Funding & Contributions

A Loot only pays out what has been escrowed in it. Funding happens while the Loot is Pending — before it goes live — and is locked once the campaign turns Active.

Fund during the Pending window

Right after you create a Loot, it is in the Pending state. This is when funds go in:

• Native — send the chain’s native coin to the pool.
• ERC-20 — approve the token, then deposit the amount.
• ERC-721 — transfer the specific token IDs into the pool.

The creator is automatically the first contributor. Once the start time passes and the pool holds a contribution, the Loot becomes Active and the balance is fixed — no further top-ups are accepted.

Caution

Plan your funding before the Loot goes Active. You cannot add to the reward pool once claiming has opened. If you need a bigger pool later, run a new Loot.

Let others contribute

If you enabled open contribution at creation, anyone can add funds to the pool during the Pending window — co-sponsors, partners, or community members topping up the reward. Every contributor’s amount (and, for NFTs, their exact token IDs) is recorded on-chain.

That on-chain ledger matters for two reasons:

1. It makes the pool’s funding transparent — anyone can see who backed the campaign.
2. It drives reclaim: after the Loot ends, each contributor can recover their pro-rata share of whatever was not claimed.

How much to fund

The right amount depends on play style and seats:

• Equal — total ÷ seats is each claimer’s share; fund for your expected audience size.
• Random — total ÷ seats is the average share; individual amounts vary.
• Custom — fund at least the sum of the allocations you intend to assign.

You do not have to fill every seat — whatever is not claimed by the time the Loot ends returns to contributors via reclaim, so there is no penalty for funding generously.