Welcome to the CycleStark User Guide! This comprehensive guide will help you understand and effectively use all features of the platform.
Learn how to create and manage your own collectives:
- Setting up collective parameters
- Defining rules and requirements
- Managing collective lifecycle
- Best practices for collective owners
Understand how to participate in existing collectives:
- Finding the right collective
- Joining process and requirements
- Fund locking and collateral
- Understanding collective rules
Master the cyclical funding process:
- Understanding cycle mechanics
- Making contributions
- Receiving funds
- Managing cycle schedules
Learn about financial management:
- Token balances and transfers
- Escrow management
- Fee structures
- Financial best practices
A Collective is a group of users (called "Heroes") who come together to create a cyclical funding system. Each collective has:
- Fixed Parameters: Cycle amount, number of heroes, token type
- Clear Rules: Contribution schedule, distribution order, penalties
- Shared Purpose: Common goal or objective for the funding
- Setup Phase: Heroes join and lock collateral
- Contribution Phase: Each hero contributes the cycle amount
- Distribution Phase: One hero receives the entire pool
- Rotation: The process repeats until all heroes receive funds
Collective: "Tech Startup Fund"
- 5 Heroes
- 0.1 ETH per cycle
- ETH token
Cycle 1: All contribute 0.1 ETH → Hero A receives 0.5 ETH
Cycle 2: All contribute 0.1 ETH → Hero B receives 0.5 ETH
Cycle 3: All contribute 0.1 ETH → Hero C receives 0.5 ETH
Cycle 4: All contribute 0.1 ETH → Hero D receives 0.5 ETH
Cycle 5: All contribute 0.1 ETH → Hero E receives 0.5 ETH
Before using CycleStark, ensure you have:
- Starknet Wallet: ArgentX, Braavos, or OKX Wallet
- Testnet Tokens: For testing (available from faucets)
- Basic Understanding: Familiarity with DeFi concepts
- Connect Wallet: Link your Starknet wallet to the platform
- Register: Complete your hero registration
- Browse: Explore existing collectives
- Join: Participate in a collective that fits your needs
- Definition: Users who participate in collectives
- Responsibilities: Contribute funds, follow rules, communicate
- Benefits: Access to funding, community support, transparency
- Definition: Organized groups for cyclical funding
- Structure: Fixed parameters, clear rules, shared purpose
- Management: Owner controls, community governance
- Definition: Individual funding rounds within a collective
- Duration: Fixed time periods (weekly, monthly, etc.)
- Process: Contribution → Distribution → Rotation
- Supported: Various ERC-20 tokens (ETH, USDC, etc.)
- Pricing: Real-time price feeds via Pragma Oracle
- Conversion: Automatic USD value display
- Overview: Summary of your collectives and activities
- Balances: Token balances across all collectives
- Recent Activity: Latest transactions and events
- Creation: Set up new collectives with custom parameters
- Joining: Browse and join existing collectives
- Monitoring: Track collective performance and status
- Chat: Built-in messaging for collective members
- Notifications: Real-time updates on important events
- Community: Connect with other heroes
- Performance: Track your funding history
- Statistics: Collective and cycle analytics
- Reports: Detailed financial reports
- Wallet Security: Never share private keys
- Transaction Verification: Always verify transaction details
- Network Confirmation: Ensure correct network connection
- Regular Monitoring: Keep track of your activities
- Risk Assessment: Understand the risks involved
- Diversification: Don't put all funds in one collective
- Emergency Funds: Keep reserves outside the platform
- Regular Review: Monitor your financial position
- Respect: Treat other heroes with respect
- Communication: Stay informed and communicate clearly
- Participation: Actively participate in collective activities
- Support: Help new heroes understand the system
- Documentation: Comprehensive guides and tutorials
- Community: Discord server for real-time support
- FAQ: Common questions and answers
- Contact: Direct support for complex issues
- Transaction Failures: Check balance and network connection
- Connection Problems: Verify wallet connection and network
- Cycle Delays: Contact collective owner for assistance
- Technical Issues: Report bugs through GitHub
- Performance Tracking: Monitor your funding success
- Historical Data: View past cycles and contributions
- Trend Analysis: Identify patterns and opportunities
- Auto-Contributions: Set up automatic cycle contributions
- Notifications: Configure alerts for important events
- Reporting: Automated financial reports
- Wallet Integration: Seamless wallet connectivity
- Price Feeds: Real-time token pricing
- External Tools: API access for advanced users
- Mobile App: Native mobile application
- Advanced Analytics: Enhanced reporting and insights
- Cross-Chain Support: Multi-chain functionality
- AI Integration: Smart recommendations and automation
- Reputation System: Hero rating and trust scores
- Advanced Chat: Enhanced communication tools
- Governance: Community decision-making tools
- Education: Built-in learning resources
- Getting Started - Installation and setup
- Architecture - Technical system design
- API Reference - Developer interfaces
- Security - Security guidelines
Need Help? Join our Discord community for real-time support and discussions with other heroes!