PulsarEverything behind the chart
How Pulsar works, end to end — where the price comes from, how blocks score, and what it takes to finish a day at the top of the leaderboard.
What Pulsar is
A competitive prediction game played on a live market chart. You place blocks ahead of the price; when the price runs through one, you score.
The chart never stops moving. Prices arrive from a real exchange in real time, and your job is to read that movement and commit to it before it happens — placing prediction blocks on the grid ahead of the price line.
When the line advances into a block you placed, that block is triggered and pays out. How much it pays depends on how far ahead you placed it and how far it sat from the price at the time. Reach further and the reward grows, but so does the chance the market never gets there.
Every session feeds your standing on the daily leaderboard, where the top ranked players share that day's prize pool.
What makes it different
- Live data, not a simulation. The price feed is streamed from the Bybit exchange, so gameplay tracks genuine market conditions.
- Skill decides outcomes. There is no house edge and no randomness to tune — only your reading of the market.
- Precision is rewarded. Rankings use accuracy as a multiplier, so flooding the grid with blocks works against you.
- Free to compete. One game every 24 hours for every connected wallet, no purchase required.
- Built for communities. Projects can run branded competitions and SocialFi campaigns on top of the game.
Quick start
Five steps from a cold start to a score on the board.
- 1Connect your Console WalletYour wallet is your identity in the game. It tracks your sessions and receives any rewards you win.
- 2Claim your free daily gameEvery connected wallet gets one free session every 24 hours. Nothing to buy to get started.
- 3Place your 75 blocksDrop blocks on the grid ahead of the price line. The four cells closest to the price are locked.
- 4Watch the market resolve themAs the line advances it triggers the blocks it reaches. Anything it misses expires when it scrolls off the chart.
- 5Check your Final ScoreAt the end of the session your points and accuracy are combined into a Final Score, which sets your leaderboard position.
Gameplay
Read the movement, commit ahead of it, and let the market settle the bet.
Pulsar is built around a price chart that scrolls continuously across the screen. You interact with it by placing prediction blocks in the space ahead of the price — each one a claim about where the market is heading.
As the line advances, it passes through the space where those blocks sit. Any block it reaches is triggered and scores. Any block it doesn't reach before the chart scrolls past simply expires.
What a block is worth
Two things set the payout:
- how far ahead on the chart the block was placed
- how far it sits from the price level at the time of placement
Playing on mobile
Touch and hold on the chart to preview a placement before you commit. The preview shows the points the block would pay and whether the position is valid. Lift your finger to confirm.
Rules
The same constraints apply to every player, in every session, free or paid.
Placement
Each session hands you 75 prediction blocks. They can go anywhere on the grid except the four cells closest to the price line, which are locked. That restriction is what stops the game from rewarding reflexes at point-blank range instead of actual predictions.
Session
A session runs for a maximum of 5 minutes, or ends sooner once every block has been triggered or has scrolled off the chart.
If the price line doesn't reach a block before it leaves the left edge of the chart, that block counts as missed and awards nothing — and the miss is counted against your accuracy.
Scoring
Points come from distance. Rankings come from precision.
Every triggered block pays between 1 and 20 points. The distance between the block and the price level at placement sets the multiplier:
| Placement | Points per block | Difficulty |
|---|---|---|
| Close to the price | 1 – 6 | Easy — high hit probability |
| Mid distance | 7 – 14 | Moderate |
| Far from the price | 15 – 20 | Difficult — requires real accuracy |
Final Score
Raw points alone don't decide the leaderboard. At the end of a session Pulsar calculates a Final Score:
Two players can finish with identical points and rank far apart. Someone who hits 80% of their blocks outranks someone who scattered blocks across the grid and hit a third of them. Deliberate predictions beat volume, every time.
Economy
A daily pool that Pulsar seeds and players grow.
