Season 1 · sponsored seats

We pay the fee. You keep the account.

A sponsored seat is a $5,000 evaluation we paid for — the same Paid Challenge in the app. Pass it and the funded account is yours, including every payout, at the 90% split. Nothing to buy, nothing to repay, no way for us to take it back.

What you are actually being offered

A real mainnet account

Not a demo and not testnet. The seat is created by a transaction on HyperEVM, at the same $5,000 size, under the same contract, with the same 10% target as anybody who paid for theirs. The rules are written into the contract when the account is created and nothing can edit them afterwards, including us.

Nothing is asked of you

No deposit, no token approval, no signature to receive it. We call the function, and the account appears at your address already yours. You'll need a little HYPE in your wallet to cover gas once you start trading — that's the one cost that's actually yours.

What we get out of it

Your account becomes a public record we will point people at. We would rather say that plainly than have you wonder where the catch is.

How we choose

Selection is discretionary — meeting these doesn't guarantee a seat.

01

A Hyperliquid address with a real trading record

We look it up on the public API before we decide. We are not screening for the biggest account or the best year — we are screening for someone who actually trades, because that is what predicts the seat getting used.
02

The seat is created at that same address

Hyperliquid and HyperEVM share an address space, so the account we fund is the one whose record you sent us. Sending someone else’s address gives them the seat, not you. That is the whole verification step, and it is why we do not ask you to prove anything.
03

You can start inside the window

The 30-day clock starts when we create the account and there is no cancel on mainnet, so a seat nobody trades blocks someone else from getting it for a month. Tell us honestly when you can start; "later this season" is a real answer and does not count against you.

What we do not screen on: follower count, how much you have made, or whether you have traded a prop challenge before. If you have never passed one, that is not a mark against you here — it is most of the reason this exists.

Apply

4 of the 8 seats are decided here. Applications close October 15, 2026. Everything on this form is read by one person, and it is not published.

Your Hyperliquid address

We look up its trading history before deciding, and the seat is created at this exact address. Send someone else’s and they get the account, not you.

Best way to reach you

Fill in the one you picked, and a second if you have one. Channels fail, and a seat offer that expires because a DM landed in Requests helps neither of us.

X handle

Email

When could you start trading it?

The 30-day clock starts the moment we create the account and there is no cancel on mainnet. "Later" is a real answer and costs you nothing — a wrong answer costs a seat.

Between the 3% daily loss limit and the 6% max drawdown, which is more likely to end your run — and how do you manage it?

Both rules are on the home page. There is no right answer — we are reading for whether you've actually thought about it.

Put my handle next to my seat in the public ledger. Left unticked, the seat is still listed — just without a name.

We read every one. If you are not selected you will hear that too, along with the date of the next season.