For the complete documentation index, see llms.txt. This page is also available as Markdown.

Historical: Tournament History

This is legacy documentation. These tournaments used the previous AI leader + Hivemind game concept. Trade Clash has since pivoted to a sealed-lot auction game. Preserved for historical reference and traction validation.


Traction & Milestones

  • 1st Place — Base On-Chain Summer (New Consumer App category)

  • 100,000 wallets connected across 4 tournaments

  • 4 complete tournaments with full leaderboard results

  • $2,000 USDC distributed to top players

  • Built on Base


Tournament Timeline

Tournament #1: "Genesis" (Oct 28, 2024)

  • 56 rounds over 7 days, $500 USDC prize pool

  • 8,200 wallets

  • First live implementation of Polymarket + Hivemind mechanic

  • Players discovered Gates' 85% contrarian threshold organically

  • Winner (AlphaTrade): +3,240 P&L, focused on Gates and Laglord rounds

Tournament #2: "Pattern Recognition" (Nov 4, 2024)

  • 56 rounds, $500 USDC, 18,500 wallets

  • Grudge tracking became the meta

  • Winner (HivemindPro): +3,890 P&L, specialized in Lei grudge cycles

Tournament #3: "Divergence Trading" (Nov 11, 2024)

  • 56 rounds, $500 USDC, 32,800 wallets

  • Second-order thinking emerged (predict the predictors)

  • Winner (ContrarianKing): +4,120 P&L, faded obvious consensus plays

Tournament #4: "Championship" (Nov 18, 2024)

  • 56 rounds, $500 USDC, 40,500 wallets

  • Clear skill separation: top 10 dominated wire-to-wire

  • Winner (EconSim): +4,580 P&L, 14/14 perfect start then played conservative defense


Aggregate Statistics

Metric
Average
Top 10%
Top 1%

Rounds Played

46/56 (82%)

43/56 (77%)

41/56 (73%)

Win Rate

52%

64%

71%

Final P&L

+240

+2,100

+3,800

Key insight: top players skipped more rounds but won at higher rates on rounds played.


Base On-Chain Summer Victory

Category: New Consumer App (200+ projects)

Why Trade Clash Won: First reflexive prediction market where crowd behavior becomes input. 100K wallets in first month. All inputs/outputs verifiable on Base. Fast-swipe interface with 3-hour cycles.


Prize Distribution

Tournament
1st
2nd
3rd
Total Winners

Genesis

$150

$100

$75

10

Pattern

$150

$100

$75

10

Divergence

$150

$100

$75

10

Championship

$150

$100

$75

10

Distribution: automatic via Base smart contract within 1 hour of tournament end.

Last updated