Innermost (detailed)

the bet —

Wellness apps solved for access, but the real problem was commitment.

We bet that a small financial stake would do what no streak ever could: make you actually decide to show up.

what I built —

A meditation challenge with real stakes. Users pay a small entry fee in WLD, work through an 8-day structured program, and earn points based on the attendance and quality of their practice. Top performers each month earn a payout from the community pool.

Built with one developer and shipped at Devcon Buenos Aires as part of World Build Labs Cohort 2, a builder residency for World App's 30M+ user platform.

features —

core loop

Pay entry fee→Meditate daily (8 days)→Earn points→Compete on leaderboard→Top performers paid out monthly

gameplay content

The 8 days aren't arbitrary. Each maps to a step in Buddhism's Noble Eightfold Path, and sessions escalate in length as you progress. The structure is the pedagogy. You build into the practice. Each day has a name, not just a number.

Day

Theme

Session

1

Right View

10 min

2

Right Intention

10 min

3

Right Speech

10 min

4

Right Action

20 min

5

Right Livelihood

20 min

6

Right Effort

20 min

7

Right Mindfulness

30 min

8

Right Concentration

30 min

visual design —

Inspired by the Thai forest monastery tradition and immersive game design. The UI move away from the clinical interface and lives inside a dense, atmospheric temple environment. The goal was to bring the feeling of entering a retreat into a phone screen, using unfamiliar visuals to break the user out of their default pattern before the session even begins.

scoring system —

Points reward showing up and quality of practice.

No-pause multiplier: ×1.5 on that session's points

On-time bonus: ×1.2 for completing within 24h

Reflection depth: +5 pts (50+ words) / +10 pts (100+ words)

Consistency bonus: +30 pts for zero pauses across all 8 sessions

Full completion bonus: +50 pts for finishing all 8 days

Max per challenge: ~285 pts. Realistic ceiling: 200–220.

leaderboard & community pool —

Entry fees flow into a monthly prize pool (80% to players, 20% to team). Points accumulate across multiple challenge attempts in a month. Payout is pro-rata based on total points: the more you practice, the larger your share.

Payouts were distributed via Safe multisig: a 2-of-2 treasury requiring both team members to sign off. We explored automated staking contracts (two formal quotes, two different architectures) and chose the approach that let us ship.

tech stack —

Layer

Technology

Framework

Next.js 16 / React 19

Language

TypeScript

Database

PostgreSQL via Prisma ORM

Auth

NextAuth v5 + World ID (MiniKit)

Payments

World MiniKit

Treasury

Safe Multisig (2-of-2)

Styling

TailwindCSS + shadcn/ui

Analytics

PostHog

Deployment

Vercel

full story —

The complete build story — the staking pivot, PostHog data, what failed and why, and what I'd do differently — is on Substack. (coming soon)