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Glossary

Base

The blockchain network Bald Sports uses for entries, prize-pool movement, and claims.

Batch Publication

The process of publishing eligible signed picks and votes after a lock so the game can record picks, count votes, and continue the contest.

Bracket

A game where each entry fills the full World Cup knockout bracket before the first lock and scores points as teams advance.

Claim

The action eligible winners take to receive their share of the finalized prize pool.

Entry

Your position in a game. An entry gives you the right to make picks, vote when eligible, and claim if it wins.

Entry NFT

An onchain representation of an entry, when used. Entry NFTs are soulbound, meaning they are non-transferable and stay with the wallet/account that entered.

Official

A result state that has completed the required finality process and is ready to be used for scoring, elimination, and payout calculations.

Onchain Treasury

The treasury that holds the contest prize pool and executes approved prize-pool movements.

Oracle

The result-finality process used to determine when sports outcomes are ready for scoring, eliminations, and payouts.

Pick

Your selected team or teams for a game action. In Survivor, picks are made round by round. In Bracket, picks are submitted as a full knockout bracket before the first lock.

Pick Lock

The deadline after which picks can no longer be submitted or changed for that action.

Prize Pool

The shared pool of USDC and any resulting assets that entries compete for.

Provisional

A result state shown for information before final grading is complete.

Safe Harbor

A rare Survivor-only safety ruling for affected disruption cases. Safe Harbor can protect affected entries from elimination when normal grading would be unfair because of a serious fixture or team disruption.

Signed Pick Or Vote

A pick or vote authorized by the player in the app before lock and published later if it is eligible.

Soulbound

Non-transferable. A soulbound entry NFT cannot be sold or moved to another wallet.

Slot Readiness

The app has enough official tournament-structure data to show valid bracket positions or pickable fixtures. This does not mean every future team is already known.

Strategy Option

One of the four scheduled choices for where the shared prize pool moves next in a contest round.

Survivor

An elimination game where entries pick teams to advance and stay alive by making correct picks.

Team Advanced

The result Bald Sports uses for picks. If a team officially advances, it counts as advanced regardless of final score.

Tournament Slot

An official tournament position that will resolve into a real team later, such as “Winner Group A” or a best third-place slot.

UMA

An oracle system used as part of Bald Sports result finality. Results can be proposed, checked, and challenged before becoming final for game purposes.

USDC

The dollar-denominated token used for entries and claims.

USDC Safety Override

A safety state where the pool is held or returned in USDC if a selected move cannot be completed safely.

VOID

A rare match state used when no official advancing team is available by the defined deadline.

Vote Lock

The deadline after which prize-pool votes can no longer be submitted or changed for that round.