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Cascade

Post a big job with the money in it; when you say yes, everyone down the subcontract tree is paid in the same second.

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$299one time, base tier
Built on order. Reserve it today for a $75 refundable deposit, pay the balance when it is delivered. Delivery: 3 to 5 days after the base build exists.
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PortsArc
KindCommons
OwnerYou, on your wallet and git
Picture this

Who it is for

A wedding budget goes in at the top. The planner hires a florist, a caterer and a band out of it, and they hire too. Nobody is paid until the customer approves, then the whole tree settles in one transaction, or refunds whole.

Two ways to own it

What you get

Base$299
$75 deposit to reserve

The full app from Terry's Arc portfolio: live surface, contracts on Arc, about page, handover of code and deployment.

  • You choose: brand name
  • You choose: accent color
  • You choose: domain
Customfrom $2,500
Built around you

Reshape it entirely: new features, your flows, your brand end to end, integrations you need. We scope it with you.

  • Everything in Base
  • Custom features and design
  • Priority build
Why it is new

What exists today, and what this does differently

What is new

All or nothing settlement of a whole subcontract tree in one transaction was not found.

Closest things out there

Escrow marketplaces; Request Network.

Checked with web searches in October 2026. A search is not proof that nothing similar exists, and the market moves fast, so we recheck before every build.

What it unlocks

The human in it

Built for Arc's sub second, USDC native settlement.
The Regatta Board

Races it can enter

hackathon · Circle · upcoming
Arc / Circle developer programs and hackathons
unknown
Official page ↗

Answers Arc's Request for Builders; check current terms.

Their rule on existing code: unknown
What you own

The whole app, not a starter kit.

The complete Cascade app: planners put a client's whole budget in a tree escrow on Arc, vendors and their helpers join with embedded wallets, and one yes pays everyone in the same transaction or refunds the whole budget, with a paywall built in.

Base price · $299

The user app, complete

Every buyer gets the same finished app. Basic branding and copy changes come through a quick form.

Three step onboardingHome
Shown once: the money goes in first, you build the tree, one yes pays everyone.
Job progress and next actionHome
Tree, preflight, locked and settled, with one clear next step.
Monday boardHome
Every job on one board: building, waiting on approval or settled. Gated behind Planner.
Tree builder with live checksTree
Edit each line's amount; the lines must sum to the budget and no branch may exceed its parent.
Helper lines and hiring capTree
Vendors hire out of their own branch; edits over the hiring cap are rejected by the contract.
Preflight on every addressTree
Simulates the settlement, flags unused addresses and blocks locking until cleared.
Client approvalApprove
Both or either named approvers say yes on their phones.
Atomic settlement and whole refundApprove
Every line paid in one transaction, or the referee refunds the whole budget. Never part.
Vendor swap inside a branchApprove
A failed vendor is replaced inside the same branch before approval.
Vendor invites with embedded walletsVendors
Invite by WhatsApp, SMS or email; names and numbers stay off chain.
Saved vendor crewsVendors
Drop a regular crew into a new tree in one tap. Gated behind Planner.
Onchain receiptsReceipts
Lock and settlement tickets marking what is onchain and what stays private, plus who got what and a share card.
Plans and USDC checkoutMe
Free, Planner and Agency tiers through the shared USDC checkout with a receipt.
Open the full app demo
Add-on

Owner console

Your admin side: revenue, paywall editor, users, rules and the agent log.

Revenue and paywall editorRevenue
Live plan and job fee revenue, tier names and prices, job fee and cap, gates, incoming USDC payments and payment methods.
House rulesRules
Hiring cap, booking deposits, referee window, strict preflight and reminders.
Preflight checker logChecker
What the checker caught, how it adapted, and a run across all open trees.
Roadmap requestsRoadmap
Priced v2 and v3 builds you can request from DEPLOYR.
Top-up

Growth and referrals

Referral and growth mechanics, switched on when you are ready to grow.

Growth loops and cohortsGrowth
Vendors who become planners, planner referrals and a referral week you can run.
The money path, built in

How it earns for you

A small fee on every settled job, taken inside the settlement transaction, plus monthly plans for planners and agencies who run many jobs.

Free$0One live tree at a time, per job fee at settlement only.
Planner$29 a monthUnlimited trees, the Monday board, saved vendor crews.
Agency$99 a monthSeveral planners, shared vendor lists, accounting exports.

0.5% of the budget per settled job, capped at $40, both set by the owner. Arc network fees are around a cent in USDC per transaction.

Prices are yours to set. Illustrative, not a promise of income.

