The Crown

TL;DR — Pay ETH to seize the Crown. Mine CLAIM while King. When dethroned, receive 75% of the next player’s ETH plus the CLAIM you mined — a liquid share matching your cut of the last 100 takeovers (up to half), the rest locked as veCLAIM. Cost doubles after each takeover, then decays toward the 0.001 ETH floor over ~1 hour.

The Crown is the entry point of the CLAIM stream. Pay ETH to seize the Crown, become King, and mine CLAIM for as long as you hold it. When dethroned, you receive 75% of the ETH the next player paid. The other 25% flows to Barons as royalties, fueling the Furnace loop.

Takeover pricing and decay

Takeovers are priced in ETH.

After each takeover, the cost doubles, then decays over up to one hour toward the floor of 0.001 ETH. The app surfaces the current cost tier as High, Mid, or Low.

Low reference prices can reach the floor before the full hour. Example: Someone takes over at 0.01 ETH. The reference price jumps to 0.02 ETH. Over the next hour:

• At ~15 min: cost is ~0.015 ETH (High tier)
• At ~30 min: cost is ~0.01 ETH (Mid tier)
• At ~50 min: cost is ~0.003 ETH (Low tier)
• By ~60 min: this example reaches the 0.001 ETH floor

Mining rate is fixed regardless of takeover cost. The Low tier produces the same CLAIM/s as the High tier.

If the ETH cost drops between when you load the page and when you confirm, any excess ETH is refunded. If someone else takes over before your transaction lands, it reverts — you keep your funds (minus gas).

Taking the Crown

1. Open Crown (route: /crown )
2. Check the current cost and tier
3. Press Takeover and confirm in your wallet

If the transaction reverts because someone took over first, refresh and retry. Under contention, reverts are normal. For the full walkthrough, see Take the Crown.

Being King

While you hold the Crown, you mine CLAIM — the only way CLAIM is produced. The Crown page shows your reign timer, mined CLAIM balance, and the current takeover cost others would pay.

When do you receive mined CLAIM? CLAIM accrues throughout your reign and is minted on dethroning. It arrives in two parts: a liquid share equal to your cut of the last 100 takeovers (capped at half), and a locked remainder routed through the Furnace into veCLAIM. The more you compete, the larger your liquid share — passive holders receive mostly locked veCLAIM.

Example reign: Take over at 0.003 ETH during a Low tier window, hold for 40 minutes. Someone else takes over at 0.005 ETH — you receive 0.00375 ETH (75%), more than you paid, plus all the CLAIM you mined.

Lock mined CLAIM in the Furnace to grow your veCLAIM and earn royalties. You can also hold, swap, or provide LP.

Getting dethroned

When another player takes the Crown, you receive:

• ETH payout: 75% of what they paid, sent to your reign ETH recipient (default: your wallet)
• Mined CLAIM: split into a liquid share — equal to your cut of the last 100 takeovers, capped at half — and a locked remainder force-locked into veCLAIM. Both go to your reign CLAIM recipient (default: your wallet)

Each takeover you hold in the trailing 100-takeover window adds one percentage point of liquid share, up to the 50% cap:

A first-time King receives almost entirely locked veCLAIM; liquidity is earned only by sustained Crown competition.

If the ETH payout or an overpay refund fails to deliver, it becomes withdrawable from the app.

Why locked? Locking the bulk of mined CLAIM decouples the takeover price from the spot CLAIM price, so a King cannot mine and dump for a quick profit. Your liquid share grows only by competing for the Crown; the takeover price resets to 2x on every takeover, forcing players to ping-pong the Crown, so no single player can take more than half of recent takeovers.

Locked-share destination: The takeover flow lets you choose where the locked remainder lands:

• By default it consolidates into one max-duration (autoMax) veCLAIM lock that future reigns top up — you never accumulate stray NFTs
• Optionally point it at an existing veCLAIM lock you own
• The choice is stored on-chain per wallet via kingAutoLockConfig and applies to every takeover from this wallet (call setKingAutoLockConfig directly, or set it in the takeover flow)
• If the chosen lock becomes invalid (expired, transferred, listed), the locked share falls back to a fresh autoMax lock; if the Furnace route is unavailable entirely, it is credited as a withdrawable balance that still force-locks on withdrawal — the locked share is never paid out liquid

Payout recipients (advanced)

Each reign has two onchain recipients that can be configured:

• Reign ETH recipient: receives the 75% dethroned payout
• Reign CLAIM recipient: receives the mined CLAIM stream

Self-takeovers: both default to your address. Delegated (bot) takeovers: the ETH recipient defaults to the bot so it can keep looping; the CLAIM recipient stays with you unless explicitly routed.

Recipients can be changed mid-reign via onchain transactions. If you use bots, keep Radar alerts on for “reign recipients changed.”

Bots (optional)

Automation lets a bot take over on your behalf. Optional, advanced.

Bot mechanics:

• You grant a bot Bot access — a time-limited delegation session with specific permissions
• The bot pays ETH and takes over for your address
• Your address becomes the King identity and mines CLAIM

Default routing for bot takeovers: the bot receives the ETH dethroned payout (so it can keep looping), while your mined CLAIM stays with you.

Setup: Header menu → Advanced → Bot access. See Bots & Automation for details.

Strategy tips

• Watch cost tiers. The Low tier is the cheapest entry for the same mining rate. Use Radar alerts for “Cost: Low” notifications.
• Lock your CLAIM. Mined CLAIM only produces value when deployed. Locking in the Furnace compounds your position.
• Expect reverts under contention. Failed transactions are normal when multiple players compete for the same Crown. Retry quickly or use private sending (below).
• Private sending (advanced). Some wallets support private or MEV-protected transaction sending. Do not use RPC URLs from DMs.

Common issues

See also

• Core Concepts — The CLAIM stream and how the Crown connects to the Furnace
• The Furnace — What to do with your mined CLAIM
• Strategy & Tips — Timing takeovers and locking strategy
• Bots & Automation — Crown automation with delegation