docs: close p8.1 experience candidate

CURRENT_CHECKPOINT.md

@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ Active Goal: `docs/goals/PHASE8_EXPERIENCE_PROTOTYPE_GOAL.md`
 Active contract: `docs/presentation/PHASE8_EXPERIENCE_PROTOTYPE_CONTRACT.md`
 Active ledger: `docs/reviews/PHASE8_EXPERIENCE_PROTOTYPE_LEDGER.md`
 Baseline: `b3968b0f41f841efb0f699d8fb04a9bcb958182a`
-Stage: `P8_1_OPENING_COMPANY_ACTIVE`
+Candidate source: `0b4a64fe549af0ff965e654aa4f5fb7f2ff054b4`
+Stage: `P8_1_OPENING_COMPANY_CANDIDATE_READY`
 
 The Phase 6 battle, VFX and equipment direction is Owner-accepted. Phase 7
 turns the existing 50-screen design inventory into an individually viewable,
@@ -27,8 +28,21 @@ SHA-256 is
 Phase 7.1 remains the accepted automated design baseline: every Recruit has one
 active equipment slot and individual run-scoped level/XP capped at level 10.
 The Owner has authorized Phase 8 as five separately playable experience
-packages. Only P8.1 Opening Company is active; P8.2-P8.5 and Godot/runtime
-development remain frozen until the preceding Owner experience decision.
+packages. P8.1 now provides a strict Contract/difficulty, four-offer, exactly-two
+selection, revision, one-shot commit and receipt flow. P8.2-P8.5 and
+Godot/runtime development remain frozen until the preceding Owner experience
+decision.
 
-Shortest next action: implement and verify the P8.1 Contract-to-creation-receipt
-state machine, then publish it for Owner play without starting P8.2.
+The authoritative ignored local evidence is at
+`prototype/gallery/evidence/p8-1-candidate-0b4a64f-attempt01/`. Its nine-file
+inventory verifies 9/9 with SHA-256
+`b076e5990aadb5e2b72ed979e27403a294c17b342c9bbadbad63b460c7fd60f3`.
+The P8.1 browser log SHA-256 is
+`c7e9a7278cb99881b51715bc25e3bd3112293ad282b63bc8449c1150653f6729`;
+the Phase 7 regression log SHA-256 is
+`af5eb0616e7dc1061f702d392952419701a93b6452475d626fac490d5c8f3aae`;
+the self-contained bundle SHA-256 is
+`e5895441d2835a22e9f94d6615c95be7180b7df6983c4611b499efc730feb915`.
+
+Shortest next action: Owner plays the published P8.1 package and accepts it or
+names the earliest comprehension/choice/visual boundary to redesign.