Short, because there aren't many. Absolute, because they have to be.
The deathwatch
Anyone can put a living product on the board: a URL or an X handle, nothing else. If it's already listed, you land on its page instead of making a duplicate.
Votes start at $1. Pick LIVES or DIES, pay by card, and the verdict moves the moment the payment lands. No account needed.
The verdict is arithmetic: DIES dollars over total dollars. No editors, no weighting, no thumb on the scale. The receipts on every page are the audit trail.
Votes are final. The one exception is a moderation removal, below. In that case everyone gets their money back.
The money
A vote buys a louder opinion. It never buys a payout. No winnings, no odds, no cashing out. Not now, not ever. This is a megaphone with a card reader, not a casino.
When a startup on the board dies and is buried, its pots freeze forever. The verdict becomes part of the tombstone. Nobody “collects.”
Names and crowns
Signing a vote with your X handle is optional. Signed money earns receipts, crowns, and leaderboard spots. Lead Believer and Head Pallbearer go to the biggest signed spender on each side. Anonymous money moves the verdict and earns nothing.
Handles are unverified. Sign as someone you aren't and the signature gets stripped on complaint: the vote stays, the name goes.
When a startup dies, the earliest signed DIES voters are named on its tombstone. Being right early is the only prize this site will ever pay.
Founders
Your startup on the board? You have two moves. Claim defiance: a badge that says the founder knows, and is not dead yet. Historically the strongest possible reply.
Or demand removal: the entry closes, disappears from the board, and every voter gets a full refund. Same day. DM @0xhnan, no questions asked.
Products get judged. People don't. Entries that target a person rather than a product are removed on sight, refunds included.
The graveyard
Bury your own dead project, with real numbers. The dagger (†) means the revenue was manually verified; everything else is self-reported.
A burial closes any matching deathwatch entry and freezes its verdict onto the grave. A human confirms the death first. Fake burials don't count and don't close anything.
The operator
One person runs this. Moderation calls are judgment calls, refunds are the apology, and the DMs are open.