How it works

One question, from ask to payout.

No feed, no algorithm. Someone asks, the public puts weight behind it, a reporter or creator delivers, and the pool behind it pays out. Here's the machinery.

01 · Ask

A question is posted

For any public figure or creator. It exists once, for everyone.

02 · Back it

Vote or trade

VOTE · iOSTRADE · web

Demand becomes a ranking, and a price.

03 · Claimed

Trading freezes

A reporter takes the question. The answer can't be front-run.

04 · Settled

The pool pays out

Answered on camera. The treasury splits and holders claim their share.

01 · Ask

A question is posted

For any public figure or creator. It exists once, for everyone.

02 · Back it

Vote or trade

VOTE · iOSTRADE · web

Demand becomes a ranking, and a price.

03 · Claimed

Trading freezes

A reporter takes the question. The answer can't be front-run.

04 · Settled

The pool pays out

Answered on camera. The treasury splits and holders claim their share.

The full system, step by step

System diagram

One question, two surfaces, ringfenced by design.

The market side comes first here because it is the part people ask about. One answer settles both.

The question

“Why was the inspector general's report released with 40 pages redacted?”

A question exists once. Ranked by money behind it, and by number of backers.

TRADE IT

BACK IT

Trade it · web

Opt-in USDC market on Base. Never inside the app.

A market opens on the question

Each question gets its own bonding-curve market. Price starts at $0.70 per share and moves from the very first trade.

$0.70 open / $1.33 at $1k / $2.45 at $5k / $25.26 at $500k

Buys fund the pool

No buy fee; buying is the action that funds journalism. Every dollar in sits in the reserve, and price climbs the curve as the pool grows.

reserve = curve integral, at all times

Trade the demand

Sell in and out any time as demand moves. A 0.5% sell fee comes out of the seller's payout, never the reserve. There is no yes or no, no counterparty, and no outcome to be right about.

A claim freezes trading

When a reporter claims the question, trading stops. The answer cannot be front-run.

Settle or expire

On delivery, holders claim the pool pro-rata by shares. Unanswered markets expire, 21 days by default, and the pool returns to whoever still holds.

payout per share = pool / supply

RINGFENCEDRINGFENCED · POOLS NEVER SHARE LIQUIDITY

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Free utility. No wallet, no crypto knowledge, no money required.

Ask

Anyone posts a question for a public official, a creator, or a public figure.

Vote

200 free votes a day. Paid votes cost $0.10 each.

Demand surfaces

The most-backed questions rise. That ranking is the signal reporters and creators act on.

The treasury builds, then splits on delivery

Paid votes pool into a treasury held for the answer. It splits only when the work is delivered.

50 / 25 / 10 / 15

50% reporter or creator25% voters10% asker15% platform

The answer

A reporter gets the answer on camera, or a creator makes what the audience funded. One answer settles both sides.

REPORTERS WORK FROM THE APPTHEY TAKE NOTHING FROM ANY MARKET POOL

Every question appears in both places, but the app shows only the app treasury. Keeping the two pools separate keeps the free product simple and contains regulatory exposure.

The mechanics

Price is demand, made visible.

Every market runs on a bonding curve. Shares start at $0.70 and the price climbs as the pool grows, deterministically, with no order book and no counterparty. Buy free of fees, sell any time for 0.5%. When a reporter claims the question, trading freezes so the answer can't be front-run.

$0 pool$0.70

$1k pool$1.33

$5k pool$2.45

$50k pool$7.69

$500k pool$25.26

Share price at each pool size. Early conviction earns a real edge, not a free ride.

Put a price on the question.

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