PoolTogether

PoolTogether is a prize savings protocol, enabling you to win by saving.

1. Deposit USDC for a chance to win
2. Participate in daily prize draws
3. Withdraw your deposit any time - even if you don't win!

Every dollar you deposit gives you a chance to win prizes. The more you save, the higher your odds!

PoolTogether is one of the first and most widely used DeFi (Decentralized Finance) applications and has been live for over three years. Since its inception, the protocol distributed over $5 million in prizes to depositors. The luckiest winner so far deposited $74 and won over $40,000.

How does it work?

This is possible because prizes are made up of the interest that accrues on all deposited funds:

• 🏦 Users deposit into the network
• 📈 Yield accrues on all deposits
• 🏆 The yield is randomly awarded as prizes to the users.

PoolTogether is

PoolTogether is a Prize Linked Savings account powered by the blockchain. It's:

Provably fair

Prize draws at PoolTogether are transparent: anyone can confirm who won, when, and why.

Globally accessible

The protocol empowers everyone to save. It offers a level playing field where every user enjoys the same conditions.

Fully non-custodial

No one but you has access to your deposited funds. PoolTogether is non-custodial, meaning users can redeem their money from the pool at any time.

Open-source & secure

The protocol is made up of computer software: smart contracts living on the blockchain. The code is open-source for everyone to verify and validate. On top of that PoolTogether undergoes regular audits.

Decentralized

PoolTogether is user-owned and user-driven. Control over the protocol rests in the hands of the community holding the POOL token.

Growth Flywheel

The key to PoolTogether's growth and long term sustainability is large prizes. Large prizes attract more deposits which create bigger prizes attracting more deposits. This is the growth flywheel for PoolTogether.

The PoolTogether protocol will reach escape velocity when

1. Prizes are large enough to organically attract new depositors and
2. depositor consistently win enough small prizes to remain engaged and economically better off than a traditional savings account.

However, the protocol has a "cold start" problem. Large prizes are needed to get deposits but to get deposits we first must have large prizes. Two mechanisms help overcome this, reserve capture and POOL token distribution.

The POOL Token & Kickstarting the Growth Flywheel

The POOL token solves the cold start problem. At the early stages, the distribution of the POOL token serves as an additional incentive to deposit into the protocol when prizes are not yet large enough to achieve escape velocity. People initially deposit primarily to receive the POOL token but these deposits create larger prizes and grow the reserve. Larger prizes begin to trigger organic growth. As organic growth increases and becomes self-sustaining the distribution of the POOL token can be reduced.