Creator Earnings

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Creator earnings come from the markets you create. Every time a participant places a position in your market, a portion of that transaction is allocated toward creator-side fees.

Each position generates up to 2.5% of the position amount in creator earnings — equivalent to 50% of the entry fee. This is split into two components: a base reward and an arbitration reserve, each worth 1.25% of the position amount.

Understanding how each works — and when it becomes claimable — is important before launching a market.

The base reward

Each time someone takes a position in your market, 1.25% of the position amount (half of the creator's share) is allocated to your creator earnings. This amount accumulates throughout the market's participation phase.

It does not become available immediately. The base reward is locked until you submit your first settlement. Submitting a settlement — choosing the outcome and beginning the formal resolution process — is what unlocks it.

After submitting your settlement, your base reward appears as claimable in the Earning section. The amount reflects accumulated creator fees from your market.

If you do not settle within the required window, the locked earnings are forfeited to the protocol treasury. They are not returned to you later.

The arbitration reserve

The other 1.25% of each position amount goes into an arbitration reserve held within the market. This pool exists to cover the cost of arbitration if the market's result is disputed and escalates that far.

What happens to the reserve depends on how the market resolves:

• No arbitration. If the market resolves without reaching arbitration — either through a clean settlement, or through a dispute that does not meet the escalation threshold — the reserve is returned to you as part of your creator earnings.
• Arbitration occurs. If the market enters arbitration, the reserve is used as part of that process. It is not returned to you.
• Market is voided. If the market voids — including because you missed the settlement deadline — the reserve goes to the protocol treasury.

Forfeiture

The connection between settlement and earnings is direct: settling on time is what makes your earnings available.

If you miss the settlement deadline:

• your locked base reward is forfeited entirely
• the arbitration reserve goes to the treasury
• the market is automatically voided, and participants receive refunds

There is no partial recovery. This is why timely settlement is the single most important operational responsibility a creator has.

Seed funds

When you create a market, you deposit seed funds into each outcome pool. These funds are recorded as your position in the market — you are a participant as well as a creator.

If your market resolves with a winning outcome, your seed funds in that outcome are included in the payout calculation alongside other participants. If the market is voided, your seed funds are returned along with everyone else's net positions.

This means a creator's financial outcome is tied to the market's result, not just to the fee structure.

Stacking with referral fees

If you are also the referrer for participants in your own market, both fee streams apply simultaneously. In that case, each position from a referred user generates 2.5% creator earnings + 2.5% referral fees = 5% of the position amount — the full entry fee.

Creator earnings and referral fees are tracked and claimed separately.

When earnings become claimable

Creator earnings are held in the market contract and follow a pull-payment model. This means you initiate a withdrawal — the funds do not move automatically.

The base reward becomes available after your first settlement submission. The arbitration reserve, if returned to you, becomes available after the market resolves.

Both can be claimed from the market at that point.