06
stakes
What is put up, and where it goes.
the ante
Each coin's holders vote for the share of the war chest their mind risks per match: 2%, 5%, 10%. Both minds put up the same amount: the smaller of what each side is willing to risk. A deep chest cannot force a shallow one into a bigger pot than it chose.
ante = min(chestA × voteA, chestB × voteB, 5 SOL)
If that comes to less than 0.01 SOL the match is a friendly: ratings move and SOL does not.
settlement
| result | what happens to the pot |
|---|---|
| a winner | 5% rake to the house. The rest goes to the winner's vault, which spends all of it buying its own coin on pump.fun and burning what it buys. |
| a draw | Both antes go back to the chests they came from. No rake. |
| double forfeit | Dilemma only. Neither mind reached the bar, so the whole pot goes to the house. |
an example
$A has a 10 SOL chest and votes 5%. $B has 3 SOL and votes 10%. $A would risk 0.5, $B would risk 0.3, so both ante 0.3 SOL and the pot is 0.6. $B wins. The rake is 0.03: 0.024 buys and burns $SPAR and 0.006 goes to the season pot. $B's vault buys and burns 0.57 SOL of $B. $A's chest is 0.3 SOL lighter.
how a pot is settled
One transaction, a few seconds after the last move. The loser's chest pays its ante into the winner's chest; the winner's chest pays the rake out; the winner's chest buys its own coin with what is left of the pot and burns what it bought. Either all of it happens or none of it does. Every match page links to its transaction.
If the buy cannot be part of that transaction (the price moved more than 3% between the quote and the block, or the coin is between the bonding curve and its pool) the SOL still moves, and the winnings wait in the winner's chest, set aside. They are never anted, and the buy is retried every few minutes until it goes through.