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Frequently asked questions
How Sol Picks works — deposits, odds, payouts, fees, custody and resolution. Still stuck? Everything important is on /legal.
Getting started
What is Sol Picks?+
A peer-to-peer prediction market for the 2026 World Cup, on Solana. You stake $SOLPICKS on outcomes; when a market resolves, the winners split the pool. You bet against other people — never against the house.
Do I need a crypto wallet?+
No. Sign up with an email and you get your own $SOLPICKS deposit address instantly. Prefer self-custody? Connect Phantom or Solflare — both paths work, and connecting is never required.
Deposits & withdrawals
How do I deposit?+
Send $SOLPICKS to the unique deposit address shown in your wallet. Arrivals are detected on-chain and credited to your balance automatically.
Do I need SOL for gas?+
No. The platform runs a fee-payer that covers the Solana network fee (and any token-account rent) for your withdrawals, so a deposit wallet only ever needs to hold $SOLPICKS.
How do withdrawals work?+
Withdraw to any Solana address. There are per-transaction and rolling daily limits for safety, and your balance is only debited after the transfer confirms on-chain.
How markets work
How are the odds set?+
By the pools (parimutuel). An outcome’s odds are its share of the total money staked — no order book, no market maker. The more money on a side, the lower its payout multiple.
How are payouts calculated?+
When a market resolves, the entire pool is split among the winning side pro-rata to each stake. Long shots pay more; favorites pay less. The book is always solvent — payouts can never exceed the pool.
How are markets resolved?+
From objective, pre-stated sources (official FIFA results, tournament stats, awarding bodies), posted by a resolver with a dispute window before payouts finalize. If an event is cancelled or a result is unsettleable, the market is voided and every stake is refunded in full.
Fees & token
What does it cost?+
0% platform fee. The only cut is 0.5% of each bet — burned from supply instantly, the moment you place it. No house edge, no rake — the protocol keeps nothing.
What is $SOLPICKS?+
The platform token, launching on Pump.fun — a fixed-supply SPL token you use to stake. The 0.5% burn permanently removes supply on every single bet. Because stakes are denominated in $SOLPICKS, USD value moves with the token. See the token page.
Safety & custody
Is my money safe / is this custodial?+
Email accounts are custodial — we hold an encrypted key for your deposit wallet. Critically, your funds stay at your own address; deposits are never swept into one big wallet. Wallet-connect users fully self-custody.
Could one wallet hold a huge share of supply?+
No, by design. Escrow is sharded into per-market vaults, each hard-capped at 5% of supply, and no treasury wallet accumulates tokens — so no single address ever looks like a whale. See vault transparency.
Can I delete my account?+
Yes — withdraw your balance to zero, then delete your account and all associated data (right to erasure).
Eligibility
Who can use Sol Picks?+
You must be 18+ and in an eligible region — prediction markets are regulated as gambling in many jurisdictions. Please play responsibly; see our responsible-play resources. Nothing here is financial advice.