The token
Pulsar uses $CC (Canton Coin) for additional gameplay sessions. It has one job in the game: unlocking more attempts and, through them, feeding the prize pool.
Free access
Connecting a wallet earns one free game every 24 hours. Every player can compete on the daily leaderboard without spending anything, and a paid session carries no mechanical advantage over a free one — same 75 blocks, same rules, same clock.
How the pool grows
Pulsar seeds a base prize pool at the start of each daily cycle. Every additional game purchased then adds to it:
Reset and payout
At 00:00 UTC+2 the leaderboard resets and a fresh pool opens for the next cycle. Rewards from the closed cycle are distributed to the winning wallets within 24 hours of the reset.
Leaderboard
The competitive centre of Pulsar, and the reason accuracy matters.
Every session you play contributes to your standing in the current 24-hour cycle. Both your raw Points and your Final Score are displayed, so you can see the gap between what you scored and what it was worth after accuracy.
Ranking is on Final Score. Cleaner sessions climb; sessions padded with misses don't.
Technology
Where the price comes from, and why nobody at Pulsar can touch it.
The price feed
Price data comes directly from the Bybit exchange API, delivered over a WebSocket connection so updates arrive continuously rather than on request. The chart redraws roughly every 50 milliseconds.
Nothing on screen is generated or replayed. Because the feed originates outside the platform, the Pulsar team cannot control, modify, or manipulate the movement used in gameplay — and every player is watching the same data at the same moment.
If the connection drops mid-session, the game reconnects to the stream automatically and resumes from the latest available market data.
Wallet integration
Pulsar connects through Console Wallet, a self-custodial wallet built for the Canton ecosystem. The connection identifies you, determines whether your free daily game is available or an additional game has been purchased, and serves as the destination for rewards.
Because the wallet is self-custodial, you keep your keys and your funds. Pulsar never holds custody of user assets and cannot access a player's wallet. Additional wallet integrations may follow as the platform grows.
Fairness
- Free and paid sessions run identical mechanics — buying games buys attempts, not advantages.
- The restricted zone applies to everyone, removing guaranteed-hit placements.
- Block counts and session timers are the same in every game.
- Outcomes are set by real market movement and player decisions, and nothing else.
Roadmap
Where the platform is heading, and how to build on it with us.
In development
- additional gameplay modes
- new prediction mechanics and scoring systems
- expanded leaderboard formats
- new event-based competitions
- additional wallet integrations
- deeper SocialFi campaign tooling for communities and projects
Updates ship through the official channels — the fastest way to hear about them is X or Telegram.
Business & partnerships
Projects, communities, and ecosystems can collaborate with Pulsar on branded SocialFi campaigns, custom community competitions, promotional events, themed leaderboards, and platform integrations.
For partnership enquiries, reach the team through the official channels below.
FAQ
The questions players ask most often.
Directly from the Bybit exchange API, streamed over a WebSocket connection. The movement on the chart is real market activity, not a simulation or a replay.
Because the feed originates outside Pulsar, the team cannot influence, pause, or manipulate the prices used in gameplay. Every player sees the same data at the same moment.
The feed updates continuously over the live WebSocket connection, and the chart redraws roughly every 50 milliseconds so what you see stays in step with the market.
Points are awarded when the moving price line passes through a block you placed. The amount depends on how far ahead the block sits on the chart and how far it is from the current price level — between 1 and 20 points per hit.
The leaderboard then ranks on Final Score, which is Points × Accuracy. Accuracy is the share of your placed blocks that the price actually reached, so missing a lot of blocks pulls your ranking down even when your raw points are high.
Nothing is awarded. A block stays live only while it is on screen — once the chart scrolls past it, the prediction expires. Timing matters as much as placement.
The four grid cells closest to the price line are restricted. Without that rule, blocks could be dropped directly beside the price for near-guaranteed points, which would remove the prediction from the game entirely.
Each session gives you 75 prediction blocks and runs for a maximum of 5 minutes, ending early once every block has either been hit or scrolled off the chart.
