the more you deposit, the bigger your share of future players' 40%
Send ETH to the pot, that's the only way in. Every deposit splits instantly: 50% to the pot, 10% protocol fee, 40% to older players (everyone who got in before you).
To qualify (to reset the clock and defend the pot) your deposit must be at least the floor. The floor starts at 0.01 ETH and ratchets up ×1.01 after every qualifying deposit. The longer the game runs, the pricier it gets to defend.
Every qualifying deposit resets a 4-hour clock. When the clock runs out with a leader standing, the game can be finalized by anyone, not just the leader.
The leader is the last qualifying depositor. When the game is finalized, the leader wins the whole pot, 50% of every deposit ever made, plus rolled-in shares.
Your 40% older-player share is claimable immediately, mid-round. The moment someone after you makes a qualifying deposit, your slice lands in your balance and you can claim it right then, no need to wait for the round to end. The only reward that waits for finalize is the winner's pot. Three actions only: deposit, claim rewards, finalize.
40% of each deposit is shared among earlier depositors, pro rata according to how much they deposited. When you deposit does not matter, just your share of the pot.
There is a non-transferrable placeholder token in the pool to facilitate the Uniswap v4 mechanics, it is not a player reward or tradeable.
Originally inspired by FEES by Apex_ether, as well as fomo3d, a lot of previous onchain ponzis, and a lot of design iterations we went through at Yeet. We stand on the shoulders of giants.