CLUEVAULTOverview
CLUEVAULT is a daily on-chain treasure hunt on Robinhood Chain. Four doxxed founders seal a clue set before entries open. Players buy entries with CLUE. The first wallet to submit the matching SHA-256 preimage takes the day's pot in tokenized NVDA and USDG. The rest rolls forward.
It is a game with a fixed daily schedule and a public ledger. It is not an investment product, a yield farm or a fund. The only way to win is to solve the day. The only way to lose is to spend an entry and not solve it.
- 00:00 UTC the Merkle root is published. It commits the clue set, the solution string and the salt.
- Entries cost 500 CLUE per attempt, or 0.01 ETH equivalent in USDG. Max 20 attempts per wallet per day.
- 12:00 UTC four fragments drop, one per founder, each signed with a published wallet.
- First matching preimage submitted on-chain wins. No admin key can alter the check.
- Payout is one transaction: 55% tokenized NVDA, 25% USDG, 20% rolls into tomorrow.
- 23:59 UTC unsolved, the full pot rolls and the public rollover counter increments.
The preimage rule
Every day the four founders publish a Merkle root on Robinhood Chain. The root commits to the day's full clue set, the solution string and the salt. The root is on chain. The solution string is not. The salt is not. The commitment is the seal.
At 12:00 UTC four fragments are published, one per founder, each signed with their published wallet.
- Fragment 1: a tokenized stock ticker from the Robinhood Chain list, including NVDA, TSLA, AAPL, GOOGL, MSFT, AMC and TTWO.
- Fragment 2: a block number on Robinhood Chain.
- Fragment 3: a word from the CLUEVAULT whitepaper.
- Fragment 4: an arithmetic hint.
The solution is the SHA-256 hash of fragment1|fragment2|fragment3|fragment4 plus the day's salt guess. The first wallet to submit the matching preimage on-chain wins. The contract verifies the preimage against the committed root. No admin key can alter the check.
Worked example, with placeholder values
root = 0x8c4f2e91…c7e9b2d published 00:00 UTC, before entries open fragments = TSLA | 48213907 | commitment | (7*3)+2 published 12:00 UTC, one per founder preimage = "TSLA|48213907|commitment|23" + salt_guess submit = sha256(preimage) compared on-chain against the committed root result = match, first wallet wins one claim transaction pays the pot
The values above are illustrative. Today's root is on the landing page and on the dashboard, and past days are in the prize ledger.
The check is a hash comparison. It is not a judgment call. The founders cannot change the solution after entries open, because the root is already committed. The founders cannot redirect a pot, because the split is in the contract. The founders cannot rewrite a past day, because the ledger is public and every claim transaction is linked.
How a day works
- 00:00 UTC. The four founders publish a Merkle root on Robinhood Chain. It commits the day's full clue set, the solution string and the salt. The root is public before entries open.
- Entries open. 500 CLUE per attempt, or 23.40 USDG (0.01 ETH equivalent) via the vault contract. Max 20 attempts per wallet per day. 40% of every entry is burned immediately, 45% goes to the day's pot, 10% to the treasury, 5% to the referrer.
- 12:00 UTC. Four fragments drop, one per founder, each signed with their published wallet.
- Solve. The solution is the SHA-256 hash of fragment1|fragment2|fragment3|fragment4 plus the day's salt guess. First wallet to submit the matching preimage on-chain wins.
- Payout. One transaction. 55% of the pot in tokenized NVDA, 25% in USDG, 20% rolled into tomorrow's pot as a seed. No withdrawal queue, no manual approval.
- No solve by 23:59 UTC. The full pot rolls to the next day and the rollover counter increments on the public dashboard.
Entry split and burns
Every entry splits at the contract level. The split is in the contract, not in a policy document, so it cannot be changed by a blog post.
| Share | Where it goes | Proof |
|---|---|---|
| 40% | Burned immediately at the moment of entry. | Every transaction linked on the burn meter. |
| 45% | The day's pot. Paid same day or rolled to the next vault if unsolved. | Prize ledger, one row per day. |
| 10% | Treasury: ops, audit, and the monthly surplus burn. | Wallet public. |
| 5% | Referrer, paid to the referring wallet on each entry. No signup, no custody. | Referrer dashboard. |
Supply is fixed at 1,000,000,000 CLUE. There is no mint function. 25% of the treasury's monthly surplus is burned on the first Monday of each month, with the transaction linked. If no wallet solves before 23:59 UTC, the full pot rolls to the next day and the rollover counter increments on the public dashboard.
