A fixed $100 participation, capped at 10,000,000 participants. Capital is committed for a five-year cycle.
275 BTC distributed to 275 winners drawn from the founding cohort of one million — one Bitcoin to each winner, selected by sealed VRF on-chain, paid at Year 5 alongside the daily-draw winners.
1 BTC per sealed slot — 1,825 daily slots total across the five-year cycle, sealed by VRF against the full 10,000,000-participant universe from Day 1. Every participant has identical odds regardless of when they joined. Any sealed slot belonging to an unfilled position is re-drawn against actual participants at Year 5 so no winning slot is wasted. All Bitcoin (the 275 founding and the 1,825 daily) is purchased at Year 5 from treasury profit above cost basis — and only if profit is sufficient to cover the full 2,100 BTC obligation at Year 5 market price. If profit is insufficient, no Bitcoin is purchased and all profit instead flows into the pro-rata cash distribution.
Founding-million participants remain eligible for the daily 1 BTC draws across all five years — the founding draw and the daily draws are independent. A founding participant can win in both.
Year 5 surplus — whatever remains after the on-chain treasury satisfies its obligations is distributed: 20% to the founder, 80% to participants pro rata.
Downside honest: outcomes depend entirely on ICP market performance across the five-year cycle. If the Participant Pool does not appreciate above cost basis, there is no profit — no Bitcoin is purchased and no founder fee is paid. Participants share the pool pro rata (which may be less than $95). The $5 Operating Fee is consumed regardless. The $100 entry is at risk. No principal return is promised.
The Bitcoin distribution mechanics are subject to Gibraltar authorisation. If the required authorisation is not obtained, the protocol does not launch.
A deterministic, on-chain capital protocol built on the Internet Computer. Not a lottery. Not a fund. A fixed set of rules deployed on a blockchain — immutable from launch.
$100 fixed. One slot per person. No tiers, no whales, no early-investor advantage. Every participant enters on identical terms — the same price, the same daily draw eligibility, the same Year 5 surplus distribution.
The protocol supports 10 million total participants. Of those, 1 million founding slots are available now — free to reserve, with no payment required until protocol launch (subject to Gibraltar authorisation).
The founding draw is exclusive to the first million participants. The moment the 1,000,000th founding slot is filled, an on-chain Verifiable Random Function selects 275 wallets. Each winner receives 1 full Bitcoin — unshared.
The results are sealed immediately and remain hidden until Year 5 settlement. At Year 5, if treasury profit is sufficient to purchase the full 2,100 BTC obligation (275 founding + 1,825 daily) at Year 5 market price, all 275 winning wallets are revealed simultaneously on-chain alongside the 1,825 daily winners, and each receives 1 BTC. If profit is insufficient, no Bitcoin is purchased and the founding cohort shares in the pro-rata cash distribution on the same terms as all other participants.
Before the first $100 enters, 10,000,000 addresses are pre-registered on-chain — one for every protocol slot. Registering claims one of those addresses. From Day 1 the protocol executes one draw every 24 hours using an on-chain VRF, always selecting from all 10,000,000 addresses regardless of how many have been claimed.
A participant who joins the day before the Year 5 settlement holds exactly the same daily draw eligibility as someone who registered years earlier — the protocol is neutral on timing for the daily draw. If the selected address has been claimed by a confirmed registered participant, that win is cryptographically sealed. If it has not yet been claimed, a replacement winner is drawn instantly at random from all confirmed registered participants who have not yet won. Every draw resolves to a confirmed registered winner — no draw is ever left unclaimed.
Your founding slot also enters you in the full daily draw from Day 1. The first million participants therefore hold two advantages simultaneously: the exclusive 1 in 3,636 founding draw, and early-cycle daily draw participation before the remaining 9 million join.
The moment a $100 entry is received it is split automatically into two structural segments of the on-chain treasury. Both segments are held in ICP. The split applies from the very first participant — at 1M participants the treasury stands at $100M.
Participant Pool (95%): Held in ICP across the full five-year cycle. Participants receive their pro-rata share of Pool Value at Year 5; any profit above cost basis funds BTC purchases (if sufficient) and the 80/20 residual split.
Operating Fee Reserve (5%): Held in ICP. Funds five years of protocol operations — certification, development, compliance, infrastructure, legal, governance. Does not fund BTC prizes. Any unspent balance at Year 5 flows into the participant cash distribution.
At Year 5 settlement, the Participant Pool is valued and Profit is calculated as Pool Value minus Cost Basis (the sum of $95 contributions). If Profit is sufficient to buy the full 2,100 BTC obligation at market price, 2,100 BTC is purchased from Profit and distributed to sealed VRF winners; any residual Profit is split 80/20 between participants pro rata and the founder as Performance Fee. If Profit is positive but insufficient for the BTC purchase, no BTC is bought and all Profit flows into the 80/20 split. If the Pool is worth less than Cost Basis, participants share the diminished pool pro rata and the founder receives nothing. The actual outcome depends on ICP market performance across the cycle and is not guaranteed.
Any Year 5 distribution is subject to the final authorised protocol design and treasury performance, and is subject to the same ICP performance condition.
Bitcoin Storm runs entirely on the Internet Computer Protocol — a blockchain that hosts software end-to-end on-chain inside smart contracts called canisters. There is no traditional cloud infrastructure, no off-chain server, and no operator key after launch.
The canister runs the same way whether the founder is present or not. The rules cannot be changed. The draws cannot be altered. The capital cannot be accessed by any human.