Gauntlet - Bet your friends on Strava challenges and losers pay in USDC
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Stake real money on fitness challenges. Complete activities on Strava. Winners take the pot.
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Hey Product Hunt! I'm Gareth, the maker of Gauntlet.
The idea came from a simple frustration: fitness accountability is broken. I've made verbal bets with friends a dozen times — "loser buys dinner if I don't hit 50km this week" — and they never actually happen. Nobody tracks it, nobody pays up.
Gauntlet makes those bets real. Connect Strava, pick a challenge (run/cycle/swim), set the distance, stake some USDC, and your friend accepts. Strava data auto-verifies the result. Winner gets paid on-chain. No manual settlement, no "I forgot", no awkward chasing.
The tech: on-chain USDC on Base, Strava webhooks for automated verification, non-custodial so we never hold your money. The whole payout flow runs on-chain — we just trigger it.
I've been running it for a few months. The behavioral effect is real — even a $10 stake changes how seriously you take a run. Loss aversion is a more powerful motivator than any fitness app streak.
It's free to join. You only put money in when you enter a challenge.
Happy to answer any questions — ask me anything about the tech, the design decisions, or what's coming next. And if you try it, I'd love feedback.
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This would finally make me commit to run daily xD
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Hahaha I love this. It would also turn me into an absolute monster.
@Gauntlet@garrethedwards This is genius! Ill be using this daily. Might as well make some money out of the ultra training and cycling I do.
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using Strava as the oracle for fitness bets is actually smart, no disputes no trust needed. and yeah even a $10 stake changes behavior, loss aversion just works. what stops someone running a Strava bot to fake the data?
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This would finally make me commit to run daily xD
Hahaha I love this. It would also turn me into an absolute monster.
@garethmdowns yea yea yea me too lol
@Gauntlet @garrethedwards This is genius! Ill be using this daily. Might as well make some money out of the ultra training and cycling I do.
using Strava as the oracle for fitness bets is actually smart, no disputes no trust needed. and yeah even a $10 stake changes behavior, loss aversion just works. what stops someone running a Strava bot to fake the data?