The winner takes 55% of the day's pot in tokenized NVDA, 25% in USDG, and 20% is rolled into the next day's pot as a seed.
Launch sequence
Offsets from launch day, not calendar dates. Each phase states what is true when it ships.
Phase 1, launch day
Vault contract deployed on Robinhood Chain. Test vault open with no real funds while the audit is in progress. Four founders post signed introductions from their own X accounts. Merkle root published daily.
Phase 2, day 21 after launch
Audit report delivered and linked on the site. Paid entries open. Prize ledger goes live with every past day listed.
Phase 3, day 28 after launch
First founders' round. Four founders play the day's vault live with 1,000 CLUE entries each. All entries that day go to a community pot, 70% to the solver, 30% to the runner-up.
Phase 4, day 45 after launch
Cash-out path documented with screenshots showing a winner converting tokenized NVDA or USDG to a bank off-ramp. It goes live when the screenshots are published, not before.
Contracts and links
| Token contract | 0xef4f3c86314207cb14a185f5a2eb193c1e73237a | explorer |
|---|---|---|
| Vault contract | 0x5c8e2a4f6b9d1c3e7a0f2b4d6e8c1a3f5b7d9e02 | explorer |
| Pair | 0x7d2a4c9e1b3f5a7c9e2d4f6a8b0c1d3e5f7a9b13 | chart |
| Tax | 0% buy, 0% sell | |
| Burn meter | burn meter | |
| Prize ledger | prize ledger | |
| Audit report | In progress. Test vault only, no real funds. | report |
| Buy | buy $CLUE | |
Verify the contract address against this page before you buy. Anyone can deploy a token with the same name.
Whitepaper
Ten chapters. Nothing in them is discretionary: the contract compares the hash and pays the match.
Chapter 1What CLUEVAULT is
CLUEVAULT is a daily on-chain treasure hunt on Robinhood Chain. Four doxxed founders seal a clue set before entries open. Players buy entries with CLUE. The first wallet to submit the matching SHA-256 preimage takes the day's pot in tokenized NVDA and USDG. The rest rolls forward.
It is a game with a fixed daily schedule and a public ledger. It is not an investment product, a yield farm or a fund. The only way to win is to solve the day. The only way to lose is to spend an entry and not solve it. There is no house edge hidden in a policy document, because the split is in the contract: 40% of every entry is burned, 45% funds the day pot, 10% goes to the treasury and 5% goes to the referrer.
The founders are doxxed. Their wallets are published. The root is committed before entries open, so the founders cannot move the goalposts after money is in. The check is a hash comparison, not a judgment call. No admin key can alter the check. A 24 hour pause exists and requires a two-of-four founder signature, and the pause cannot rewrite a root or redirect a pot.
CLUEVAULT does not claim to be the first on-chain treasure hunt. It claims a specific mechanic: a pre-committed Merkle root, a SHA-256 preimage check, a same-day payout in tokenized NVDA and USDG, and a mechanical burn on every entry.
Chapter 2How a day works
Every day runs on the same clock. At 00:00 UTC the four doxxed founders publish a Merkle root that commits the full clue set, the solution string and the salt. That root is the seal. It goes on chain before anyone can enter, so the answer is fixed and the founders cannot change it later. Between 00:00 and 12:00 UTC the vault is open for entries. Each entry costs 500 CLUE, or 0.01 ETH equivalent in USDG through the vault contract, and each wallet is capped at 20 attempts per day.
At 12:00 UTC the founders publish four fragments, each signed with a founder wallet that is already public. The fragments are pieces of the clue set. They do not contain the solution string. They narrow the search. Entrants combine the fragments with what they already know, derive a candidate preimage, and submit it on chain.
The first wallet to submit the matching SHA-256 preimage wins the day. One transaction pays the winner. 55% of the day's pot arrives in tokenized NVDA, 25% in USDG, and 20% rolls into tomorrow's vault. If no wallet solves the day, the full pot rolls forward and the public rollover counter increments. The prize ledger records the date, the pot size, the solver wallet, the fragments, the claim transaction and whether the day rolled over. Nothing about the check is discretionary. The contract compares the hash and pays the match.
