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Draft Wars

How it works

Draft Wars is a fantasy memecoin drafting contest. You build a paper portfolio of 10 Solana memecoins, then climb a live profit-and-loss leaderboard as real on-chain prices move. No real money, no trading — pure skill, standings, and bragging rights.

Updated June 27, 2026
The loop in 4 steps

One contest is one full cycle. Here is the whole game, start to finish.

1
Sign in with X
Sign in with your X (Twitter) account — a secure embedded Solana wallet is created for you automatically, no extension or seed phrase needed. You sign a plain-text login message that proves it's you; it never moves funds, approves spends, or sends a transaction.
2
Draft 10 coins
You get $1,000 in paper credits. Pick exactly 10 memecoins from the contest pool and allocate $50–$500 to each (in $50 steps). Your allocations must total exactly $1,000.
3
Watch the live board
When drafting locks, the live window begins. Each pick tracks its real on-chain price and your balance updates on the leaderboard as the field rises and falls.
4
Top 10% place
At resolution, entries are ranked by final balance. The top 10% place (at least one placer in small fields). Higher balance, higher rank.
The contest clock

Contests run on a rolling cadence aligned to Eastern Time (America/New_York): roughly 12 hours of open drafting, then roughly 12 hours live. Drafting locks the moment the live window begins.

01Drafting opens02Draft locks03Live 12h04Resolves05Standings
How scoring works

Scoring is simple and fully price-driven. Two snapshots decide everything:

  • Start price — captured for each coin the instant drafting locks.
  • End price — captured for each coin at resolution.

Each pick's paper value is allocation × (endPrice ÷ startPrice). Your final balance is the sum across all 10 coins. The higher your balance, the higher you rank.

The rug rule

If a coin becomes unpriceable or rugs — its end price is $0 — that pick contributes $0 and you lose that allocation. Diversify accordingly.

On-chain verified prices
Every price comes from public on-chain & DEX sources (such as DexScreener and Jupiter) — never a number we make up. Drafts are validated and scored server-side against the contest's real candidates. Feeds can occasionally be delayed or imperfect.
Is my wallet safe?

Yes. Draft Wars only ever reads your public wallet address on connect and asks you to sign a plain-text message to log in. That is the full extent of wallet interaction.

Signature = login only
We never request a transaction, never a token spend or approval, and never move, hold, or access any funds. The login signature carries a timestamp and expires to prevent replay. Your private keys and seed phrase stay with you — we never see them.
Paper, not a wager

Every credit in Draft Wars is paper — play money. No real funds are ever wagered, deposited, or traded. This is a contest of skill and standings, built for fun and bragging rights.

No real money is at stake
The $1,000 you draft with is not real and cannot be deposited or withdrawn. Today Draft Wars shows standings, placement, and bragging rights; any real prizes are a possible future feature, not a current promise.
FAQ
How are the coins chosen?
Each contest's candidate pool is sourced from trending Solana and pump.fun markets, then priced from public on-chain & DEX feeds. You draft only from that pool.
What counts as a rug?
A coin whose end-of-contest price is $0 or that becomes unpriceable. It contributes $0 to your balance — you lose that allocation.
Can I edit my lineup after it locks?
No. Once the live window begins, drafting locks and lineups are final. Build carefully before the clock turns over.
Is it one entry per contest?
Yes — one entry per wallet per contest, enforced at the database level to keep the field fair.
Are there real prizes?
Not today. The game currently awards standings, placement, and bragging rights. Real prizes are an optional, future possibility — not a current promise.
Do I need to hold the project token?
Usually not. An optional token-holding gate may require a minimum balance of the project token to enter, but it may also be disabled. When it is on, we read your token balance via a Solana RPC endpoint — nothing moves.
Still have a question?
Reach us at support@draftwars.gg.
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