Fees & Rewards

Fee Structure

Total settlement fee 3% of total pool

Creator commission 1% of total pool, or 1.5% for proven creators, on qualifying markets

Platform fee The remainder, 1.5% to 3%

The total is always 3%. Creator commission is taken out of the platform's share, not added on top, so what you receive as a bettor is the same either way.

Creator Commission

A market creator earns 1% of their market's final pool if they act as a two-sided maker. To qualify, at resolution they must still hold an open position on every outcome, each at or above the minimum opening bet, with the smallest side worth at least half the largest.

Creators proven on past volume earn 1.5% instead. A creator is proven once at least three of their other markets have each resolved with 250 HIVE or HBD or more pooled, judged at the moment the market resolves. Hive Engine token markets do not count towards the tier.

Seeding both sides costs the creator money: whichever way the market resolves, the losing side of their own seed is gone. The commission is what pays for that, and it rises with the volume the market attracts. Holding every outcome also means the creator has nothing to gain from the market landing one way rather than another, which matters on manual markets where the creator submits the resolution proof.

Cashing out of an outcome before resolution forfeits the commission for that market.

Referral Rewards

Every account has an invite link on its dashboard, in the form https://hivepredict.app/?ref=your-account. The referrer is recorded on-chain with the referred account's first bet, and only that first bet counts: the referrer must be an existing HivePredict account other than the bettor, and it can never be changed later.

For 90 days after that first bet, each resolved market works out the fee attributable to the referred account as the 3% total fee multiplied by their stake's share of the pool. The referrer receives 25% of that amount and the referred account receives another 25% as a rebate. Both are paid out of the platform's share, so no bettor pays more and creator commission is unchanged. Bets placed 90 days or more after the first bet do not count. Each payout is rounded down to three decimal places. Voided and cancelled markets charge no fee, so they pay no referral rewards.

Fee Cap

The 3% total is capped at the losing-side pool. This ensures that winners always receive at least their original stake back, even when one side dominates the pool. Creator commission is taken from within that cap, so it can never reduce a winner's payout.

When Are Fees Taken?

Fees are deducted at resolution time, from the total pool, before profit distribution. They are never taken from user deposits directly.