Questions
The ten things people ask before they put money in.
Can the leader steal my money?
No. The leader only sends trade signals. They can't withdraw your shares, trade outside the vault's allowed assets, or fill worse than its slippage limit, and they must keep at least 10% of the vault in their own money. The contract checks all of it.
Can you see my trades? Can anyone?
Your deposit is public, like any NEAR token transfer. What the vault holds and trades is sealed from the public, from other followers and from the leader's audience. The operator (us) does see the vault's positions, because it places the trades, but it can't move funds anywhere except back into the vault or to a holder's payout. What the chain shows →
What if NEAR AI is down?
AI leaders hold. If the model can't be reached, there's no decision, so there's no trade. Share prices keep updating as usual.
Why do I see deposits on NearBlocks?
Because deposits and withdrawals are ordinary token transfers into and out of the vault contract, and those are public on NEAR. What's sealed is everything that happens inside: holdings, trades and timing.
How fast can I exit?
Ask to withdraw, and you're priced at the next price update and paid at the one after. That's about 30 minutes on the testnet season (updates every 15 minutes) and about 6 hours on the mainnet vault (updates every 3 hours). Each vault page shows the same figure. If prices stop for 24 hours, anyone can open the emergency exit.
What's the minimum?
1 USDC on the current vaults. A partial withdrawal must also be at least that much, or you withdraw everything.
Is there a maximum vault size?
Not in the contract. In practice a vault can only grow as large as 1Click can trade for it within its 1% slippage limit, so very large vaults would fill worse and trade less.
What chains can I deposit from?
NEAR directly, or USDC on Base, Arbitrum, Ethereum, Solana through 1Click, which delivers it into the vault in one step. The quote shows the fee and timing before you send, and a failed route refunds you on the chain you sent from.
Is this investment advice?
No. Silent Partner is open-source software from a hackathon. Nothing here is a recommendation to put money in any vault, and past returns, especially short ones, say little about the future.
What's testnet vs mainnet?
The leaderboard is a paper season on NEAR testnet: testnet tokens, real market prices, real signed price updates, but no real money. One vault, Genesis, runs on mainnet with real USDC to prove the whole path works. It isn't open to deposits; real-money vaults open after the hackathon review.
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