Chapter 3The preimage rule
The preimage rule is the core of CLUEVAULT. Before entries open, the founders publish a Merkle root that commits the full clue set, the solution string and the salt. The root is on chain. The solution string is not. The salt is not. The commitment is the seal.
At 12:00 UTC the founders publish four fragments. The fragments are pieces of the clue set. They do not contain the solution string. Entrants combine the fragments with what they already know, derive a candidate preimage, and submit it on chain. The contract computes the SHA-256 hash of the submitted preimage and compares it to the committed root. The first wallet to submit the matching preimage wins the day.
The check is a hash comparison. It is not a judgment call. No admin key can alter the check. The founders cannot change the solution after entries open, because the root is already committed. The founders cannot redirect a pot, because the split is in the contract. The founders cannot rewrite a past day, because the ledger is public and every claim transaction is linked.
A 24 hour pause exists and requires a two-of-four founder signature. The pause cannot change a root, change a split, or move a pot. It can only halt entries for up to 24 hours. After that window the contract resumes on its own. The preimage rule is the reason the game is verifiable. Everything else on this site points at it.
Chapter 4$CLUE supply and flow
CLUE supply is 1,000,000,000 tokens, fixed at deploy. No mint function exists in the contract. There is no transfer tax, no buy tax and no sell tax. The only fee is the entry price of 500 CLUE per attempt, or 0.01 ETH equivalent in USDG via the vault contract, capped at 20 attempts per wallet per day.
Every entry splits at the contract level. 40% is burned immediately. 45% funds the day pot. 10% goes to the treasury. 5% goes to the referrer. The split is in the contract, not in a policy document, so it cannot be changed by a blog post.
The burn is mechanical. 40% of every entry is burned at the moment of entry, and the transaction is linked on the burn meter. In addition, 25% of the treasury's monthly surplus is burned on the first Monday of each month, with the transaction linked on the same meter. There is no discretionary buyback and no market operations. The treasury wallet is public. We do not claim the treasury holds a specific dollar value until the wallet balance is public and verifiable.
The distribution is fixed at deploy. 45% of the supply is allocated to the daily prize pot, funded per entry and paid out same day or rolled to the next vault if unsolved. 40% is allocated to the immediate burn. 10% is allocated to the treasury for ops, audit and the monthly surplus burn. 5% is allocated to referrers, paid to the referring wallet on each entry with no signup and no custody. Post-launch figures are published as they exist:
Chapter 5Entry split and burns
The entry split is the whole economy. Every entry costs 500 CLUE, or 0.01 ETH equivalent in USDG via the vault contract. At the contract level the entry splits four ways: 40% burn, 45% day pot, 10% treasury, 5% referrer. The split executes on every entry, including entries on days that later roll over.
The 45% day pot is paid out the same day. 55% of the pot arrives in tokenized NVDA, 25% in USDG, and 20% rolls into tomorrow's vault. If no wallet solves the day, the full pot rolls forward and the public rollover counter increments. The rollover is not a promise of a bigger prize. It is a record of an unsolved day.
The 40% burn is immediate and mechanical. It happens at the moment of entry, and the transaction is linked on the burn meter. In addition, 25% of the treasury's monthly surplus is burned on the first Monday of each month, with the transaction linked on the same meter. There is no discretionary buyback and no market operations. The treasury wallet is public.
The 5% referrer share is paid to the referring wallet on each entry. There is no signup and no custody. The referrer dashboard shows what any wallet has earned per entry. The 10% treasury share funds ops, audit and the monthly surplus burn. The distribution of the 1,000,000,000 CLUE supply follows the same four buckets: 45% daily prize pot, 40% immediate burn, 10% treasury, 5% referrer. No mint function exists.
Chapter 6The machine, running
The vault contract is deployed on Robinhood Chain. It holds the Merkle root commitment, the preimage check, the entry split of 40/45/10/5, the 20 attempt cap per wallet per day, the one-transaction claim, and a 24 hour pause that requires a two-of-four founder signature. The contract address is published on this site when the token is deployed: 0xef4f3c86314207cb14a185f5a2eb193c1e73237a.
