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Universal Fairness Protocol

Trust Nothing. Verify Everything.

ℹ️ Universal Fairness Protocol (UFP) Overview

🧠 Welcome to the Universal Fairness Protocol (UFP)

Step into a new era of transparency with the Universal Fairness Protocol (UFP) β€” a modular, trustless fairness engine built for verifiable outcomes.

Powered by SHA-256 cryptography, UFP enables developers and communities to create transparent, provable systems β€” without hidden logic.

Explore the possibilities, innovate freely, and redefine trust with the Universal Fairness Protocol.

Why the Universal Fairness Protocol Exists

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  • βœ”οΈ Remove trust assumptions from digital systems
  • βœ”οΈ Prove outcomes mathematically, not just claim fairness
  • βœ”οΈ Enable fully public auditability for any round
  • βœ”οΈ Empower developers to build transparent platforms
  • βœ”οΈ Apply fairness to contests, loyalty programs, airdrops, and more

In a digital world where fairness is often promised but rarely proven, the Universal Fairness Protocol (UFP) was created with a different mission: to eliminate trust assumptions and replace them with pure, verifiable mathematics.

Whether you're building reward programs, community contests, loyalty systems, prediction games, or transparent lotteries β€” UFP gives you the freedom to create experiences where every entry, every round, and every winner can be independently audited and mathematically verified.

The UFP Mantra β€” Trust Nothing, Verify Everything

  • πŸ”’ Live participation captured in real time
  • πŸ”’ Final list locked and sealed with SHA-256
  • πŸ”’ Segments extracted using sliding window logic
  • πŸ”’ Winners derived through public mathematical formulas
  • πŸ”’ Every step is public, reproducible, and trustless
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Live List = Final List β†’ Final List = SHA-256 Hash β†’ SHA-256 Hash = Segment β†’ Segment = Public Formula β†’ Public Formula = Winner

Every phase, every outcome, every winner β€” all sealed by public logic and cryptographic transparency. With UFP, you don't have to believe it's fair β€” you can prove it.

See It In Action

These interactive simulations were built to demonstrate how multiple distinct use cases can operate on the exact same fairness engine β€” all by modifying only admin settings, without changing the core code.

Built for Developers

The Universal Fairness Protocol (UFP) isn't just a framework β€” it's an open invitation for builders, creators, and innovators to reshape how fairness is delivered in the digital world.

Whether you're building loyalty systems, prediction games, community rewards, or next-generation contests, UFP empowers you with a fully verifiable, modular engine designed for limitless integration.

No vendor lock-in. No hidden formulas. No black boxes. Every entry, every round, every winner β€” mathematically guaranteed, publicly auditable, and cryptographically sealed.

Extend it. Adapt it. Reimagine it. With UFP’s clean separation between core logic and addon layers, you’re free to build new entry methods, scoring models, reward systems, and interaction flows β€” all while inheriting pure, deterministic fairness without touching the foundation.

From the first line of code to the final outcome on screen, UFP ensures **what you build is transparent, provable, and trustless** β€” by design, not by promises.

Explore the code. Fork it. Extend it. Make it yours.
Build the future where fairness isn't claimed β€” it's demonstrated.

How Does It Work?

Behind the Universal Fairness Protocol’s simplicity lies a powerful, mathematically verifiable engine β€” structured around a 4-step cycle that ensures every result is beyond doubt.

It begins with live participation: users submit entries during an active round, dynamically forming a "Live List" as activity unfolds. No secrets. No hidden states. Everything is captured in real time.

When the round concludes, UFP freezes the Live List and instantly generates a cryptographic SHA-256 hash β€” sealing the final entries into an immutable digital fingerprint.

From that hash, UFP uses a sliding window method to extract numeric segments, translating them into winners via a simple, public formula. Every extraction, every winner, every outcome β€” all fully traceable and mathematically provable.

As rewards are distributed and a new round begins automatically, the cycle continues β€” open, verifiable, and trustless by design. No third-party validation needed. No backend secrets.