Growth loops, built in

How it spreads

  • Every settlement shows every vendor in the tree how it worked, so florists and bands bring it to their other planners.
  • Vendors who hire helpers start their own trees and become planners.
  • Planner referral: both planners get a month of the paid plan.
  • Couples share the receipt card in the wedding group chat.
Roadmap · build the next phase with us

Where it goes next

v1 included
The full planner app
  • Tree builder with caps and live checks
  • Preflight on every address
  • Client approval, referee and atomic settlement
  • Vendor invites with embedded wallets
  • Receipts, paywall and Monday board
Included
v2
Milestone trees
  • Trees that settle in stages for renovations and film shoots
  • Booking deposits per line, shown to the client
  • Per line cancellation terms
  • Accounting exports per vendor
Add-on from $500
v3
Vendor reputation network
  • Reputation from settled trees
  • A directory where planners find trusted helpers
  • Referee marketplace
  • Multi city vendor lists for agencies
Add-on from $1,200
For investors and grant reviewers

The pitch, ready

Post a big job with the money in it; when the client says yes, everyone down the subcontract tree is paid in the same second.

Problem: Weddings, events and renovations run through chains of subcontractors. The people at the bottom are paid last, often weeks late, and planners front money from their own accounts.

Solution: One escrow per job holds the budget as a tree of capped lines. Nobody is paid before approval, then every line settles in one transaction on Arc, or the whole budget is refunded.

Why now: Arc settles in under a second with fees paid in USDC, and embedded wallets let a flower truck driver get paid without a seed phrase.

Market: Event and wedding planners first, then renovation contractors and film productions: every industry where work flows through subcontract chains.

The ask: Pilot with three planners and their regular vendors, an audit of the small tree escrow contract, and introductions to licensed off ramp partners.

Funding is never guaranteed. Check each program's rules.

For hackathons and demo days

Your 2 minute demo

  1. Home: meet Itzel, a wedding planner in Oaxaca, and Ana and Rodrigo's $9,800 jar.
  2. Tree: adjust a line, then try adding a $300 generator under the marimba and watch the contract reject it.
  3. Tree: run the preflight, clear Beto's new address warning, and lock the budget on Arc.
  4. Approve: Ana and Rodrigo both say yes and all nine payees settle in one transaction; replay with a broken branch or a referee refund.
  5. Receipts: what is onchain, what stays private, who got what, and the share card.
  6. Me: open Plans and unlock Planner through the USDC checkout; the Monday board and crews unlock.
  7. Owner Revenue: change the Planner price and job fee and see the user Plans screen update.
  8. Owner Growth and Roadmap: run a referral week, then request the milestone trees build.

Many hackathons require code written at the event. See the Regatta Boardfor each race's rule.

Make it entirely yours

Custom work covers your brand, other industries such as renovations or productions, extra approval rules, partner integrations like a specific off ramp, and contract changes, scoped on a call.

Custom from $2,500
BLUEPRINT

Why it matters and how it really works

The need

Big jobs like weddings, events and renovations run through a chain of subcontractors. The people at the bottom of the chain are paid last, often weeks late, because every layer waits on the one above. Planners front money from their own accounts.

What exists and what is new

Escrow marketplaces and Request Network already hold or invoice payments between a client and a provider. What we did not find is all or nothing settlement of a whole subcontract tree in one transaction: every branch capped by its parent, nobody paid before the client approves, then everyone paid in the same transaction or the whole budget refunded. Escrow itself is not new; the tree and the atomic settlement are.

The data it runs on

The tree (payee addresses, amounts, parent of each line, hiring caps), the approvers, deadline and referee, and the single settlement or refund transaction. Quotes, menus, contracts, names and phone numbers stay in the app, off chain.

1.The mission

Everyone who works on a job should be paid when the customer says yes, not when the money finally trickles down to them.

2.Why people can't resist it

Paid before the last song The helper at the bottom of the tree is paid in the same second as the planner at the top.

Nothing to chase The money is visible and locked from day one, so planners stop fronting and chasing.

Monday board Planners open the app weekly to see which trees are building, due for approval or settled.

3.How it works for real

Wallets: Embedded wallets (for example Privy) for clients, planners and vendors, holding USDC on Arc, where fees are paid in USDC.

Tree escrow contract: One contract per job holds the budget and a tree of lines. Each line has a payee, an amount and a parent; the contract rejects any edit where children sum to more than their parent or exceed the hiring cap.

Atomic settlement: On approval the contract pays every line in one transaction. If any transfer would fail the whole transaction reverts, so nobody is half paid. Refund returns the whole budget to the client in one transfer.

Preflight checker: An off chain service simulates the settlement before approval and checks every address. A small model tier (for example Claude Haiku) writes plain warnings for planners; it never moves money.

Approvals and referee: Client approval by one or both named people; after the deadline a named referee may settle whole or refund whole, nothing in between.

Off ramp: Vendors who want local currency cash out through a licensed off ramp partner of their choice; the app links out and holds no fiat.

4.Cost per use and pricing

Per job: one deposit, a handful of tree edits and one settlement on Arc, each expected to cost around a cent in USDC (check current Arc fee terms), plus about $0.02 of small model calls for preflight warnings. A planner running 30 jobs a year spends a few dollars in network and model costs.

