Pots

A pot is the heart of kapiche: a prediction question with two sides, like Yes or No, that people call and then watch resolve.

Every prediction on kapiche is a pot. Someone asks a question with a clear answer in the future ("Will it rain in SF this weekend?", "Will BTC close above $80k Friday?"), lays out the sides, and sets a close time. You make a call by picking a side. When the pot resolves, everyone who called it right is on the record.

Two kinds of pot

Pots come in two flavors, depending on what you are putting behind your call.

Public points pots

Play-money pots that anyone can find in the Discover feed. You call them with free points for fun and to build your track record. Points are never shown with a dollar sign and can never be cashed out.

Private real-money pots

Pots you run with people you know, using your own USDC on Solana. These are private and live inside a Circle or an invited group, never the public feed. 18+.

Points are not money

Public pots are play money. Real-money pots use your own USDC, stay private, and pay out player to player. See Real money with friends.

How a pot is created

Tap create and the wizard walks you through it. Real-money pots carry a sky-blue REAL badge and a few extra requirements; points pots are quicker and public by default.

Write the question

State a prediction with a clear, checkable answer and a close time, so there is no argument about what counts.

Set the two sides

Every pot has two sides, usually a simple Yes or No. Players pick one or the other.

Choose the entry or stake

Pick the points entry, or for a real-money pot the USDC stake (presets make this fast). This is the fixed amount everyone commits to join.

Pick a referee

Choose a referee to call the result. Real-money pots require one.

Set the close time and share

Decide when calls lock. Points pots can go to Discover; real-money pots are private to your Circle or invited friends.

The create-a-pot wizard in the real-money lane: a REAL badge, USDC stake presets, a referee picker, and a Private to your Circle only note. — Creating a real-money pot: stake, referee, and Circle-only privacy.

How a pot resolves

When the close time passes, the result gets settled one of two ways:

Auto-resolves

Many public pots mirror Polymarket and resolve automatically from the source. The dollar volume shown on those pots is Polymarket's real volume, clearly attributed, not the kapiche pot.

Called by a referee

For pots without a source, the chosen referee calls the outcome. Once they do, the result is final and every call updates the players' reputation.

How winnings are paid

What a winning call pays depends on the kind of pot. There are two payout models:

Community pots: split the pot

Every stake goes into one shared pot. When it resolves, the whole pot is split among the winners in proportion to what each one put in. With a fixed entry that means an even split: 10 players in for 100 pts each and 4 winners pays each winner 250 pts.

Polymarket-mirrored pots: locked odds

The market probability at the moment you commit is locked to your call. A winning call pays your stake times 100 divided by that percentage: call a 25% side right and you get 4x your stake back, while a 99% favorite pays about 1.01x.

Either way, a payout includes your own stake back, and it is always in the pot's own currency. Points pots pay points, shown as pts and never as dollars. Private real-money pots settle peer to peer in USDC, straight between the players themselves.

Next: make a call

Now that you know what a pot is, see Making a call to pick a side and back it up.