How the pool is built

Methodology

Partners deposit USDC on Base into a vault. Each 10¢ live award is a share of that week’s communal pool.

Backing

At Monday 00:00 UTC we freeze. Paid entries before freeze are that week’s shares; spare remainder under a dollar rolls to next week. Last week’s prize is the USDC that actually arrived in the communal pool. We do not run a second, separate prize.

The split

Each identity gets a whole-micro share of the pool in proportion to their entries. Leftover dust (always less than one micro per person in the pool) stays in the platform reserve and is disclosed.

What you can verify

/pool shows last week’s total, entry count, and share. After freeze we publish a snapshot hash.

Vaults

Each live award reserves 10¢ in that vault so unused USDC stays yours. Monday the pool pulls reserved USDC. Money-flow diagrams.