Today's Vault page shows today's Merkle root, the four fragments as they drop, the live pot size, the rollover counter, and one entry button with the price. The prize ledger page records every past day: date, pot size, solver wallet, fragments, claim transaction, rollover yes or no. The burn meter links every burn transaction, including the 40% per-entry burn and the monthly treasury surplus burn.
The root and fragment publisher posts the Merkle root at 00:00 UTC and the four fragments at 12:00 UTC, each signed with the founder's published wallet. The rollover tracker increments the public rollover counter when a day closes unsolved and the full pot moves to the next vault. The referrer dashboard shows what any wallet has earned per entry.
The test vault runs the same contract logic with no real funds while the audit is in progress. The dashboard states this in plain text. The audit status page states plainly that the audit is in progress and that entries are free in the test vault until the report is delivered and linked. The off-ramp guide goes live when the screenshots are published, not before. Founder pages stay as placeholders until each founder posts a signed introduction from their own X account.
Chapter 7Audit status, stated plainly
The audit is in progress. Until the audit report is delivered and linked on the site, entries stay free in the test vault. The test vault uses the same contract logic with no real funds. The dashboard states this in plain text. There is no paid day before the audit report is public.
We do not claim an audit before the report exists. When the report is delivered it will be linked on the audit status page with the date and the auditor named. If the report identifies issues, the fixes will be described on the same page with the transaction or commit that resolved them.
The vault contract holds the Merkle root commitment, the preimage check, the entry split of 40/45/10/5, the 20 attempt cap per wallet per day, the one-transaction claim, and a 24 hour pause that requires a two-of-four founder signature. The pause cannot change a root, change a split, or move a pot. It can only halt entries for up to 24 hours. After that window the contract resumes on its own.
There is no admin key that can alter the check. There is no upgrade path that can rewrite a past day. The prize ledger and the burn meter are public pages, and every claim and every burn transaction is linked. If a bug is found after launch, the honest response is to publish it, pause if the pause is warranted, and describe the fix. The contract is the source of truth, and the pages point at it.
Chapter 8How to buy $CLUE
CLUE trades on Robinhood Chain. The contract address is published on this site when the token is deployed. Until that address is published, any token claiming to be CLUE is not ours. Check the address on this page against the address in your wallet before you swap.
To buy, you need a wallet that supports Robinhood Chain and a small amount of the chain's gas token. You swap for CLUE on a public venue that supports the chain. We do not claim a partnership with any venue. We use public infrastructure, and the swap happens in your wallet, not ours.
To play, you approve the vault contract to spend CLUE, or you use the USDG path at 0.01 ETH equivalent per entry. Each entry costs 500 CLUE. Each wallet is capped at 20 attempts per day. The entry button on Today's Vault page shows the current price and the current pot before you sign.
If you refer another wallet, the 5% referrer share is paid to your wallet on each of their entries. There is no signup and no custody. The referrer dashboard shows what any wallet has earned per entry. Nothing about the buy path promises a return. CLUE is a game token used to buy entries. Its price can go to zero. Buy only what you can afford to spend on a game.
Chapter 9What happens next
Phase one is the test vault. The vault contract is deployed on Robinhood Chain with the Merkle root commitment and preimage check live. The test vault opens with no real funds while the audit is in progress, and the dashboard states this in plain text. The daily root is published at 00:00 UTC and the four fragments at 12:00 UTC, signed by the founders' published wallets. The prize ledger and the burn meter go live.
Phase two is the audit and the first paid day. The audit report is delivered and linked on the site. Until it is linked, entries stay free in the test vault. The first paid day opens only after the audit report is public. Founder introductions are posted from each founder's own X account before any marketing names them. The Sunday founders' round goes live: four founders play with 1,000 entries each, and the community pot splits 70% to the solver and 30% to the runner-up. Past Sunday winners are listed with wallet addresses.
Phase three is the documented cash-out path. A step-by-step off-ramp guide is published with screenshots showing a winner converting tokenized NVDA or USDG to a bank off-ramp. The guide goes live when the screenshots are published, not before. The referrer dashboard goes live so any wallet can see the 5% it earned per entry. The monthly treasury surplus burn runs on the first Monday, each transaction linked.
