Economy
Every way Creds move on this site. All numbers below are pulled live from current settings.
In one paragraph
You start with 0 Creds. You can claim 0 more each day. You earn Creds when other people upvote your work or when your prediction stake wins. You spend Creds when you upvote, post, or stake. There is no cash out and no plan to add one until the system is proven fair.
Ways to earn
| How | Amount | When |
|---|---|---|
| Daily credit | 0 | Once every 24 hours, when you load the site logged in |
| Someone upvotes your story or comment | 0.02 – 10 per vote | Lands in your balance after a 24-hour delay |
| Win a prediction stake | Stake back + share of losing pool | After resolution + 48-hour challenge window |
| Own a prediction someone else stakes on (creator cut) | 2.00% of the losing pool | At resolution |
| Claim and complete a bounty | The full bounty pool | When the bounty's author accepts your evidence |
Ways to spend
| What | Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Upvote a story or comment | 0.02 – 10 | Click-and-hold; full 10-second hold = max |
| Submit a news post | 0 | Same cost for link or text post |
| Create a poll | 0 | Needs 20 lifetime earned to unlock |
| Create a prediction | 0 deposit | Returned if your final ruling is upheld; forfeited if overturned |
| Stake on a prediction | Whatever you put down | Click-and-hold left mouse = Agree, right mouse = Disagree |
| Create a bounty | Whatever you fund the pool with | Returned only if you cancel before anyone claims |
Daily limits
- You can post a maximum of 1 things per day across news, polls, predictions, and bounties combined.
- You can claim the daily credit only once every 24 hours.
- Per-action cooldowns also apply (a few seconds between votes, a couple of minutes between submissions). They exist to slow bot abuse, not to slow real users.
House and creator cuts
When a prediction resolves, the losing pool is split:
- 1.00% goes to the house account. It funds moderation, hosting, and seeding bounties.
- 2.00% goes to whoever wrote the prediction.
- The rest is paid pro-rata to the winning stakers.
Reputation gates
A handful of actions are gated by lifetime earned (a counter that only goes up):
- Flag content - 31 lifetime earned.
- Vouch a killed story - 31 lifetime earned.
- Create a poll - 20 lifetime earned.
Buying Creds
Buying Creds with crypto is planned. It is not live yet. Until it is, the only ways to get more Creds are to earn them by playing or to claim the daily credit.