# Researcher Flow (Claim)

The **Researcher Flow** describes how a whitehat receives a claim ticket and converts it into funds at a wallet of their choice.

## Flow Overview

> Receive ticket → Inspect → Pick wallet mode → Claim

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### Receive the Ticket

The project sends you the claim ticket through your contact channel:

* Telegram or Discord direct message
* Email
* Signal or any other private channel

The ticket is an opaque base58 blob.
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### Inspect the Ticket (No Transaction)

Visit `/claim` and paste the ticket into the input field.

Click **Inspect**:

* Cloak SDK calls `inspectClaimTicket()` locally
* The ticket is trial-decrypted in your browser
* The amount, label, and claim status appear

This step does **not** broadcast any transaction or call any RPC. It is purely local.
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### Choose Wallet Mode

Pick where the funds should land.

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**Option A — Existing Wallet**

* Funds go to your connected Phantom or Solflare wallet
* Suitable for researchers who do not need maximum unlinkability
* Faster, simpler workflow

**Option B — Fresh Wallet (Maximum Privacy)**

* Tirai generates a brand-new keypair in your browser
* A non-dismissible save-key dialog blocks the claim until you confirm storage
* The fresh wallet has **zero on-chain history** — maximum unlinkability

If you select Fresh Wallet, this dialog will appear after you click Claim:

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The dialog cannot be dismissed without confirming you have stored the secret key — Tirai never persists it, so losing the key means losing the funds.
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### Claim the Bounty

Click **Claim**:

* Cloak SDK calls `fullWithdraw()` with the chosen recipient
* The Groth16 withdrawal proof is generated in-browser
* The withdrawal transaction confirms on Solana
* Funds land at the chosen recipient address
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### Privacy Guarantees

When you claim, the funds settle through the Cloak Shield Pool — and the deposit ↔ withdrawal pair is cryptographically hidden.

What this means concretely:

* The project never sees your destination wallet
* A public observer sees only **Cloak Pool → Recipient**, with no link to the original deposit
* If you chose fresh-wallet mode, the destination has no traceable history

The on-chain payment edge between project and researcher **does not exist**.
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