It is the fair question, and the honest answer is: some do, some do not, and the marketing looks identical either way. Screenshots prove nothing — anyone can make one.
What you can do is verify. Here are the six checks that actually separate the two, in the order they matter.
1. Ask for hashes, not screenshots
A crypto reward leaves a permanent record on the blockchain. If a firm pays in USDT, it can show you a transaction ID, and you can check that ID yourself on a public explorer without trusting anybody.
Our reward ledger publishes every reward with its TRC-20 transaction hash. Open one, paste it into a block explorer, and you will see the amount and the date. That is the standard to hold every firm to — including us.
2. Read the exit clauses, not the headline split
The profit split is the most advertised number and rarely the one that decides whether you get paid. The clauses that matter sit further down the rulebook:
- What counts as a breach, and is it evaluated on balance or on equity including open trades?
- Is the maximum drawdown static or trailing? A trailing rule moves the floor up as you profit.
- Is there a consistency rule, and how is it calculated?
- Is there a minimum trading day count before a reward is possible?
- Is there a rule about exposure or margin usage on funded accounts?
None of these are unreasonable on their own. A firm that hides them until after your first winning week is the problem.
3. Check whether the numbers are dated
Payout pages that say "millions paid" with no timeline and no verifiable records are advertising. A ledger with dates, amounts and hashes is a record. Ask which one you are looking at.
4. Test support before you pay, not after
Send a specific question — for example, "is the maximum drawdown static or trailing, and is it measured on equity?" — and see what comes back. A firm that answers precisely in a few hours will answer precisely when there is money involved. A firm that sends you a marketing link will do that then too.
5. Look for a fixed payment cycle
"Payouts on request" leaves the timing entirely with the firm. A named cycle can be checked against reality. Ours is Monday: rewards go out in USDT on the TRC-20 network, with a $50 minimum request, and each one lands in the public ledger with its hash.
6. Start small enough that being wrong is cheap
The cheapest way to test any firm is to risk the smallest entry it offers and take a reward as early as the rules allow. A firm that pays $60 promptly will usually pay $6,000; one that stalls on $60 has told you everything for the price of a coffee.
Our entry is $5 for a Pay After Passing evaluation — you pay the account fee only after you have passed. The point is not that it is cheap; it is that the test costs almost nothing.
What we hold ourselves to
- Every reward published with its on-chain hash in the public ledger
- A named cycle — Mondays, USDT TRC-20, $50 minimum
- Traders ranked by verified rewards paid on the leaderboard, not by claims
- Rules published in full, including the funded-account exposure rule, in your dashboard before you trade
Run the six checks on us. If any of them fails, that is worth knowing before you spend money — and how prop firm payouts work explains our cycle end to end.