Treasury

The treasury is the protocol’s own balance: the one pot on PitchMkt that is not prize money. It covers operational costs and ongoing development. It is a contract, not an account somebody holds — what flows in and out is fixed in code and visible on-chain.

How it is funded

The protocol fee. A 5% fee is applied to the single global pool — all predictions, whether individual or squad, compete in the same pool. This is the treasury’s ongoing source of income.

Rejected disputes. Challenging a published result requires a deposit. If the challenge is rejected, that deposit is forfeited to the treasury. It is not a revenue stream the protocol wants to grow — it exists to make spam disputes expensive. See Results & Disputes.

There is no third source. The treasury never takes a cut of a prize.

Separate from the carry pool

The carry pool is funded exclusively by unclaimed prizes and empty-tier allocations, never by fees — and no carry pool balance ever reaches the treasury. The separation is enforced at the contract level. See Carry Pool.