About Qarv
Qarv is a content-curation platform where users buy and sell shares on posts using ETH. Every post has timed curation rounds — when the timer expires, the side with more capital in its pool wins and earns from the losing side. Creators earn royalties on every trade, and shareholders who lock their position earn a cut of all trading activity.
How it works
Post
Publish content offchain at no cost, or mint it directly onchain as an NFT. Offchain posts can be minted later once they gain traction.
Vote
Buy UP or DOWN shares on any post. You can only hold one side per round. Shares are priced on a bonding curve, so each purchase raises the price for the next buyer.
Compete
Each post runs 1 day curation rounds. When the timer expires, the side with more ETH in its reserve pool wins the round.
Earn
Winners receive their capital back plus 50% of the losing side's pool. Content creators earn a 1% royalty on every trade. Locked shareholders earn 3.5% of all trading volume on their side.
The economics
Price increases with each purchase
Each side (UP and DOWN) has its own independent bonding curve. The first share costs ~$0.05 and the price increases by 5% with each subsequent share purchased. Selling works in reverse — you sell back into the curve at the current price, minus fees.
How rounds settle
When the timer expires, the side with more ETH in its reserve wins. If both sides have equal reserves, DOWN wins the tie. The losing side forfeits 50% of its pool to the winners. The remaining 50% is returned to losing shareholders, proportional to their position size.
When buying shares, you choose what percentage to lock (0–95%). Locked shares cannot be sold, but earn 3.5% of every buy and sell on your side. Fees are distributed proportionally by the amount of ETH you have locked.
If a trade occurs in the last 5 minutes of a round, the timer automatically extends by 2 minutes. Selling is blocked during this window to prevent last-second outcome manipulation. Extensions are capped at 7 days from round start.
Who earns what
Creators — Earn a 1% royalty on every trade of their content. When a post is minted, the author receives 50% of the voter pool.
Curators — Earn 3.5% of all trading volume on their side by locking shares. Winners also receive a share of the losing side's pool at settlement.
Traders — Buy shares early at a lower price and sell later as demand increases. Each side has its own independent bonding curve.
Referrers — Earn 0.5% of every buy made through their referral link.
Round lifecycle
Four stages per round
The round is open but the timer has not started. Users can take their first position without time pressure.
Once both UP and DOWN have at least one voter, the 1 day timer begins. Users can buy, sell, and lock shares until the timer expires.
The timer expires and the side with more ETH in its reserve wins. Capital is redistributed — winners receive their funds plus a share of the losing pool.
A new round with fresh pools begins automatically when the next vote is placed.
Content ranking
Rankings backed by real stakes
Curation rounds don't just determine payouts — they determine what content gets seen. Each UP win pushes a post higher in the rankings. Each DOWN win pushes it lower. Over time, posts that consistently win UP rounds rise to the top, while poorly received content falls. This creates a quality signal that is backed by real economic stakes, not likes or algorithms.
Offchain to onchain
Prove value before minting
Posts can be published offchain with no gas fees. Users vote on offchain content at no cost to signal quality. When a post accumulates enough votes, any user can mint it as an onchain NFT to start trading shares.
When minted, the author receives 50% of the accumulated voter pool as a reward. All offchain voters are automatically converted to locked shareholders in the first onchain round — no action required from previous voters. Currently, all voters are eligible for earning shares. In the future, eligibility requirements will be stricter to prevent bot manipulation.