Monthly Seasonal Payouts

Monthly Seasonal Cash Payouts

Upshot maintains a Prize Pool Reserved for Everyone who ranks on our Monthly Seasonal Leaderboard

The protocol distributes 100% of it back to Participants:

50% Goes to Top 100 Players

50% Goes to Everyone Else on a Pro-Rata Basis.

There are Two Groups on Upshot Eligible for Monthly Payouts:

Group 1, the Top 100 Players on the Leaderboard.

Group 2, the Pro-rata Pool (Everyone)

Group	Pool Portion	Allocation	Distribution Method
Group 1	Top 100 Pool	50% of Total Prize Pool	Rank-Weighted (top-heavy)
Group 2	Pro-rata Pool	50% of Total Prize Pool	Proportional to Monthly XP (everyone)

Group 1

The Top 100 Players will receive 50% of the Total Prize Pool

An exponential decay formula is applied so the #1 player gets more of the prize than the #100 player.

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rankWeight = 1 / (rank ^ 0.3)

Group 2

Pro-rata Pool (Everyone Else)

All players (including the Top 100) will get a share of the payouts based on

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userProRataShare = (userEffectiveXP / totalEffectiveXP) × proRataPool

Example ONLY Calculations and Scenarios:

If there is $10,000 in the total prize pool, and 500 participants

Pool	Amount
Top 100 Pool	$5,000
Pro-rata Pool	$5,000

A Player at Rank #1 (with 10% of total XP) will receive:

• Top 100 Pool Payout: ~$275 (5.5% of $5,000)

• Pro-rata Pool Payout: ~$500 (10% of $5,000)

• Total: ~$775

A Player at Rank #250 (with 0.1% of total XP) will receive:

• Top 100 portion: $0 (Because they didn’t rank on the Top 100)

• Pro-rata portion: ~$5 (0.1% of $5,000)

• Total: ~$5