FAQ & Troubleshooting

Money

Can I lose my deposit? Locked In never takes your principal as a penalty — the worst the consequence system can do is redirect your yield. The remaining risks to principal are the underlying ones every DeFi deposit has (smart-contract and strategy risk) — read Risks before depositing.

Can I withdraw early / quit a course? No. That’s the product: the lock releases on course completion, not on request. The only other exit is the 180-day force return. Don’t lock money you might need next week.

Why is the maximum only $50? Beta caps, enforced on-chain. They bound everyone’s risk while the system is young and will lift as it matures.

Where does my lost yield go if I lapse? To the Community Pot, distributed monthly to active learners with live streaks. Never to us.

What’s the APY? Whatever Kamino’s USDC lending market pays — shown live in the app, floating, and not guaranteed.

Streaks

What time does the day reset? Midnight UTC, everywhere. Work out your local equivalent and set a reminder well before it.

I missed a day — how bad is it? Had a Shield? It burned, your streak paused, nothing else happened. No Shields? Streak reset + a Lapse: first Lapse halves your yield share, second zeroes it. Principal untouched either way.

I was away a whole week — is that 7 lapses? No. Consecutive missed days merge into one Lapse. Coming back always makes sense.

Can I buy back a Shield or clear a Lapse? No. Shields are earned only by learning (1 per 3 consecutive lesson-days, max 3); Lapses are permanent for that course. There is nothing to buy in Locked In — the only currency is showing up.

Does finishing lessons faster help my streak? It finishes the course faster (fewer days at risk!), but the streak counts days, not lessons — one new passed lesson per day is what it needs.

Claiming

My claim says I need SOL. Claiming costs about 0.003 SOL in network fees. Top up a little SOL — your one-time starter stipend was 0.005 SOL, and card-funding USDC doesn’t add SOL.

My voucher expired. Vouchers last 90 days, but an expired voucher doesn’t forfeit anything — open your claim page and a fresh one will be issued.

The transaction failed. Almost always: not enough SOL, or a congested network. Check your SOL balance, wait a moment, retry. Your funds never move on a failed transaction.

Account

I lost access to my login. Your funds are tied to your wallet, not your session. Email/social logins recover through Privy’s standard recovery. Self-custodied wallets: your seed phrase is the recovery — we cannot restore it for you.

Is my name shown anywhere? No — leaderboards show truncated wallet addresses only.