Round opening (B-09). open_new_round_if_needed now handles the IntegrityError from ix_rounds_single_active (previous commit) by rolling back and using the winner's round. Deviation from the plan in BUGS.md, which proposed making the scheduler the only writer: that would mean the first bet after a cooldown couldn't open a round, so both callers stay and a bounded retry was added instead — a conflict where nothing is active yet just means the winner hadn't committed, and a bet must not fail on that timing. get_active_round also logs loudly if it ever sees more than one active round rather than silently picking the newest. The jackpot (B-11). It was participant_count * the *current* bet_amount_sats, which overstated the pool (each stored bet is already net of that bet's network fee) and silently rewrote the advertised jackpot of a round in progress whenever an operator edited the bet amount. It now sums the participants' stored bet_amount_sats. The remaining imprecision — the payout tx's own fee, deducted from the winner's share and unknowable until the payout is built — is documented in the code rather than promised away, since the comment there claimed exactness. Payout (B-05, B-18). _trigger_payout is split into read / build+broadcast / persist, so no DB session is held across a network call (on SQLite that meant holding the write lock for two unbounded round-trips). That restructuring is also what makes the error handling placeable: it now catches Exception around the chain work and writes a payout_failed audit entry, where a malformed fee_address used to raise EmbitError all the way to the scheduler's catch-all, leaving the round stuck in paying_out with nothing recorded about why. Automatic payout retry remains an open gap. The scheduler also counts "building" participants as in-flight when deciding whether a round may close, matching the two-phase bet write. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
PLM Lottery
A periodic-round lottery system built on PLM, a Bitcoin-like coin (mainnet). Each user gets a dedicated server-derived P2WPKH address; they deposit PLM to that address, place a fixed-cost bet to enter the current round, and when the round closes a winner is drawn who receives 70% of the prize pool (the remaining 30% goes to fees).
This is a custodial system: private keys are generated and held server-side, encrypted at rest. See CLAUDE.md for the full architecture, domain decisions, and known gaps before treating this as production-ready.
Quick start
cp .env.example .env # then fill in the generated secrets, see docs/setup.md
python3 -m venv .venv && source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e ".[dev]"
PYTHONPATH=. python scripts/generate_master_key.py
alembic upgrade head
uvicorn app.main:app --reload --port 8123
Open http://127.0.0.1:8123/ for the test UI, http://127.0.0.1:8123/admin
for the admin dashboard, http://127.0.0.1:8123/docs for the interactive API
docs.
Or run the whole stack (app + Caddy reverse proxy with automatic TLS) via Docker:
mkdir -p data/db data/keys data/logs
docker compose run --rm app python scripts/generate_master_key.py
docker compose up -d --build
See docs/setup.md and docs/running-the-server.md for the full walkthrough (both workflows, dev vs. production TLS).
Documentation
- CLAUDE.md — architecture, commands, domain decisions, known gaps (for anyone/anything working on the code)
- flowchart.mmd — the source-of-truth flow diagram the implementation follows node-by-node
- docs/setup.md — one-time setup (secrets, master key, migrations)
- docs/running-the-server.md — how to launch it (local venv vs. Docker+Caddy, dev vs. production TLS)
- docs/guida-utente.md — end-user guide to the test UI (Italian)
- docs/guida-admin.md — admin dashboard guide (Italian)
Tech stack
Python (FastAPI, SQLAlchemy async + Alembic, Argon2 + JWT auth), Electrum protocol for PLM network access (no full node), Docker + Caddy for deployment. See CLAUDE.md for the complete list and the reasoning behind each choice.
Testing
python -m pytest # all tests
python -m pytest tests/unit/test_hd.py # one file
76 unit tests cover HD derivation, PSBT building, the Electrum client, bets, deposits, withdrawals, the round/draw engine, RBF fee-bumping, admin config, the pending-inclusive balance calculation, and the SSE push channel. No automated integration tests against a live Electrum connection — mainnet verification so far has been manual (see CLAUDE.md's "Project status").