How The Arena is judged

Entering

Buying a section for the season enters your ad. Your ad joins the matchup pool when you publish it. Sections reset when the season ends. A section is advertising space, not an investment.

How ads are judged

• Signed-in voters are shown two ads chosen at random by the system. Voters cannot choose which ads they see.
• Best Ad matchups ask: “Which ad is more creative?” Best Platform matchups ask: “Which product looks more useful?”
• Ads are ranked by win rate: matchups won divided by matchups judged. Raw vote totals do not decide rank.
• An ad needs 10 judged matchups before it ranks above ads that have fewer.
• Best Newcomer ranks the Best Ad results for sections claimed in the second half of the season.

Vote integrity

• One account per person. Each account can judge up to 150 matchups in 24 hours.
• You are never shown a matchup that includes your own ad, and you cannot vote for your own ad.
• Votes cannot be bought, and spending more on a section does not add votes.
• We may remove votes or ads that come from fake accounts, automation, or paid voting.

The final

When community voting closes, the top 5 ads in each category become finalists. Each section owner gets one vote per category among the finalists. The ad with the most owner votes wins the category.

Prizes

Prize amounts are fixed and announced before the season starts. They do not grow with section sales. Prizes are paid in XRP to the winning section owner.