Per job 0.5% of the budget, capped at $40
Paid by the planner or the client at settlement.
Planner $29 a month
Unlimited trees, Monday board, templates for regular vendors.
Agency $99 a month
Several planners, shared vendor lists, exports for accounting.

5.Growth loop

Every settlement pays every vendor in the tree, and each one sees how it worked. Florists and bands who hire helpers start asking their other planners to use it.

6.Risks and guardrails

Disputes about quality: All or nothing is blunt. Named referees and per line cancellation terms written into the tree soften it; it is not a court.

Vendor cash flow: Vendors still need deposits for supplies. Trees can include small lines that release at booking, made visible to the client.

Public amounts: Addresses and amounts are public on a public chain. Names stay in the app; vendors can use fresh addresses per job.

Regulation: Holding client funds can be regulated in some places. The contract is non custodial, but owners should get local advice before launching.

Contract risk: Small, audited contract, capped budgets in early versions, no admin key that can move funds.

7.Build order

  1. Tree escrow contract on Arc testnet with caps and atomic settlement
  2. Planner app to build the tree and invite vendors
  3. Vendor invite flow with embedded wallet
  4. Preflight checker and plain warnings
  5. Client approval and referee flow
  6. Monday board for planners
  7. Pilot with 3 planners and their regular vendors

8.Where this is going

  1. Now
    Weddings and events: one budget, one tree, one yes.
  2. Next
    Renovations and film shoots, with milestone trees that settle in stages.
  3. Later
    Vendor reputations built from settled trees, so good helpers get hired again.
  4. The world it changes
    The people at the bottom of every job are paid as fast as the people at the top.

Costs and tools are estimates at the time of writing. General information only, not legal or financial advice.

OWNER PLAYBOOK

Own it, then chart your voyage

NRevenueVentureBuilder statusHackathonsProductivityInspire othersPartnershipsPortfolioAgencyCASCADE

Nine routes from one vessel. Tap a port to open its chart.

Why own Cascade

Cascade: Post a big job with the money in it; when you say yes, everyone down the subcontract tree is paid in the same second. Using someone else's version means their rules, their brand and their revenue. Owning Cascade means it is deployed under your wallet, carries your name, and every customer, partner and result builds your track record instead of theirs.

What’s stopping you?

“I am not technical.”

Cascade arrives deployed with a guide. Running it is settings and sharing links, not code. If you get stuck, we help you ship it.

“What if nobody uses it?”

Start with ten people you already know. The first move below takes under an hour and tells you fast whether people care.

“I do not have time.”

Each step is sized in minutes. Most owners spend an hour a week, and the app does the repetitive part.

“Will it make me money?”

Nothing is guaranteed. The playbook gives you a clear path and honest numbers, and you decide how far to take it.

The million-dollar ladder

Charge the people who get the most value from Cascade: a monthly plan for groups or teams, plus setup fees for anyone who wants it done for them.

$100
$1,450
$11,700
$78,000
First harbour
5 customers
$20 a month
Steady trade
50 customers
$29 a month
Known name
300 customers
$39 a month
Fleet
2,000 customers
$39 a month
  • Publish real results from your first users
  • Partner with communities who already gather your audience
  • Offer a done-for-you setup at a higher price

Illustrative stages, not a forecast. Results depend on you and the market; nothing here is guaranteed.

Pick your destination

Grow it to a million-dollar app
Cascade solves a specific problem, and people pay to have specific problems solved.ARRIVE: Your first five paying customers.4 moves · first one within the hour →
Raise for it
Grants and ecosystem funds on Arc back working apps with real users.ARRIVE: One grant or accelerator application submitted.4 moves · first one within the hour →
Become a real builder on a chain
Deploying and running Cascade on Arc leaves a real, public footprint. Airdrops are never guaranteed.ARRIVE: Deployed and verified under your wallet with real users.4 moves · first one within the hour →
Win with it at hackathons
Hackathons reward a clear demo. Check each event's rule on existing code first.ARRIVE: A submission with new work built at the event, disclosed honestly.4 moves · first one within the hour →
Run your own work on it
Use Cascade for your own work first. You learn it and save time.ARRIVE: One weekly task moved into the app.4 moves · first one within the hour →
Get your people moving
Showing your people a working app they can touch moves them more than any talk.ARRIVE: Your group uses it together once.4 moves · first one within the hour →
Partner with founders and projects
Teams on Arc need tools like Cascade. Offering it opens doors.ARRIVE: One partnership agreed.4 moves · first one within the hour →
Prove your skills with it
A live app you own and run is proof employers and clients can check.ARRIVE: A case study sent to five people who hire.4 moves · first one within the hour →
Sell it as a service
Many groups want Cascade but will not run it. Set it up for them.ARRIVE: Two paying setup clients.4 moves · first one within the hour →

A starter chart. A fuller, app-specific playbook is being written.

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