Creating Markets

How to propose a new prediction market on Aura.

Aura puts market creation in the hands of the community. Stakers above the Iron tier can propose new prediction markets on any topic — sports, politics, crypto, real-world events — and earn a share of the trading fees on every market they ship.

Proposal requirements

Before submitting a proposal, you’ll need:

• Iron tier or higher — at least 60,000 vaulted AURA. See [Tier Structure](/tokens/tier-structure) and [Staking & Vaulting AURA](/tokens/staking).
• A small ALPH deposit — covers the on-chain contract storage for the proposal. The deposit is fully refunded when the proposal is finalized (whether it’s approved or rejected). Typical cost is around 0.5 ALPH.

Market creation flow

1. Open the proposal form

   Click Propose Market at the top right of the Aura site.

2. Fill in the details

   • Question — clearly state the prediction event or outcome.
   • Category — pick a top-level category so users can find your market.
   • Resolution rules — describe exactly what conditions resolve the market YES, NO, or to each option.
   • Resolution date — the deadline at which the market closes for trading. The outcome is resolved shortly after.
   • Sources & images — list authoritative sources voters can use to verify the outcome, and add a relevant image to drive engagement.
3. Submit + sign

   Confirm the transaction in your wallet. The deposit is locked into a proposal contract.

4. Community voting

   Your proposal enters a 24-hour community voting window. Stakers review and vote on each proposal, weighted by their tier.

5. Approval

   After voting closes, a curator reviews the most-supported proposals against current platform capacity (number of active markets, recent daily volume, and total queued proposals) and approves the ones that best fit the slate. Approved proposals deploy on-chain immediately; rejected proposals refund the deposit.

Market limits

To keep the platform high-quality and spam-free, each proposer can submit up to 25 proposals per day.

See Binary Market Best Practices and Categorical Market Best Practices for guidance on writing markets that gain support and pass curation.

Linked markets

For events with multiple related outcomes — election races, league seasons, playoff brackets — you can submit a linked proposal that bundles up to 60 related markets into a single voting decision. If the bundle is approved, all of its child markets deploy together with shared metadata, so the UI can group them into a single “event” page.

Linked proposals are ideal for:

• League winners + division winners + playoff appearances
• Multi-stage tournaments (group stage, knockouts, final)
• Election cycles with primaries, conventions, and the general

You’ll find the linked-proposal mode in the same proposal form, under Linked / event-style markets.