Making Your First Purchase
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To buy shares on Predict, you'll need a suitable Blast wallet (such as MetaMask) loaded with USDB, Blast's dollar-pegged stablecoin.
Currently, the easiest way to obtain USDB is by bridging ETH to the Blast network (via the Blast bridge) and exchanging it for USDB using Thruster.
To authenticate yourself on Predict, you can sign up via wallet connection, Google or X.
Wallet connection isn't necessary as it is on other dApps — Predict uses smart contract wallets via Privy for a better user experience, meaning you'll deposit and withdraw from an auto-generated account.
Click Connect on the top-right corner of any page to sign up. You'll be prompted to select your preferred login method. Be warned, however: if you lose access to this, Predict cannot help you recover your account. Ensure that you've taken the appropriate steps to backup your desired method.
Confirm that you've understood this, and you'll be prompted to create a username (we'll suggest one for you if you've authenticated via X, but feel free to change it).
Following the pop-up confirming your signup, you'll be prompted to deposit funds to your deposit address.
In your Blast wallet, copy and paste the deposit address or scan the QR code. Then, send your desired amount of USDB.
Do not deposit anything other than USDB on the Blast network, as you won't be able to recover other asset types!
It can take a few minutes for the funds to appear in your account. Can't see them? Check your transaction's status or deposit address on Blastscan.
When your funds appear in your account, you're good to go.
Head over to the Markets page to discover trending markets across a range of categories (use the filters to refine your search further).
Once you've found your desired market, you can either navigate to it for additional information (e.g. the orderbook and details about its resolution), or buy shares by clicking directly on YES or NO (for binary markets), or YES or NO on your preferred option (for multi-outcome markets).
At this stage, you'll need to specify the dollar value you wish to spend (with a minimum of $5), and whether your order is a limit order or a market order.
If you want to purchase immediately at the current price, a market order is recommended. If you want to specify a price at which to buy, use a limit order instead. Additionally, if your limit orders are close to the market price, you'll earn points for providing liquidity.
The To Win field will populate based on your selection, representing the approximate value of your shares should your bet be correct.
If all looks good, hit the Buy button. You can then track your position via the Portfolio page.
For selling shares, the process is near-identical: just select Sell in the top-left corner of the flow.
