VRE

Trust is a resource. VRE is how you earn it. On-chain proof of who won. @solana | @colosseum |

[VRE @VREprotocol]

On-chain proof of who won on @solana.

Every raffle asks you to trust the backend.
VRE closes that gap.

Commit → replay from tx sig → MATCH / OK

Building something that picks winners?
https://t.co/X7NbkTwtAx

@OnSwig @multisig @worldnetwork @metaplex
#Solana #Colosseum

[VRE @VREprotocol]

@Heresprotocol @sagapad_icm @theshiptalk @solana_stream It was dope!

[Solana Ship Talk @theshiptalk]

Timur, co-founder of @VREprotocol, on where the randomness comes from, and why there's no oracle in it

"Every answer for fair randomness points somewhere outside. It is maybe oracle, a beacon, maybe someone's service, and you remove the trust from the operator and you hand it to a third party. So again, you didn't really solve the problem, you just changed who you depend on"

"And I think @solana can stand on its own here, because it is fast enough, as I said, and it is cheap enough. So the state is already there, so the randomness should come from it"

"When a draw is prepared, it doesn't take a random number from anywhere. It points at three specific Solana slots in the near future, so it writes those slot numbers on chain. And those slot numbers have not been produced yet, so nobody can predict it. Not the operator, not me. And then you wait, and once those slots exist, the program reads their hashes out of chain and combines them into master seed, and it refuses to seal before that"

"So you can't rush it and you can't pick different slot hashes later, because slot numbers already on chain. So everything comes from Solana itself, and there is no oracle anywhere in the path. So if our servers disappear tomorrow, the check still works because nothing belongs to us"

[VRE @VREprotocol]

@Heresprotocol is dope 🌟🔥w

[Solana Ship Talk @theshiptalk]

Millions of Bitcoin sit in wallets nobody can open. Heres is building the layer that hands them over.

Original, co-founder of @Heresprotocol, on the digital asset graveyard

"The problem we are trying to solve is simply the digital asset graveyard problem. According to chain analysis, millions of Bitcoins are inaccessible because the owners lose access to their private keys and seed phrases, alongside some other issues that could make users lose their assets"

"Heres provides a private inheritance layer for users, where users can create capsules, add beneficiaries, and set their intent"

"After a set period of time, that will be a time set by the users, we call it wallet inactivity period, the assets are sent to the intended beneficiaries and settled on the Solana ecosystem"

[VRE @VREprotocol]

That’s VRE Randomness layer.

[Solana Ship Talk @theshiptalk]

Timur, co-founder of @VREprotocol, on where the randomness comes from, and why there's no oracle in it

"Every answer for fair randomness points somewhere outside. It is maybe oracle, a beacon, maybe someone's service, and you remove the trust from the operator and you hand it to a third party. So again, you didn't really solve the problem, you just changed who you depend on"

"And I think @solana can stand on its own here, because it is fast enough, as I said, and it is cheap enough. So the state is already there, so the randomness should come from it"

"When a draw is prepared, it doesn't take a random number from anywhere. It points at three specific Solana slots in the near future, so it writes those slot numbers on chain. And those slot numbers have not been produced yet, so nobody can predict it. Not the operator, not me. And then you wait, and once those slots exist, the program reads their hashes out of chain and combines them into master seed, and it refuses to seal before that"

"So you can't rush it and you can't pick different slot hashes later, because slot numbers already on chain. So everything comes from Solana itself, and there is no oracle anywhere in the path. So if our servers disappear tomorrow, the check still works because nothing belongs to us"

[VRE @VREprotocol]

@theshiptalk Thanks to every participant!
You can try our examples!
https://t.co/TmrsOjxehc

[VRE @VREprotocol]

Recap! Give us some feedback.

[Solana Ship Talk @theshiptalk]

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[Solana Ship Talk @theshiptalk]

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[Solana Ship Talk @theshiptalk]

Ship Talk #7: Heres Protcol & VRE Protocol https://t.co/clUc24ax1x

[Heres Protocol @Heresprotocol]

⚡ Yesterday, we had a truly amazing experience and shared many productive conversations.

We also had the opportunity to meet our interesting @Heresprotocol and @VREprotocol for the Solana ecosystem.

If you missed it, please watch it via the provided link. Watch to learn about the problems Heres Protocol aims to solve, how our service works, and our future plans!

P.S. I would like to sincerely thank @sagapad_icm, @theshiptalk, and @solana_stream for providing such a wonderful environment and a great gathering, and for inviting us.

We hope we can continue to communicate and expand the Solana ecosystem community in the future. 🙏

[VRE @VREprotocol]

@0x0riginal Let’s connect 🙏🏻

[VRE @VREprotocol]

Glad to see you!

[Solana Ship Talk @theshiptalk]

Ship Talk #7: Heres Protcol & VRE Protocol https://t.co/clUc24ax1x

[VRE @VREprotocol]

See you!

[Heres Protocol @Heresprotocol]

📢 This Friday, Aug 14, 4 PM UTC!

@Heresprotocol will be participating in @theshiptalk Ship Talk, hosted by the @sagapad_icm team.

You can learn about what kind of project Heres Protocol is, what problems we address and solve, and even see a demo of our product firsthand!

Join us for a deep dive to learn more and meet up.

Also, take this opportunity to meet the @voutcomeengine team, who are joining us.