Phase four is season two. A second clue set season opens with new fragment types, still committed as a Merkle root before entries open. The public season archive records every day, every root, every solver and every claim. Community clue submissions are reviewed and signed by the founders before they enter a root. The monthly burns and the same entry split continue unchanged.
Chapter 10Risk and terms
CLUEVAULT is a game. CLUE is a game token. Nothing here is financial advice, and nothing here promises a return, a yield or a price outcome. You can spend an entry and win nothing. You can buy CLUE and watch it go to zero. The pot is funded by entries, so on a day with few entries the pot is small.
The founders are doxxed and their wallets are published, but doxxed is not the same as safe. Smart contracts can have bugs. The audit is in progress, and until the report is delivered and linked, entries are free in the test vault. Do not treat the test vault as a paid product.
We do not claim a partnership with Robinhood, Pons or Uniswap beyond using their public infrastructure. We do not claim an audit before the report is delivered and linked. We do not claim the treasury holds a specific dollar value until the wallet balance is public and verifiable. We do not claim a cash-out path is live until the off-ramp screenshots are published. We do not claim to be the first on-chain treasure hunt without a verifiable contract timestamp.
We do not name the four founders in marketing before each has posted a signed introduction from their own X account. The prize ledger and the burn meter are public. If a day rolls over, the ledger says so. If a burn happens, the transaction is linked. Read the contract, read the ledger, and decide for yourself. If any of that is unclear, do not play.
Tokenomics
Supply: 1,000,000,000 CLUE. Fixed at deploy. No mint function exists in the contract.
| Bucket | Share | What it does |
|---|---|---|
| Daily prize pot | 45% | Funded per entry. Paid out same day in tokenized NVDA and USDG, or rolled to the next vault if unsolved. |
| Immediate burn | 40% | Burned at the contract level on every entry. Transaction linked on the burn meter. |
| Treasury | 10% | Ops, audit, and the monthly surplus burn on the first Monday of each month. Wallet public. |
| Referrer | 5% | Paid to the referring wallet on each entry. No signup, no custody. |
- Taxes: no transfer tax, no buy tax, no sell tax. The only fee is the entry price of 500 CLUE per attempt, or 0.01 ETH equivalent in USDG via the vault contract, capped at 20 attempts per wallet per day.
- Fee use: every entry splits at the contract level: 40% burn, 45% day pot, 10% treasury, 5% referrer. The split is in the contract, not in a policy document.
- Burn or buyback: mechanical burn only. 40% of every entry is burned immediately. Additionally, 25% of the treasury's monthly surplus is burned on the first Monday of each month with the transaction linked on the burn meter. No discretionary buyback, no market operations.
Roadmap
Phase 1: test vault (day 0)
- Vault contract deployed on Robinhood Chain with the Merkle root commitment and preimage check live.
- Test vault open with no real funds while the audit is in progress. Dashboard states this in plain text.
- Daily root published at 00:00 UTC and four fragments at 12:00 UTC, signed by the founders' published wallets.
- Prize ledger page live: date, pot size, solver wallet, fragments, claim transaction, rollover yes or no.
- Burn meter live with every burn transaction linked.
Phase 2: audit and first paid day (day 21)
- Audit report delivered and linked on the site. Until it is linked, entries stay free in the test vault.
- First paid day opens only after the audit report is public.
- Founder introductions posted from each founder's own X account before any marketing names them.
- Sunday founders' round goes live: four founders play with 1,000 entries each, community pot split 70% solver, 30% runner-up.
- Past Sunday winners listed on the site with wallet addresses.
Phase 3: cash-out path documented (day 45)
- Step-by-step off-ramp guide published with screenshots showing a winner converting tokenized NVDA or USDG to a bank off-ramp.
- The guide goes live when the screenshots are published, not before.
- Referrer dashboard live so any wallet can see the 5% it earned per entry.
- Monthly treasury surplus burn cadence running on the first Monday, each transaction linked.
Phase 4: season two (day 90)
- Second clue set season with new fragment types, still committed as a Merkle root before entries open.
- Public season archive: every day, every root, every solver, every claim.
- Community clue submission process, reviewed and signed by the founders before it enters a root.
- Continued monthly burns and the same entry split, unchanged.
