Glossary

Loot — A verifiable reward campaign escrowed on-chain. This is the product name for what the contracts call a Pool; the mapping is one-to-one.

Pool — The contract that holds a single Loot’s rewards. The factory deploys one per Loot as a minimal-proxy clone.

PoolFactory — The contract that deploys a dedicated pool for each new Loot, using minimal proxies to keep gas low.

Creator — The address and account that launch and configure a Loot. The creator also counts as a contributor.

Contributor — Anyone who funds a Loot during its Pending window. The contribution ledger determines reclaim.

Participant — Someone attempting to claim from a Loot.

Verifier — The protocol service that evaluates Gates and signs claim vouchers. It holds no funds; its key is hardware-backed and multisig-governed.

Gate — A participation requirement for a Loot. Passing the Gates makes a participant eligible. Available Gates: allowlist (free / request / invite), X follow, platform follow.

Voucher — An EIP-712 signed authorization that lets one wallet claim one Loot, once.

Asset type — Native, ERC-20, or ERC-721. Fixed per Loot.

Play style — Random, Equal, or Custom. Determines how the pool is split among claimers.

Status — Pending (funding) → Active (claimable) → Ended (closed). Derived from on-chain state.

Seats — The maximum number of wallets that can claim a Loot (maxClaimers).

Window — A Loot’s start and end time. An end time of zero means it never expires.

Reclaim — Recovery of unclaimed funds by contributors after a Loot ends: pro-rata for fungible assets, by token ID for NFTs.

Group — An audience segment with its own visibility and rules, used for private Loots and tiered campaigns.

Private Loot — A Loot scoped to a group, visible and claimable only by its members.

SIWE — Sign-In with Ethereum; the signature used to link a wallet to your account.

Embedded wallet — Gatoll’s extension-free, non-custodial wallet, with keys in an EIP-2335 keystore.