StakeOverflow

Stack Overflow, on-chain.
Questions live on IPFS, votes are weighted by the reputation you've earned in each topic,
and tips go wallet to wallet with a 0% cut.

▶ Watch the 22-second demo (with sound)  ·  Pitch deck  ·  Run it locally

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Why

On Stack Overflow, your posts and your reputation live on a platform you don't control. StakeOverflow treats reputation as a stake you hold: it can't be transferred, it only changes when people vote on your posts, and it's tracked per topic. A Solidity expert's vote counts for more on Solidity questions, and nobody can buy their way in.

How it works

Ask	A post's content is pinned to IPFS and its URI is written to the contract with createPost.
Vote	voteUp / voteDown move the author's reputation in that topic. Each vote carries ⌊log₂⌋ of the voter's own reputation in the topic, the maximum the contract allows (1 point below 4 reputation). Downvotes stop at 0.
Tip	Native POL goes straight from your wallet to the author's. Nothing sits in between.
Accept	The asker marks the reply that solved it. The accepted answer leads its thread, the question shows as Solved, and the answer's author gains 5 reputation in the topic.

Features

• Markdown posts: GitHub-flavoured markdown with highlighted code blocks, Solidity included.
• Topics: sort by newest, top or unanswered.
• Search: covers every topic. Press / from anywhere.
• Profiles: every address has one, showing its reputation per topic, its questions and its answers.
• Any wallet: installed browser wallets (MetaMask, Rabby, Phantom, Coinbase and others) are found automatically through EIP-6963. With a WalletConnect project ID, phone wallets can connect by QR code too.
• Guest mode: try everything except tips without a wallet.

Tech stack

Layer	Built with
App	React 18 on Vite
Chain	wagmi + viem, targeting Polygon Amoy
Wallets	RainbowKit, EIP-6963 discovery, optional WalletConnect
Content	IPFS
Contract	Solidity (smart contracts/contracts/StakeOverflow.sol)

Run it locally

You need Git, Node.js 20.19+ or 22.12+, and npm. A browser wallet is optional. To send tips you'll need testnet POL, which you can get from the Polygon faucet.

git clone https://github.com/Open-Sorcerer/DeStackOverflow
cd DeStackOverflow
npm install
npm start

The app runs at http://localhost:3000. "Connect wallet" offers two ways in: connect a real wallet, or continue as a guest. A guest gets a temporary identity for the browser tab and can ask, answer and vote, but needs a wallet to send tips.

Optional: connect phone wallets with WalletConnect

Get a free project ID at dashboard.reown.com, copy .env.example to .env and set it:

VITE_WALLETCONNECT_PROJECT_ID = your-project-id

Without it, the connect modal offers installed browser wallets only.

Project structure

src/
├── components/       Landing, feed, composer, votes, tips, profiles and search
├── data/             Forum hooks, backed by an in-memory store and seed threads
├── helpers/          Content, reputation and formatting helpers
├── providers/        Wallet session and guest identity
├── config.js         Target chain and WalletConnect project ID
└── wallet.jsx        wagmi and RainbowKit setup
smart contracts/
├── contracts/        StakeOverflow.sol and its ABI
└── eventAbi/         ABI of the contract's events

Current status

• Wallets and tips are real: connecting, switching networks, and tipping in testnet POL all go through your wallet.
• Questions, votes and reputation are not on-chain yet: they run on an in-memory store seeded with sample threads (src/data/store.jsx) until the contract is redeployed. The store follows the contract's vote weighting, its one-vote-per-post rule and its zero floor on downvotes. Everything goes through the hooks in src/data, so a contract-backed version can replace the store without UI changes.
• The contract needs redeploying: StakeOverflow.sol was deployed to Polygon Mumbai, which has been retired. It needs redeploying to Amoy.
• No Sybil resistance: any fresh wallet can cast a 1-point vote.

Roadmap

• Redeploy the contract to Polygon Amoy and back the src/data hooks with it
• Record tips on-chain with a donate function
• Add accepted answers to the contract (today they live in the in-memory store)

License

MIT