With UFP, fairness isn’t a promise β€” it’s a visible, verifiable fact.

Frequently Asked Questions

The Universal Fairness Protocol is a fully transparent and modular system for creating cryptographically verifiable rounds using SHA-256. It ensures all outcomes are fair and publicly auditable.

Yes. The entire core is open source under a dual license: GPLv3 for open collaboration and a commercial license for proprietary use.

Winners are selected using SHA-256 hash segment extraction. Numeric values are derived from the hash using a sliding window method and mapped to ticket IDs using the following public formula:
Winning Ticket = (Extracted Number % Total Tickets) + First Ticket Number
This ensures that every outcome is deterministic, transparent, and publicly verifiable.

Rounds can be configured to run on any schedule β€” every minute, hourly, daily, weekly, or monthly β€” using CRON and admin settings.

You can build lotteries, check-in reward engines, task competitions, airdrop systems, prediction markets, and more β€” all using the same core engine.

Yes. Anyone can use the public hash and ticket list to independently verify outcomes using a calculator or the built-in verification tools.

Absolutely. Every round’s SHA-256 hash is displayed on the frontend as proof of locked data integrity.

UFP extracts up to 20 segments per hash and uses rehashing to generate additional segments, ensuring any number of winner positions can be filled.

Yes. UFP supports both percentage-based payouts and custom reward labels such as 'Gift Card' or 'iPad'.

Yes. You can define a prefix (e.g., $) or suffix (e.g., Points) and decide where it appears in the reward formatting.

It supports monetary payouts and item-based reward labels. You can switch modes anytime in the admin settings.

The Universal Fairness Protocol is not a product β€” it's a framework designed to be extended. Because fairness is handled at the core level, your specific use case (lotteries, task systems, check-ins, airdrops, etc.) needs to live in its own addon layer.

By building your own addon, you're plugging your custom logic directly into a universal fairness engine β€” without ever modifying the engine itself. This keeps your implementation clean, isolated, and fully upgradeable.

Think of UFP as a protocol. Your addon defines the rules of engagement β€” UFP handles the rest.

The demos show how UFP works in real-time using three sample use cases β€” check-in, lottery, and task β€” all powered by the same fairness core.

Any round-based, entry-driven system: giveaways, raffles, daily quests, airdrops, contests, reward challenges, etc.

Not exactly. UFP is a standalone fairness engine β€” you can use it as a backend service or extend it via addons.

Yes. UFP is fully self-hosted. Just upload the files, import the database, and configure your CRON job.

Yes. The full entry list for every round is publicly visible and locked in before the outcome is generated.

Yes. Rounds can be configured to last minutes, hours, days, weeks, or months β€” it’s all configurable.

Yes. Winners are selected automatically at the end of each round via CRON. The results are immediate and public.

UFP provides a full protocol, not just random functions. It has verifiable logs, segment extraction, auto-cron, rehash fallback, and full UI integration.

A sliding window of digits is parsed from the hash output to produce numeric values. These values are then converted into winning ticket IDs using a modulo formula.

Basic PHP and MySQL skills. Addons require simple insertions into `current_round_tickets` and optional frontend hooks.

Yes. As long as your addon inserts into `current_round_tickets`, UFP handles everything else: hashing, segmenting, and rewards.

A single CRON script handles round closure, segment generation, rehash logic, winner assignment, and new round creation.

Yes. You can customize the prefix/suffix, reward type (monetary or labeled), number of winners, ticket naming, and more.

The backend handles logic and AJAX endpoints. Frontend sections are modular and use wrappers for live updates. Addons can inject both backend logic and UI widgets.

UFP uses a dual license: GPLv3 for open source usage and a commercial license for enterprise or SaaS deployment.

You can explore or fork UFP on these platforms:
β€’ GitHub: https://github.com/DGTALFairness
β€’ GitLab: https://gitlab.com/DGTALFairness
β€’ Codeberg: https://codeberg.org/DGTALFairness
β€’ SourceHut: https://sr.ht/~dgtalfairness