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How It Works

The Core Loop

Claim a tile, hold it, earn from it, get bought out — then do it again. Five steps.

The Core Loop

What Gridsteal does in one sentence.

⚡ Tiles are always for sale. Holding earns you rewards. Being bought out means someone paid your full listed price back to you. The goal is to hold tiles in active grids and profit from the activity and rewards flowing around them.
1
Claim
2
Hold & Earn
3
Get Bought Out
4
Profit

Step by Step

The full flow, in order.

01
A creator launches a grid

Any Solana token can launch a 100-tile grid by calling launch_coin on the program. The creator sets a starting price per tile. From that moment the grid is live and tiles are claimable.

02
You claim an empty tile

Pay the starting price + a 5% minimum deposit. No buyout fee on first claims — you're paying for an empty seat. Your deposit is the collateral that funds ongoing tax and earns you a share of rewards.

03
Harberger tax runs continuously

You pay 5% of your listed price per month, charged against your deposit every second. You set your own price — set it honestly because it's both what you pay tax on and what anyone can buy you out for.

04
You earn from the reward accumulator

All Harberger tax paid by all holders in the grid, plus 10% of every buyout fee (half of the 20% total fee), flows into a shared accumulator. Your share is proportional to your deposit balance. Claim any time — the SOL sits in the vault.

05
Someone buys you out

The buyer pays your listed price + 20% fee + their own deposit. You receive 100% of your listed price back instantly, plus your remaining deposit. The 20% fee is split: 10% to all holders, 5% to the grid creator, 5% to the treasury.

Quick Example

Alice, Bob, and Carol walk through the loop with real numbers.

Grid starts with a 1.00 SOL starting price
Alice claims tile #0 (first claim, no fee)pays 1.00 + 0.05 deposit = 1.05 SOL
Alice's deposit in vault0.05 SOL
Alice's listed price1.00 SOL
Bob buys Alice out at her 1.00 SOL price
Bob pays (price + 20% fee + deposit)1.00 + 0.20 + 0.05 = 1.25 SOL
Alice receives (100% price + deposit)1.00 + 0.05 = 1.05 SOL
Alice net resultPaid 1.05 → Got 1.05 = break-even ✓
20% fee (0.20 SOL) is split 3 ways:10% + 5% + 5% = 20% total
↳ 10% of price → accumulator (all holders)0.10 SOL
↳ 5% of price → grid creator0.05 SOL
↳ 5% of price → treasury0.05 SOL
Bob raises price to 1.50 SOL — Carol buys him out
Carol pays (price + 20% fee + deposit)1.50 + 0.30 + 0.075 = 1.875 SOL
Bob receives (100% price + deposit)1.50 + 0.05 = 1.55 SOL
Bob net result (paid 1.25 total)+0.30 SOL profit ✓
20% fee (0.30 SOL) is split 3 ways:10% + 5% + 5% = 20% total
↳ 10% of price → accumulator0.15 SOL
↳ 5% of price → creator0.075 SOL
↳ 5% of price → treasury0.075 SOL
✓ Key insight: first claimers always break even if bought out at the same price they claimed at. Subsequent buyers need to either raise their price before being bought out, or earn enough accumulator rewards to cover the 20% fee they paid. This is what drives natural price appreciation in active grids.
Deep-dive into buyout mechanics