$104,121.00
1.16%$2,680.17
7.57%$2.58
1.83%$664.67
0.40%$183.13
5.29%$1.00
0.00%$0.239039
2.94%$0.829831
1.09%$0.271255
-0.26%$2,677.32
7.53%$4.05
2.20%$104,223.00
1.24%$17.47
4.37%$3,241.95
8.34%$25.79
3.43%$0.314121
0.17%$0.0000163
3.26%$0.216049
-0.35%$1.24
2.15%$25.99
4.38%$3.39
1.51%$411.05
0.36%$8.70
1.50%$5.19
1.95%$103.52
0.97%$2,675.51
7.43%$1.00
0.02%$341.45
1.53%$2,858.15
7.58%$0.00001449
6.20%$4.84
0.97%$0.999694
-0.23%$0.999616
-0.10%$104,195.00
1.17%$30.15
-0.31%$7.09
3.12%$464.47
1.23%$3.24
1.31%$6.18
5.22%$235.48
6.58%$1.044
1.50%$54.37
-0.23%$0.124581
6.49%$5.94
2.57%$20.74
4.80%$0.103239
2.20%$1.00
0.00%$36.36
5.81%$5.34
3.11%$0.03194222
3.01%$0.817527
1.80%$13.70
4.37%$21.91
0.32%$0.444077
14.60%$5.32
1.03%$1.051
0.04%$0.895647
7.53%$0.259063
1.54%$0.454904
5.26%$3.24
3.27%$1.001
-0.47%$0.247053
1.90%$1.17
-0.01%$3.31
4.25%$103,957.00
1.08%$1.31
2.06%$0.602585
2.50%$4.37
0.11%$0.00002312
0.62%$4.70
2.83%$0.562035
0.35%$2,671.07
6.85%$1,897.62
5.86%$0.999085
0.91%$1.001
0.38%$2,788.05
7.72%$192.15
5.19%$0.894908
8.82%$1.44
3.21%$98.85
1.00%$11.42
0.60%$0.744222
3.80%$13.80
-0.41%$4.84
1.91%$0.888182
0.75%$0.263559
1.19%$2.05
1.70%$0.02028836
2.15%$1.28
1.29%$3,052.15
8.12%$0.127537
7.06%$0.074643
-0.26%$1.16
0.74%$0.00011416
1.62%$0.999171
0.04%$103,837.00
0.87%$1.05
3.80%$1.15
7.12%$0.761722
1.22%$0.02250868
1.22%$2,846.02
7.25%$236.40
5.06%$0.02048838
-1.75%$3.33
8.49%$662.98
-0.06%$202.38
4.87%$0.01429265
4.80%$0.998914
-0.43%$0.363401
1.23%$104,118.00
1.19%$0.854107
-0.37%$2,801.72
7.47%$0.999697
-0.01%$0.665816
2.30%$24.77
8.07%$0.082216
4.68%$0.00000082
0.63%$40.57
0.37%$104,136.00
0.85%$3,252.56
0.46%$2.45
2.03%$103,136.00
0.83%$0.25386
4.86%$1.00
0.01%$3,259.76
0.54%$0.823935
6.68%$0.128929
-0.82%$2,820.96
8.39%$0.468835
3.04%$12.74
-3.85%$0.729597
0.35%$0.693836
1.93%$2.04
4.95%$3.86
-2.21%$0.376683
2.07%$43.38
-1.21%$2.10
2.49%$4.22
10.72%$0.188814
0.34%$0.997603
-0.04%$0.999998
0.13%$2.11
-2.72%$0.521828
3.87%$0.238441
2.42%$0.739573
2.27%$0.193972
7.37%$0.01763691
-1.18%$1.10
-0.46%$0.01032886
3.70%$2,681.39
7.65%$2,687.39
7.90%$20.34
3.81%$0.57854
-0.96%$2,841.06
7.07%$0.226953
1.79%$0.727589
2.11%$0.703459
4.36%$8.57
6.85%$2,765.40
9.17%$111.04
0.01%$0.00587988
-0.78%$3.27
3.96%$103,937.00
1.04%$7.40
0.47%$0.102305
3.25%$0.474687
0.14%$0.203773
3.74%$0.0096882
8.49%$0.110623
5.61%$0.00002524
0.96%$0.997394
-0.16%$1.80
12.73%$1.00
0.00%$103,928.00
1.27%$4.10
2.56%$0.743545
5.44%$0.04962286
2.18%$2,675.27
7.42%$0.066042
0.03%$1.57
17.08%$1.93
10.32%$0.999998
-0.00%$2,695.49
8.44%$1.73
7.49%$100,753.00
0.29%$0.04928899
8.96%$1.80
0.83%$0.00000113
3.70%$48.42
2.87%$0.00000044
-0.55%$0.428619
8.39%$0.443493
4.59%$0.259501
1.66%$0.377698
4.38%$0.156022
0.32%$1.087
0.02%$103,342.00
0.65%$0.99455
-1.01%$0.00582827
2.88%$0.886524
4.32%$0.424778
1.87%$0.400808
6.78%$0.19769
2.43%$0.00007128
3.59%$2,837.69
7.55%$0.00384372
3.72%$0.01970197