Yes. Every connected wallet gets one free game every 24 hours, so you can compete on the daily leaderboard without spending anything.
Yes. Beyond the free session you can buy 3 additional games for 5 $CC. Paid games are mechanically identical to the free one — more attempts, no advantage.
Pulsar seeds a base prize pool at the start of every daily cycle. On top of that, 25% of each additional-game purchase is added to the pool, so it grows through the day as more games are played.
The leaderboard resets every 24 hours at 00:00 UTC+2, which closes the cycle and opens a new one with a fresh pool.
Once final rankings are confirmed, rewards are sent to the winners' wallet addresses within 24 hours of the reset.
Console Wallet, a self-custodial wallet built for the Canton ecosystem. It is your identity in the game and the address your rewards are paid to. Further wallet integrations may follow.
The game reconnects to the WebSocket stream automatically and resumes from the latest available market data once the connection is restored.
Glossary
The terms used across these docs and inside the game.
- Prediction block
- A marker you place on the chart to call where the price will go. If the price line reaches it, it pays out.
- Block score
- The points a triggered block awards — 1 to 20, scaling with how far ahead and how far from the price it was placed.
- Price line
- The moving line representing the current market price, driven by live data from the Bybit exchange.
- Prediction zone
- The valid area of the grid where blocks may be placed. The band closest to the price is restricted.
- Restricted zone
- The four grid cells nearest the price line, where blocks cannot be placed.
- Points
- The raw score from every block the price ran through during a session.
- Accuracy
- The share of your placed blocks that the price actually reached. Fewer misses, higher accuracy.
- Final Score
- Points × Accuracy — the number the leaderboard ranks on, rewarding precision over volume.
- Game session
- One round of play: 75 blocks, up to 5 minutes.
- Free daily game
- One free session every 24 hours for every connected wallet.
- Entry fee
- The 5 $CC that buys 3 additional games. A quarter of it goes to the prize pool.
- Prize pool
- The daily rewards pot. Pulsar seeds a base amount and purchases grow it through the cycle.
- Competition cycle
- The 24-hour window players compete within before scores reset and rewards are paid.
- Leaderboard reset
- The daily close at 00:00 UTC+2 that ends one cycle and starts the next.
- $CC (Canton Coin)
- The token used to purchase additional game sessions.
- Console Wallet
- The self-custodial wallet Pulsar currently supports, used to connect, play, and receive rewards.
- Self-custodial
- You hold your own keys and funds. Pulsar never takes custody of player assets.
- Price feed
- The continuous stream of market prices from the exchange that drives the chart.
- WebSocket
- The protocol carrying that stream, letting prices arrive continuously rather than on request.
- Chart refresh rate
- How often the chart redraws — roughly every 50 milliseconds.
- Latency
- The delay between a price printing on the exchange and appearing on your chart.
- Risk vs reward
- The core trade-off: distant blocks pay more but are harder to hit.
Links & contact
Official channels only. Anything else claiming to be Pulsar isn't.
For gameplay questions, wallet connection issues, or leaderboard queries, use the official channels above — the team monitors them and replies as quickly as it can. Partnership and campaign enquiries are welcome through the same routes.
SocialFi
Campaigns your community plays instead of forms your community fills in.
Most Web3 campaigns ask people to repost something, complete a task, or submit a form. Pulsar offers projects a different shape: a live competition where performance decides the rewards.
Campaigns
Projects can host prediction competitions for their community, with rewards tied to leaderboard results rather than participation checkboxes.
Custom game events
Events can be built to match a partner's branding and campaign goals, including dedicated competition windows, branded game environments, themed events, and exclusive reward pools.
Partner integrations
Pulsar can be integrated into external ecosystems and community platforms: branded competitions, gameplay folded into existing campaigns, rewards tied to ecosystem participation, or joint events run between partner communities.