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How $SWC, the staking pools and the 2026 bracket actually work under the hood.
The token: $SWC
$SWC is an ERC-20 on Base with a mirrored ERC-721 collection. The two are kept in sync: every whole token you hold mints one mirror NFT, and the contract burns or transfers NFTs in the background as your balance changes. You only ever trade the ERC-20, the NFTs follow automatically.
Swap taxes
Taxes apply only to pool swaps, not to wallet-to-wallet transfers or staking.
| Action | Total | Split |
|---|---|---|
| Buy | 1% | 100% burn |
| Sell | 1% | 100% burn |
Liquidity & trading
The Uniswap v4 pool is seeded single-sided: the full 5,000 $SWC supply, zero ETH. The launch price sits just above the liquidity range, so the very first buys activate it, a launch-style price discovery. Pool fee is 1% with tick spacing 200.
- Buying works from the moment the pool is live: swap ETH for $SWC on the Trade page, permissionless, no allowlist, no trading toggle. Swaps execute directly against the pool through the Uniswap Universal Router (aggregator sites may show no route because the pool uses a custom hook; trading here always works).
- Selling swaps $SWC back to the ETH that buyers brought in. Right at launch, before the first buy, there is no ETH in the pool yet, so the first sell only becomes possible after the first buy. From then on both directions trade freely at the market price.
- Locked liquidity: the LP position NFT is owned by the token contract itself, and the contract has no function to withdraw or transfer it. Nobody, including the team, can pull the liquidity.
- There is no per-wallet limit, no max transaction, and no pause switch on swaps. The only swap-time effect is the 1% burn tax above.
Pool mechanics
There is one pool per team. You stake on the team you think wins the cup, and stakes are time-weighted:
When the admin declares the champion:
- Champion stakers get their staked chips back 1:1 (principal).
- 80% of every losing pool is shared among champion stakers by time-weight (earlier stakes get more).
- 20% of the losing pools is burned.
- If nobody backed the champion, or the tournament is cancelled, everyone is refunded in full, no burn.
- Staking is open until the tournament end and locked until settlement.
Bracket engine
The full 2026 knockout tree (matches M73 to M104) is transcribed 1:1 from the official draw. Slots start as codes and resolve automatically as results come in:
Admin only declares group finishes and match winners. Settling a knockout score advances the winner into the next tie, all the way to the final.
Admin & fairness
Setting the tournament end, declaring the champion and cancelling are the only payout-affecting actions, controlled by the contract owner / allowlisted wallets. Match results above are visual only and drive the bracket. Distribution, burns and refunds are enforced by the contract, not by trust.
Network & contracts
Built on Base. The on-chain system is three contracts:
Live on Base mainnet, verified on Basescan:
FAQ
Do I have to manage the NFTs?+
No. They mirror your $SWC balance automatically, mint on buy, burn on sell.
What happens to my stake if my team is not champion?+
It feeds the champion pool: 80% is shared to champion stakers and 20% is burned.
Does staking earlier really pay more?+
Yes. Your weight is amount × time to the tournament end, so the same amount staked earlier earns a larger share of the rewards than staked late.
When do I get paid?+
After the champion is settled, claim your stake plus winnings from the Claim page. Refunds work the same way for a cancelled tournament.
Can I sell whenever I want?+
Yes. Unstaked $SWC is a normal token: swap it back to ETH on the Trade page at any time. Only tokens you stake on a team are locked, and only until settlement. The single exception is the very first moments after launch, before anyone has bought, when the pool holds no ETH yet.
Why does a big buy cost more gas?+
Every whole token mints one mirror NFT in the same transaction, so a 200 SWC buy mints 200 NFTs. The swap still succeeds; it just uses more gas than a plain token swap. Base gas is cheap, but keep it in mind for very large orders.
Why are the times different from the official site?+
They are not, they are the same instants shown in your local timezone.