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Backd is a social prediction market built on Polymarket. Back a market at the live price with money that stays in your own wallet, see what your friends picked, and build a record nobody can edit. Backd's fee is 1%, collected by Polymarket.

About BackdWhat Backd is, the platform in one pass, your first backed call, and what is live today.OpenDocumentationThe guides: money, playing, your record, community and trust. Every number comes from the code the site runs on.OpenTokenBACKD: what the token is for, the flywheel that ties it to the fee, and straight answers to the questions people ask. Not launched yet.OpenAPIRead-only, public, no key. Live markets, public records and how Backd is split on any market.Open
Your first backed callJoin, link a wallet, deposit, back a side.How money flowsYour wallet, the order book, settlement, back to you.Backing a callThe call panel, the smallest stake, the slip.Combos2 to 10 picks in one slip. It pays only if every pick lands.XP and ranksWhat a right call earns and the fee share each rank carries.Referral systemYour invite link, two levels, and a share of the fee that climbs with your tier.The BACKD tokenWhat it is for, how it ties to the fee, and where it stands.The flywheelTwo flywheels, one ecosystem: 70% of the fee back to users, 30% burned; the 2% token tax half burned, half for growth.RoadmapBeta, launch, and the platform after it: best odds across markets, AI insight, more.

Where Backd is going

NOWOpen betaReal money, real markets, open to everyone, every rough edge still being found.The roadmapNEXTFull launchOut of beta, with the people part switched on in full.The roadmapLATERThe platformThe place you check before you back anything, anywhere.The roadmap

What's new

  • Backd is open to everyoneThe private beta is over: no password, anyone can join and back calls with real money through Polymarket. It is still a beta, so tell us what breaks from Help and feedback.
  • 70% of every fee goes backRank rebates, referral shares and a weekly XP pool, capped at 70% of the fee together. Follow one call to the cent on the new rewards and burns page.
  • The flywheel, redrawnTwo flywheels, one ecosystem: 70% of the platform fee back to users and 30% to buying back and burning BACKD; the token’s own fees half burned, half for growth.
  • The token flywheel, drawn outThe Token section is back in the docs: the loop, the two flywheels and the pots they feed, and the ledger that publishes every turn once BACKD launches.
  • Odds in your format, everywhereEvery card and list shows a side’s odds in the format you picked. The old payout line on every card is gone; your payout shows for the stake you type.
  • Real-money backing is onA backed call is now a real position, bought with your own money from your own wallet through Polymarket’s order book.
  • Live chat for everyone on BackdOne room, open by default on desktop, minimise instead of close. No links, tag a market with $, one message every three seconds.
  • Rewards page, rank card and XP eventsTap your rank mark for the card. Admins can run a double-XP window with a countdown strip; the multiplier applies when a call settles.
  • Dark and LightA theme switch in the sidebar under the odds format, and in Settings.
  • Deposit and withdraw by chain and coinA logo grid of all 13 chains at once, Robinhood first. Tap one and it opens into its coins, with the minimum shown.
  • Your balance in the headerYour live balance with a Deposit button on every page, and a profile menu with quick Deposit and Withdraw.
  • Browser-signed ordersYour wallet signs each order until Polymarket enables one-tap orders for Backd. Fills are verified against builder trades before they are recorded.
  • Live match centresEvents feed, momentum strip, friends in the match and every other market, on one page.

Found a bug? Tell us in the chat on any Backd page, on Telegram or by email at support@backd.market.

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