?
Yes — to anyone with a shell, in a single tap from the home screen. Type their name, paste their shell address, or pick them from the people you have already gathered. A small network fee is taken from your collection so the system can carry the pearl to them.
Can someone send a pearl to me?
Yes, at any time. They will need your shell address, which you can show as a QR code on your screen, send through a SONO Card tap, or share by message. When a pearl arrives, your shell will let you know.
Can I ask someone for a pearl?
Yes. Pearl Shell calls this requesting. You pick the person, name the amount, and add a short note. They will receive a quiet notice; they can accept, ignore, or decline. There is no obligation, on either side.
What does the home screen show me?
A greeting. The full sum of what you carry — called your collection, never your balance. The denominations of the pearls you hold, if you choose to see them. A short row of recent activity. And the people, the SONO Card, and the actions you most often reach for.
What is the small "+" in the middle of the bottom bar?
A door into R2E — the daily ritual where pearls are born. Pearl Shell is the home; R2E is where each new pearl begins its life before it arrives back into the home.
Will my collection appear on someone else’s screen?
No. Your collection is private. What is public is the address of your shell, the parts of your name you choose to share, and the actions a visitor can offer you. Nothing more.
Can I see another person’s collection?
No. Their collection is theirs. What you can see, when you visit a public shell, is their name, the address of their shell, and a small set of actions — send a pearl, request one, add them to your circle, propose a small written agreement.
What is "history" inside my shell?
A record of every pearl that has passed through you — what came in, what went out, when, and to whom. Searchable by name, by address, by date. It is yours, kept inside your shell.
What if I lose my phone?
Sign in on a new phone, with the email or sign-in method you used the first time. The shell is not stored on the device; the device is just where you reach for it. The PIN, the biometric, and — if you have one — the SONO Card hold the door closed while you do.
Can I close my shell?
Yes. Write to us at mercychain@snoxfedc.com. We will close the shell, remove what is yours from our records, and tell you, plainly, what we cannot remove — pearls you have already given to other people leave a small trace on their side, and that is not ours to delete.
Is there a fee to keep a shell open?
No. Holding a shell costs nothing. Small network fees apply when a pearl moves between two shells, taken from the pearl in transit. Holding, reading, gathering — none of those carry a fee.
