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tyca

The free-to-play prediction market

Fintech
Sports
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Hunted bySurya KoritalaSurya Koritala

tyca is a real prediction-market exchange you play with free coins: live crowd odds on sports, politics, crypto & AI, an automated market maker + limit order book, live charts, parlays, and seasonal leaderboards. No deposits, no cash prizes, never real money. Every profile carries a ledger-derived win-loss record you can't fake, the whole coin ledger is tamper-evident, and every settlement checks a named public source daily. Learn markets risk-free — then prove you saw it coming.

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Hey Product Hunt! 👋 Prediction markets exploded into the mainstream this year — election night, the World Cup, billions traded. But every single one wants your money first. tyca is the one you can actually PLAY. It's a real exchange under the hood — automated market maker + limit order book, live price charts, positions, parlays — but you trade with free play-money coins. 5,000 at signup, topped up daily. No deposits, no cash prizes, nothing to buy. Legally a game, not gambling. What makes it different: 🎯 Every % is a live price set by traders — not a poll 📈 Sell any time: lock profits before a market even resolves 🧾 Public track records — every profile shows a ledger-derived W–L you can't fake. Winners have receipts. 🔍 The entire coin ledger is tamper-evident and publicly verifiable ⚖️ Settlements check against named public sources, audited daily 📰 The Crowd Brief — a daily page of the biggest odds moves and the news that moved them I built tyca because reading the world well is a skill worth showing off — and you shouldn't have to risk rent money to prove it. Ask me anything, and tell me: what market should we open next?

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How does the ledger stay tamper-evident on the user side, like can I audit my own trade history or is verification only internal?

How does the coin ledger actually stay tamper-evident if the whole thing runs on your own servers, and can users audit their own personal ledger history from the outside?

How does the tamper-evident ledger actually work in practice, and can users audit their own transaction history to verify it holds up over time?

About tyca on Product Hunt

The free-to-play prediction market

tyca was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 6 upvotes and 7 comments, placing #89 on the daily leaderboard. tyca is a real prediction-market exchange you play with free coins: live crowd odds on sports, politics, crypto & AI, an automated market maker + limit order book, live charts, parlays, and seasonal leaderboards. No deposits, no cash prizes, never real money. Every profile carries a ledger-derived win-loss record you can't fake, the whole coin ledger is tamper-evident, and every settlement checks a named public source daily. Learn markets risk-free — then prove you saw it coming.

tyca was featured in Fintech (47.2k followers), Sports (11.3k followers) and Games (98.7k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 48.9k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.

Who hunted tyca?

tyca was hunted by Surya Koritala. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.

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