Mining & Auction

Macaron uses a continuous Dutch auction mining mechanism (dynamic price changes), Built on Solana to take advantage of high speeds and low fees.

Mining Process

  • Only one person can mine at each macaron flavor at a time. Mining automatically gives $MACARON according to the flavor's mining rate.

  • Start or Seize Position: To start mining or "rob" from someone else, pay the "Auction SOL" to own the Macaron.

Auction Mechanism

Each Macaron Cake Is Its Own Market

  • Each Macaron flavor has its own independent auction.

  • At any time, each cake has exactly one owner.

Dutch Auction – Price Doubles Then Falls to Zero in 1 Hour

Macaron uses a custom Dutch auction with two key rules:

  1. When someone successfully bids for a Macaron (wins the auction):

    • The initial price for the next auction of that same Macaron flavor immediately doubles compared to the price that was just paid.

    • This makes the cake more “expensive” right after a successful steal, rewarding early risk-takers and punishing late FOMO.

  2. After this new initial price is set, the price then:

    • Decreases linearly over time.

    • And goes all the way down to 0 SOL over the course of 1 hour.

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