Wicks don't decide.
Medians do.
Call the next move in 5 minutes, 1 hour or 1 day. Every round settles on the median of signed prints around the close, not on one tick. Every payout comes from the other side.
Four steps, no order book
UP or DOWN on the next round. Bets stay open until the lock.
The lock price is the median of the prints around the start.
The median of the prints in the close window is compared with the lock.
Winners split the losing side, minus 2%. One empty side refunds everyone.
One wick moves nothing
A single print spikes under the lock inside the close window. A one-tick game would pay DOWN. Here the median of the window decides, and the median never left UP.
Built so nobody has to trust a single second
Median, not a tick
Lock and close each use the median of several signed prints. To move the result, the price has to be there for most of the window.
Zero house capital
Payouts come from the losing side. There is no vault to drain and no house to beat.
No owner
No pause, no upgrade, no key that can move pooled funds. The 2% fee buys back and burns $ALY.