Here are more details:

• https://darthcoincitadel.substack.com/p/the-darthcoin-citadel-part-1
• https://darthcoincitadel.substack.com/p/the-darthcoin-citadel-part-2
• https://darthcoincitadel.substack.com/p/the-darthcoin-citadel-part-3

And soon will update with part 4.

Or was it all empirical and trial and error?

Something like that. I like to learn doing new things by my own.