User Tutorials

Step-by-step guides to get going on Aura quickly.

Welcome to Aura! These step-by-step guides help you quickly and confidently engage with our prediction markets.

How to create a market

Follow these steps to propose a new prediction market:

1. Sign in

   Connect your Alephium-compatible wallet to Aura.

2. Check your tier

   Ensure you have at least Iron-tier status (stake a minimum of 60,000 AURA tokens if needed). See [Staking & Vaulting AURA](/tokens/staking).

3. Open the proposal form

   Click the Propose Market button at the top-right of the site.

4. Fill out market details

   Enter your prediction question, detailed rules, category, end date, and any relevant images or links.

5. Submit proposal

   Confirm the transaction via your wallet.

Your market will undergo a 24-hour community vote. Approved markets are automatically activated.

How to trade markets

Buying shares

1. Pick a market

   Select your market from the homepage.

2. Choose an outcome

   YES or NO.

3. Enter spend amount

   Enter the amount of USDT you want to spend.

4. Confirm

   Click Buy and confirm the transaction via your wallet.

Selling shares

1. Switch to Sell

   Select the Sell tab within the chosen market.

2. Pick shares

   Choose the outcome shares you wish to sell.

3. Enter quantity

   Enter the number of shares.

4. Confirm

   Click Sell and confirm the transaction.

Each transaction carries a small 2.5% fee collected in USDT.

How to vote and resolve disputes

If a market outcome is disputed, follow these steps:

1. Access Voting

   Click the Vote tab on the navigation toolbar and select the Outcomes section.

2. Review disputes

   Browse the list of active disputes.

3. Cast your vote

   Vote YES or NO based on your evaluation of the market outcome. You must hold no position in the market and have staked $AURA tokens.

4. Finalize

   Once voting concludes (after 24 hours), the majority decision finalizes the outcome.

Voting participants share 10% of the total market fees as a reward.