1. Core Purpose of the Lottery Mechanism
The lotteries serve a structural and functional role in the Pegged ecosystem. They are not peripheral games of chance but integral economic drivers that:
Sustain the demand for $PEG.
Inject liquidity and volatility absorption into the system.
Replace conventional yield-bearing mechanisms (like interest or staking) with a more egalitarian, risk-weighted, and irreversible alternative.
Alias's belief: Lotteries are fairer and more resilient than managerial or discretionary control because they are irrevocable, unpredictable, and accessible.
2. Structure of the Pegged Lottery System
Plural Lotteries for Plural Stablecoins
The system is designed to be modular and demand-adaptive.
There will be multiple lotteries, each potentially tied to:A different theme, demographic, or geographic scope.
A distinct stablecoin denomination (e.g., PEG-USD, PEG-EUR, PEG-KES).
Different entry conditions or payout structures, maintaining user flexibility.
Synthetic Stablecoin Backing via Lotteries
Each $PEG is stabilized through a lottery-funded buffer:
Lotteries accumulate funds from ticket purchases in $PEG.
A dynamic payout ratio (R = S / D) governs both stability and fairness, where:
S = Circulating supply of $PEG.
D = Measured transactional demand, tracked via on-chain metrics.
R adjusts the fraction of lottery revenue returned as prizes to balance supply/demand.
Excess lottery proceeds (after payout) are retained in a liquidity buffer or used to burn tokens, reinforcing peg stability and mitigating speculative volatility.
3. Why Lotteries Instead of Interest or Yield
No debt, no promises, no claims: Unlike interest or staking, lotteries don’t create future liabilities.
Irrevocability: Once a ticket is bought or a payout triggered, it cannot be reversed or manipulated.
Decentralized trustless allocation: Smart contracts distribute winnings automatically, without middlemen.
Dynamic demand modulation: Lotteries respond to behavioral, not purely rational incentives—encouraging broader participation.
Alias frames this as: “Probability replaces hierarchy.”
4. Integration with DAO Governance
The PegDAO will oversee the approval and curation of lotteries, via governance coin $PDAO.
DAO members vote on:New lottery formats or markets.
Payout formula tweaks.
Oracle selection and validation (ensuring reliable on-chain/off-chain data flows).
This avoids managerial interference, sustaining credibility, adaptability, and decentralization.
5. Oracle Role and Transparency
Oracles feed real-world data (e.g., ticket sales, winning events, user engagement) into the system.
The European "Sanctuary for Oracles" vision (per uploaded document) implies a cultural, ethical, and infrastructural push to support transparent, audit-proof data input—a key to maintaining trustless fairness.
