FAQ
Quick answers on ties, refunds, eligibility, scoring, Consolation Prize, and which tokens make the board.
No. Solarena does not have a token. Do not believe anyone or any site claiming otherwise.
We need at least 5 eligible players to run. If we don't hit that, the arena cancels and everyone gets their entry fee back.
Only if the arena cancels for too few players. Otherwise, no.
In the event of a tie, whoever registered for the arena first wins.
Yes! Swaps happen on-chain from your wallet via Jupiter. Solarena tracks a score that starts at 50 USDC and only counts trades made through the Arena UI. Trades you make elsewhere don't count.
Because trades are real. You spend USDC from your wallet to trade the tokens that count toward your PnL. Keep at least 50 USDC until the arena starts. If you don't, you will be disqualified and your entry fee is forfeited to the prize pool.
Yes. You need at least one counted trade to rank on the final leaderboard and qualify for any prize, including Consolation Prize and Underdog's Jackpot. No trades, no payout.
Your entry fee goes into the on-chain prize vault. Ranked prizes pay automatically after settlement. Consolation Prize and Underdog's Jackpot stay in the vault until that player opens and then claims. Unclaimed prizes after the window roll into the next arena.
If you made at least one counted trade and missed the paid places, you get a capsule. Open it for a drop, Underdog's Jackpot, or nothing. Consolation prizes are paid in a random tokenized stock. You have 30 minutes after ranked prizes pay; if you never open or claim, that SOL rolls into the next arena.
Miss the paid places? You're still in the draw. One random trader outside the paid ranks gets 5% of the prize pool. Opening the capsule shows the room who won. Claiming swaps that SOL into a token. If they never open or never claim, the SOL rolls into the next arena.
After settlement, traders outside the paid ranks are ordered by final rank based on their PnL.
A hash of the final arena results picks the jackpot winner from that list and orders the consolation drops. Nobody can know or influence the outcome while the arena is running, and anyone can check the math afterward. This makes the pick random, deterministic, and fair.
Underdog's Jackpot
underdog index = SHA-256(resultsHash|arenaId|underdog_jackpot), take the first 8 bytes as a number, then modulo the eligible count
Consolation drops
order key = SHA-256(resultsHash|arenaId|consolation_drops|playerId). Sort by that key, lower first. Ties go to the better final rank. Big drops take the front of the list, then small drops.
Bragging rights. Show your @handle on the leaderboard so friends can see you're the best trader, in real-time.
Solarena picks the hottest tokens on Solana, then keeps the 16 that are actually tradable in a 10-minute arena.
Stables, SOL, staking tokens, and tokenized stocks are out. We also drop anything that can still mint or freeze your bag, looks wash-traded, or is mostly held by a few wallets.
Transfer hooks are always banned. Token-2022 transfer fees are allowed as long as Jupiter can still buy and sell. If Jupiter can't route a clean round trip, it never makes the 16.
From the 16 tokens, players vote for their favorites, with the top 12 making the cut. Finally, 2 random wildcard bans are applied, leaving 10 tokens that you can trade throughout the arena.
Congratulations! Paid places land in your wallet automatically after settlement. Consolation Prize and Underdog's Jackpot require opening the capsule, then claiming within 30 minutes. Those pay in a random tokenized stock.