We would also like to thank our partner @solana_stream for providing the environment for Ship Talk.

See you tomorrow! 👀

[SagaPad @sagapad_icm]

2/ @voutcomeengine

Plenty of onchain draws call themselves "provably fair" when they're really only showing you half of it.

You get the dice roll onchain, which looks legit enough. But the odds themselves, the prize table, who actually wins what, all of that sits in code the operator can change whenever they feel like it, and you have no way of checking whether they did.

@voutcomeengine locks the entire ruleset onchain before the draw runs, so nobody can quietly adjust the odds afterwards. The randomness comes from a Solana block that hasn't happened yet, which means there's nothing to predict or grind, and every re-roll costs the operator money.

The good part is that after any draw you can replay it yourself from the transaction and get the exact same result, byte for byte, so you never have to take their word for it.

That's the trust layer for every result along the way.

[SagaPad @sagapad_icm]

Ship Talk #7 is here

📢Friday, Aug 14, 4PM UTC

Two questions crypto still doesn't have a clean answer to.

Who can open your wallet after you're gone? And who's checking that the raffle you just entered was ever winnable?

Two @colosseum teams built primitives for exactly those gaps.

Featuring on @theshiptalk:
> @Heresprotocol
> @voutcomeengine

Hosted by @sagapad_icm, in partnership with @solana_stream.

60 minutes. Pitch, live demo, and questions we've already warned them about. 🚢

[VRE @VREprotocol]

There will be some plans and news about VRE protocol and new ecosystem products.

[Solana Ship Talk @theshiptalk]

2/ VRE
Ever open a loot box or enter an onchain raffle and wonder if the odds are even real?

Here's the thing: even the "provably fair" ones only show you half of it. You get the dice roll on the blockchain, so it looks legit. But the actual odds, the prize table, who wins what - that lives in code the operator can change whenever they want, and you have no way to check whether they did. Fair dice, unverifiable rules.

@voutcomeengine locks the whole ruleset onchain before the draw, so the odds can't be touched after the fact. The randomness comes from a Solana block that hasn't happened yet - nothing the operator can predict or grind, and every re-roll costs them money.

Best part: after any draw you can replay it yourself from the transaction and get the same result, byte for byte. You don't have to take their word for it.

Loot boxes, raffles, NFT mints, giveaways. Live on devnet today. Stop trusting. Start checking.

That's the trust layer for every result along the way.

[VRE @VREprotocol]

Let’s go!

[Solana Ship Talk @theshiptalk]

Ship Talk #7 is here. 🚢

Theme: The Trust Layer for Onchain Life.

Crypto keeps saying "don't trust, verify." But two big things still run on pure trust: whether a game or raffle is actually fair, and whether your coins survive if something happens to you.

This Friday, two @colosseum builders fixing exactly that come on the mic.

📅 Friday, Aug 14 | 4PM UTC
Co-hosted by @sagapad_icm x @solana_stream
Featuring:

@voutcomeengine
@Heresprotocol
Let's talk about the SHIPPING. 🔥

[OddSol @OddSolFun]

We just submitted OddSol to the @TXODDSOfficial hackathon.

OddSol turns the World Cup into a prediction arena. Everyone gets the same live data — straight from TxLINE — so the edge isn't the data, it's who reads it better.

Two ways to play:

☀️ Solo — go free against Sol, our AI analyst. His read is grounded on TxLINE + live web, and locked with a hash so it can't be changed after the match.
⚔️ Arena — stake test-USDC, peer-to-peer. Winners split the pool by their coefficient. You play real people, never the house.

And every result is proven on-chain — verified against TxLINE's signed scores, and independently replayable through @voutcomeengine. Don't trust us. Check it yourself.
Live on devnet -> https://t.co/03oE1UUTr2
Skill-based. Transparent. Honest by design.

[OddSol @OddSolFun]

Every match on the board starts the same way: same live odds, same public data, for everyone. Nobody's got an information edge here.

What's different is what happens next. Every match gets a quick read from Sol right on the card — live, upcoming, or finished, all filterable. Open one up and the full breakdown is waiting: Sol's probability, its confidence, the actual reasoning — sitting right next to what the market's really pricing.

Same data for everyone. Find where Sol fades the crowd.

[VRE @VREprotocol]

Our new odd friend Sol!

[OddSol @OddSolFun]

Most of the prediction apps has the same deal: pick a number, hope you're right, and if you're wrong someone else profits off it. Usually the house.

We went with something else. Meet Sol — a little sun with crooked glasses and uneven rays. Sol reads the same odds you do and just... disagrees. Out loud. Before kickoff it'll give you a probability, how confident it is, and the actual reason — no hiding the thinking.

So the game was never about who's got more info. Everyone's staring at the same board. It's about who reads it right, and who's actually got the nerve to act on it.

When the match ends, we're not asking you to take our word for who won. The result settles from the real final score, and you can replay the resolution on-chain yourself.

Predict the match. See what Sol sees. Beat it anyway.

Built on live @TXODDSOfficial data with @SuperteamKZ, on Solana devnet — test-USDC, nothing real-money yet.

[Colosseum @colosseum]

1/ Announcing the winners of the Solana Frontier
Hackathon!🏔️

Read about the winners & honorable mentions: https://t.co/9HXbhNtkU2

The subset of winning teams accepted into our VC fund's next accelerator cohort will be shared in the coming days.

Congrats to all! 🏆