-1.15%$0.00451285
1.56%$0.03822188
-0.33%$0.907326
3.18%$0.997983
-0.19%$1.36
30.01%$145.45
5.83%$1.00
0.05%$33.65
-1.25%$22.24
-0.59%$2,963.65
8.27%$0.295489
2.37%$3.23
7.70%$0.999205
-0.10%$2,913.55
7.38%$0.00398626
2.88%$0.00083554
-2.07%$4.14
2.50%$21.36
-0.12%$0.00000171
0.78%$0.00337339
13.17%$25.74
3.10%$0.245616
4.49%$26.01
4.28%$0.744892
0.99%$2,672.09
7.26%$103,948.00
1.06%$0.00
13.95%$0.567055
0.57%$2,880.65
7.37%$0.999303
-0.13%$0.794191
11.82%$2,684.93
8.12%$1.00
-0.03%$1.00
0.04%$25.63
3.30%$0.918015
5.08%$1.10
0.10%$0.610029
2.38%$0.306446
16.69%$0.127554
1.94%$0.296595
1.22%Reading
A crypto-powered lottery has helped one lucky winner turn $74 into just shy of $40,000.
PoolTogether doesn’t cost money—in a sense—to play; instead, you enter it by depositing cryptocurrencycryptocurrency tokens. It uses those tokens to generate a yield, and it’s this yield that is put into the lottery and shared out among those who participate. So, it’s a matter of perspective: You’re not losing anything by participating, although you are missing out on some yield that you otherwise might have gained.
On March 14, 2020, this particular user put $74 worth of the DAI cryptocurrency—a decentralizeddecentralized stablecoin pegged to the US dollar—into one of the pools. It sat there, generating a very small amount of yield, which was being put into the lottery.
On April 9, the user struck lucky, winning the lion’s share of the $33,100 prize (made up of DAI) and the $32,700 loot box, which comprises four tokens including Compound and STAKE. There were 4,754 players in the lottery. In total, they won $39,600.
.@PoolTogether_ is front-page-news-material in the making and, consequently, has the potential to be major on-boarding platform into DeFi at large
only a matter of time until we see $1m weekly prize pool https://t.co/SKZBZOYsjm
— Matteo Leibowitz (@teo_leibowitz) April 12, 2021
Because the amounts involved were so small, the user had a 1 in 289,812 chance of winning the Grand Prize (the largest reward on offer). In contrast, one of the runners up had more than $10 million in DAI with a 1 in 2.48 chance of winning.
While the money is substantial, the user already has a fair chunk of cryptocurrency. According to Etherscan, they already have $14,600 of Ethereum (ETH) in their wallet, with their PoolTogether winnings bringing their holdings of Ethereum-based tokens up to $195,000.
Launched in June 2019, PoolTogether has grown considerably over the past year or so. It now has at least $170 million locked up in its various pools, the majority in its DAI and USDC pools. According to crypto research unit Messari, PoolTogether has paid out $750 million in prizes since it began. While most of that will go to the whales who’ve deposited large funds to the platform, every so often a smaller holder can strike it lucky.
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