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FAQ
Quick answers to common questions.
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Money and wallets
Is this real money?
No. FlySports is a devnet beta. Bets use test USDC, a mock token with no monetary value that cannot be cashed out. See What test USDC means.
Which wallets work?
Phantom and Solflare, set to Solana devnet. There is also a throwaway Demo wallet stored in your browser for trying the site. See Getting started.
Where do I get test USDC?
Press Get test USDC in the bet panel. The faucet mints 500 test USDC and tops up a little devnet SOL for fees. It is rate limited, so wait a minute between requests.
Why do I need SOL as well as USDC?
USDC is what you bet. SOL pays Solana's small network fees and a small refundable deposit for your bet account. Both are free devnet tokens.
I won. How do I get paid?
Press Claim in the bet panel after the result has aired and approve the transaction. Payouts are not sent automatically. See Claiming.
What if I bet on the wrong fly?
Your stake stays in the pool and is shared among the winners. Stakes are not refunded unless the race is cancelled or expired, or nobody backed the winner.
Can I cancel or change a bet?
No. Once placed, a bet is final. You can add more bets, including on other flies, until betting locks.
What is the house rake?
6% of each pool: 5% to the house and 1% to a rollover fund that seeds bonus pools for later races. See The 6% rake.
Will my balance and history last?
It is a beta. The platform, the program and the test token may be reset, changed or taken down at any time. Do not expect balances, history or leaderboards to survive.
Is there a real-money or mainnet version?
No. A mainnet version would need legal review first and is not part of the beta.
Races and results
How often is there a race?
A new race starts every few minutes on the beta schedule: a betting window of about a minute, then the race, with short interludes between. Fly Sumo appears now and then in between lane races.
Why doesn't the stream show odds?
The stream is the same for everyone and has no betting elements, which keeps it suitable for Twitch. Betting, odds and your bets live only on the website.
Can a stream delay let someone cheat?
No. Betting always locks before a race airs, and the bet panel withholds the result until the race has aired on the broadcast.
Which breed is best?
None, always. Each breed is tuned for different conditions, and conditions only tilt the odds. The median favourite wins only about a third of races. See The four breeds.
Is the race rigged?
The result is verifiable: the seed is fixed by commit-reveal bound to a Solana slot hash, and anyone can re-run the open simulation and compare. It is not trustless, and the page spells out the limits. See Fair play and verification.
What happens if a race breaks?
A race that cannot be settled in time can be expired by anyone, and every bettor is refunded in full. See Refunds.
Technical
Is it a real fly brain?
No. Each fly is driven by a simulated network of about 300 spiking neurons whose wiring is hand-structured and tuned for racing. See What this is, and is not.
Are the breeds trained with machine learning?
No. They are hand-tuned parameter sets. Nothing is learned during or between races.
What chain is it on?
Solana devnet, with a custom Anchor program. See Architecture.
Is the code audited?
The program has had an internal security review only, not an external audit. It is a pre-launch demo.
Can I see the spikes and re-run a race?
Yes. Race pages replay the recorded trace with a live brain panel, and the Verify button re-runs the simulation for any settled race.
Something isn't working. Who do I tell?
See Reporting a problem, or message us on X at @flysportsfun.