The no-loss lottery
You put money into a pool. The pool earns yield on Blend. Every week, one saver takes the yield. Nobody loses their initial capital.
Saving does not motivate. The lottery destroys capital.
ProblemWhat someone saving 50 USD at 4 % earns in a year. It changes nothing and motivates nobody.
What almost everyone who plays the lottery is left with. It motivates like nothing else, and the money never comes back.
Combine the two and drop what is bad about each
ProductYou deposit
USDC, or XLM and USDT0 swapped at the door. It goes straight into Blend.
The pool earns
Blend's interest accumulates as the prize, and grows live.
The timer runs out
When the week is up, the draw fires on its own. drand provides the number and the contract verifies it.
One wins
The whole prize goes to one winner. Everyone else keeps what they put in.
On mainnet, with real money
ProductIllustrative numbers
Join with what you have
USDC, XLM or USDT0. The app quotes Soroswap and the Stellar DEX and swaps through whichever pays more.
Streak and referrals
Seven days of “I saved today” double your odds. Each referral adds 10 % of their capital to your weight.
Tested end to end
Swap, deposit into Blend and withdrawal with real money from the app. Freighter, Cosmos, xBull and Lobstr.
How it makes money (proposed)
BusinessFee on the prize
5 to 10 % of the yield drawn each round. Never on the capital. Fixed in the contract, no admin.
Pools for communities
A branded pool for a wallet, a fintech or a club: same contract, another token or cadence. The fee is shared.
| Motivates | Capital safe | Verifiable randomness | On Stellar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lottery | Yes | No | No | No |
| Blend directly | No | Yes | n/a | Yes |
| PoolTogether | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Zorrito | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Why Stellar, and why trust it
TechReal yield
Blend v2, non-collateral Supply position: it earns interest and cannot be liquidated. USDC pays ~8 % a year.
Verifiable randomness
drand signs a number that did not exist at close. The contract verifies it with Protocol 22's BLS12-381. Nobody can bias it.
Automatic, cheap draw
When the timer runs out a keeper fires the draw for a fraction of a cent. If it fails, the app retries on its own.
Who is behind it, and what comes next
Arturo Grande
arturogrande.com · @ArtuGrande
Product builder, entrepreneur and educator. Founder of Desafiatech, DevRel at Celo, SpaceXAI Ambassador, host of Builders OFF the Record (275 K+ views). Salta, Argentina.
Mainnet with USDC on Blend · join with XLM and USDT0 · streak and referrals · Freighter, Cosmos, xBull and Lobstr
Audit and a higher cap · fee on the prize in the contract · distribution through communities
Branded pools per community · USDT0 pool · mobile app and draw notifications
Try it on mainnet
stellar.zorrito.app
We are looking for an audit to raise the cap, and distribution with wallets and communities across Latin America.