FAQ
What is CLUEVAULT?
CLUEVAULT is a daily on-chain treasure hunt on Robinhood Chain. Four doxxed founders commit a sealed clue set to a Merkle root before entries open, publish four fragments at 12:00 UTC, and the first wallet to submit the matching SHA-256 preimage wins the day's pot. Payout is one transaction in tokenized NVDA plus USDG.
What are the rules of a day?
At 00:00 UTC the founders publish a Merkle root committing the clue set, the solution string and the salt. Entries cost 500 CLUE per attempt, max 20 per wallet per day. At 12:00 UTC four fragments drop, one per founder, each signed with their published wallet. The solution is the SHA-256 hash of fragment1|fragment2|fragment3|fragment4 plus the day's salt guess. First matching preimage submitted on-chain wins. See the preimage rule.
How does a player win?
You buy attempts, read the four fragments, and submit the preimage that matches the committed root. The first correct submission wins 55% of the day's pot in tokenized NVDA, 25% in USDG, and 20% rolls into the next day's pot. There is no promise of profit and no yield. It is a game with a public ledger.
Where does the prize money come from?
From entries. Every entry splits at the contract level: 45% to the day's pot, 40% burned immediately, 10% to the treasury, 5% to the referrer. The pot is funded by players, not by a treasury promise. If nobody solves before 23:59 UTC, the full pot rolls to the next day and the rollover counter increments on the public dashboard. See entry split and burns.
What is the supply and is there a mint?
Supply is fixed at 1,000,000,000 CLUE. There is no mint function. 40% of every entry is burned at the contract level, plus 25% of the treasury's monthly surplus is burned on the first Monday of each month with the transaction linked. The burn meter shows every burn transaction.
Where do the fees go?
Every entry splits 40% burn, 45% day pot, 10% treasury, 5% referrer. The split is enforced in the vault contract, not in a policy document. The treasury wallet is public and the monthly surplus burn is linked on the burn meter.
Is the contract audited?
Not yet. The vault contract is audited before the first paid day and the report is linked on the site. Until the audit is delivered, entries are free in a test vault with no real funds, and the dashboard says so in plain text. Do not treat any audit as a guarantee of safety or of outcomes. See audit status.
Who runs CLUEVAULT?
Four doxxed founders. Each posts their daily fragment from their own public X account and signs it with their published wallet. They are named in marketing only after each has posted a signed introduction from their own X account. A fifth signature from any two founders is required to pause the contract, and the pause can only last 24 hours. See the four founders.
How do I know the clues are not changed after the fact?
The Merkle root is published on Robinhood Chain at 00:00 UTC, before entries open. It commits the full clue set, the solution string and the salt. The contract verifies the submitted preimage against that committed root. No admin key can alter the check, and no one can change the clues after the root is public.
How is this different from other games on the chain?
The clue set is sealed before entries open, the founders are doxxed, and the prize ledger lists every past day with date, pot size, solver wallet, fragments, claim transaction and rollover status. Payout is one transaction with no withdrawal queue and no manual approval. You can audit the game before you play it. See the prize ledger.
How do I enter?
Get a wallet that supports Robinhood Chain, fund it with ETH for gas and the entry, and open the vault contract. Entries cost 500 CLUE per attempt, or 0.01 ETH equivalent in USDG, capped at 20 attempts per wallet per day. While the audit is in progress, entries are free in the test vault with no real funds. See how to buy.
What are the risks?
You can spend entries and not solve the vault. The pot can roll over and you may not win it. Tokenized stock exposure carries market risk and the value of any payout can fall. This is not investment advice, there is no promise of returns, and you should only spend what you can afford to lose. See risk and terms.
Honesty notes
These are the rules this site is written under. If a page ever breaks one, the page is wrong.
- No audit is claimed before the audit report is delivered and linked.
- No partnership with Robinhood, Pons or Uniswap is claimed beyond using their public infrastructure.
- No specific dollar value is claimed for the treasury until the wallet balance is public and verifiable.
- The four founders are not named in marketing before each has posted a signed introduction from their own X account.
- No returns, yields or price outcomes are promised.
- "First on-chain treasure hunt" is not claimed without a verifiable contract timestamp.
- No cash-out path is called live until the off-ramp screenshots are published.