PAYMENTS AND DISPUTES

How rewards actually work

Read this before you create a dare or take one. It describes exactly what a reward is, and what it is not.

Last updated 26 July 2026

A reward is a promise, not an escrow

When someone creates a dare, no NIM is taken, locked or held by NIM Dare. The reward shown on a card is what the creator says they intend to pay. It stays in the creator’s own wallet until they choose to send it.

NIM Dare never holds your funds and cannot pay you on a creator’s behalf. If a creator does not pay, we have nothing to release to you.

How a payout happens

The creator decides who won. This is entirely their judgement.
They approve a transfer in their Nimiq wallet. The wallet shows the exact recipient address and amount before anything is signed.
The transaction is broadcast to the Nimiq network by the wallet, not by us. We record the resulting transaction hash so the dare shows as paid.

Because the transfer happens directly between wallets on a public blockchain, it cannot be reversed, cancelled or refunded by NIM Dare, by the creator, or by anyone else once it is confirmed.

What we do not guarantee

That a creator will pay. Choosing a winner and sending the reward are voluntary acts by the creator.
That a winner is chosen fairly. Creators judge their own dares. There is no appeal to us over who won.
That a dare is safe, legal, or possible where you are. You take part at your own risk and are responsible for your own safety and for obeying local law.
The value of NIM. Cryptocurrency values change. Nothing here is financial advice, and we are not a licensed financial services provider.

Cancelled and expired dares

A creator can cancel a dare at any point before a prize has been paid, and dares close automatically at their deadline.

Because nothing was ever escrowed, cancelling takes nothing from anyone who joined — no stake, no entry fee, no deposit.
A cancelled or expired dare creates no obligation to pay anyone, and no debt owed by the creator.
A dare that has already paid its winner cannot be cancelled or edited. That record is final.

Fees

NIM Dare charges no fee and takes no cut. The Nimiq network charges its own transaction fee, which the sending wallet shows before you approve.

Disputes

Disputes about who won, or about a creator who did not pay, are between the people involved. We are not a party to them and cannot arbitrate, reverse a transaction, or compel a payment.

What we can do:

Act on rules violations — including dares created with no intention of ever paying, which we treat as a scam.
Remove content and block accounts that repeatedly break the rules.
Show the recorded transaction hash for any dare marked paid, so a payment can be checked independently on the Nimiq network.

Only the creator of a dare can record its payout, and only after proving control of their wallet by signing a message. Signing to prove ownership never moves any NIM.

Report a payment problem

If a creator took part in a dare in bad faith — for example advertising a reward they never intended to send, or asking you to pay them first — report the dare and choose Scam. Never send NIM to a creator to “unlock” a prize; no legitimate dare requires it.