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How to Play

IndexPVP is a game of strategy, timing, and conviction. Here's everything you need to know to jump in.

Step 1: Connect Your Wallet​

Visit the IndexPVP app and connect a wallet that supports Robinhood Chain (an Arbitrum Orbit L2 settling to Ethereum). You'll need ETH on Robinhood Chain to buy tokens and pay gas fees.

Supported wallets include MetaMask, Rainbow, and any WalletConnect-compatible wallet. See Wallets & Setup for network details.

Step 2: Buy Index Tokens​

Browse the interactive world map — every country is represented by its flagship stock index. Click any index to see its current price, market cap, and trading interface. Enter the amount of ETH you want to spend and click Buy.

Your ETH is swapped for index tokens through Uniswap V4. A small fee (1-5%) is taken on each trade.

What to consider when buying:

  • Indexes with lower market caps are cheaper but riskier — they could be delisted
  • The #1 market-cap index is the blue chip for the current round — it's immune and can't be voted out
  • To earn a seat at the voting roundtable you need to be the top holder of any listed index (not just hold the most popular token)
  • Early buyers get more tokens per ETH due to the bonding curve shape

Step 3: Watch the Countdown​

After the opening bell rings, a 4-hour countdown begins. During this time, players trade freely, building up positions in their chosen indexes.

The countdown is visible at the top of the screen. When it reaches zero, voting begins.

Step 4: The Vote (Secret Roundtable)​

When the countdown expires, anyone can trigger the vote. At that moment a keeper snapshots every listed index's top holder and publishes the ranking as a Merkle root on-chain.

Only the top holder of each listed index gets a seat. Each seat's vote is weighted by market-cap rank — #1 is worth the most and is also immune from delisting; last place is worth 1. Formula: weight = listedCount - rank + 1.

You have 5 minutes to vote. Open the Secret Vote panel, pick a target, click "Cast Secret Vote" — your browser spends ~3–5 seconds building a zero-knowledge proof that you're a legitimate leader of some index without revealing which one, encrypts your choice to the keeper's public key, and submits it on-chain. Nobody — not even the keeper — can see who voted for whom until the window closes.

When the window ends, the keeper decrypts the batch and submits revealAndFinalize, which publicly tallies the weighted votes and emits the target.

tip

Only the blue-chip #1 index is immune. If no votes are cast during the window, a random listed index (excluding #1) is selected. If you're a top holder, always vote.

Step 5: The Delisting​

After voting is revealed, anyone can execute the delisting. The most-voted index is pulled from the board:

  1. All liquidity is removed from the delisted index's Uniswap pool
  2. The recovered ETH is redistributed:
    • 40% buyback into the blue-chip (#1 market cap) index
    • 40% buyback into a random surviving index
    • 10% buyback into another random surviving index
    • 10% to the protocol treasury
  3. The delisted index's token can no longer be traded

The buybacks immediately pump the receiving indexes' prices, creating profit opportunities.

Step 6: Repeat​

A new 4-hour countdown begins. The game continues until only one index remains — the last ticker standing.

Quick Strategy Tips​

  • Diversify early — Hold tokens across several indexes to hedge against elimination
  • Climb to top holder — A single seat at the roundtable is worth more than a bag of winner tokens. Target indexes where you can realistically become the #1 wallet.
  • Rank matters — A top holder of the #2 index has listedCount - 1 weight; a top holder of the last-place index only has 1. Concentration toward higher-ranked seats pays off.
  • Vote strategically — You can only be delisted if you're NOT the #1 index. Use your seat to eliminate whoever threatens to overtake you next round.
  • Watch the buybacks — After a delisting, three indexes receive large ETH buybacks. If you're holding one of them, you'll see a price pump.
  • Sell timing matters — There's a 20% sell fee during the trading halt around each vote, and up to a 90% sell fee right after buybacks (circuit breaker). Plan accordingly.