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About VoteSmash
A structured deliberation platform.
Most groups don't know what they actually agree on.
Meetings produce summaries written by whoever held the pen. Polls flatten nuance into multiple choice. Comment threads reward volume over substance. The loudest voice wins, and the quiet majority never registers.
VoteSmash is built for a different kind of signal. A group comes together around a single question. Everyone writes their best answer in plain language. Then everyone votes — not for their favorite, but for what they genuinely agree with. What survives that filter is consensus: the claims that 85% or more of the room can stand behind.
The result is a record of what the group actually thinks — not what they said in a meeting, not what the facilitator summarized. What they voted for, with their name on it.
How a tour works
A question is posed
Every tour starts with a lead question — something the group needs to resolve. A host sets the question, the time window, and the entry conditions.
Everyone takes the same survey
A short set of questions grounds the room. It takes a couple of minutes, and it ensures everyone is oriented before they make claims.
Claims go on the table
Every participant writes their best answer to the lead question. 200 characters. Plain language. No jargon, no essays — just the core idea.
The room votes
Everyone reads every claim and votes: Agree, Disagree, or Needs Work. You're not picking a winner — you're registering what you can genuinely stand behind. Claims that earn 85% agreement become consensus.
Actions emerge
Once consensus is established, participants propose actions — concrete next steps grounded in what the room agreed on. Actions go through the same voting process. What survives becomes a commitment.
Two ways to participate
Free
- • Join any open tour at no cost
- • Submit one claim
- • Vote on every claim
- • Your voice counts in the consensus
Ticket holder
- • Everything free participants get
- • Submit up to 3 claims
- • Eligible for the prize pool
- • Claims recorded to the public ledger
Where the money goes
When a tour has a ticket price, the revenue forms a prize pool. 75% goes to participants. 25% goes to VoteSmash.
The largest share — 30% — goes to every participant who completed the survey. This is the earn-back: you get paid for showing up prepared.
Another 30% goes to the authors of winning claims — the ideas that 85% of the room agreed with. This is the play-to-win incentive: write something the room can stand behind, and you're rewarded.
The remaining participant share covers ambassador rewards and activity bonuses for voting, commenting, and engagement during the session.
Sponsors can add to the pool. Their contributions boost all payouts proportionally — more money for participants, same percentages.
Payment rails
VoteSmash supports multiple payment methods. Each tour shows the available rails with honest performance data — fees, speed, minimums — and lets participants choose.
Card (Stripe)
Standard card payment
~3% fee
Instant
Bitcoin (BSV)
On-chain, near-zero fees
< $0.01 fee
Instant (0-conf)
Lightning
BTC Lightning Network
< $0.01 fee
Instant
Ethereum (ERC-20)
USDC or stablecoins
$0.50–2.00 fee
~15 seconds
All prices are displayed in USD. The payment method is the platform's concern — hosts set a ticket price, and VoteSmash handles collection and verification.
Who it's for
VoteSmash works for any group that needs to move from opinions to agreement.
Classrooms
Students practice constructing and evaluating arguments. The structure keeps discussions productive and the results are concrete.
Workshops
A facilitator poses a question, the room responds, and by the end there's a clear record of what the group agreed on.
Communities
Neighborhood groups, professional associations, online communities — anyone who needs to surface genuine agreement on a shared question.
Organizations
Sponsors fund tours on topics they care about. They get structured insight from real deliberation, not surveys or focus groups.
The best way to understand VoteSmash is to join a tour.