Ask anyone. Get an answer in 48 hours, or your money back.

CastAsk lets you pay a busy creator for an answer, and lets creators run sponsored follower campaigns, all inside Farcaster, with every fee printed before you pay.

See how it works

48H REFUNDNO HIDDEN FEESUSDC ON BASE

CastAsk Example

B bizarrebeast
@bizarrebeast · artist

What made your first onchain art drop actually sell out?

$10.00PAID QUESTION 47:59:59LEFT TO ANSWER

USDC LOCKED IN CASTASK UNTIL ANSWERED OR REFUNDED

ANSWERED · PAID OUT

Earlier question answered in 6h 12m. The answerer received $8.50 of the $10.00 price.

P Purple Rain drop
Sponsored campaign · Default tier

$50.00BUDGET · POOL IN FULL $0.05PER FOLLOWER

128 FOLLOWERS$6.40 PENDING

M@mvr+ $0.05 pending

K@kenny+ $0.05 pending

L@lior+ $0.05 pending

FOLLOWERS RECHECKED 72H AFTER THE CAMPAIGN ENDS

Two ways money moves on CastAsk.

Paid Reply is the daily habit. Sponsored Campaigns are the growth engine. Both run on the same rule: the price, the split and the deadline are shown before anyone pays.

Ask: pay for an answer, not for hope.

Set a price and send your question. Your USDC is locked in CastAsk. The creator has 48 hours to answer publicly. No answer means the full amount comes back to you automatically.

LIVE EXAMPLE

B bizarrebeast
@bizarrebeast · onchain artist

What made your first onchain art drop actually sell out?

$10.00YOU PAY · ANSWERER GETS $8.50 47:59:59LEFT TO ANSWER

ANSWERED IN 6H 12M · PAID OUT

Three things: a small edition, a story people could repeat in one line, and showing the work in progress for two weeks before the drop.

$8.50RECEIVED BY THE ANSWERER $1.50CASTASK FEE · 15%

SPLITAnswerer receives 85% of the price. Founding answerers receive 90%, for life.
CLOCK48 hours, shown on the question the whole time. No extensions, no chasing.
REFUNDUnanswered at hour 48: 100% back to the asker, automatic, no form to fill in.

See the full split

Grow: sponsored campaigns, priced per real follower.

Fund a budget and set a quality gate. Participants follow you and hold the follow. You pay only for followers who are still there at the recheck.

LIVE EXAMPLE

P Purple Rain drop
Default tier · Neynar 0.5+ · 3 days

M@mvr followed+ $0.05 pending

K@kenny followed+ $0.05 pending

L@lior followed+ $0.05 pending

A@adrienne followed+ $0.05 pending

PENDING REWARDS$6.40

FEE10% on top of the budget, once, at creation. A $50 budget stays a $50 pool.
GATENeynar Score tiers keep bots out: Open 0.3+, Default 0.5+, Premium 0.7+.
HOLDFollowers are rechecked 72 hours after the campaign ends. Unused budget is refunded in full.

Run the numbers

Nothing hidden inside. Here is the inside.

Every step of a Paid Reply, from payment to payout or refund, drawn exactly as it works.

01QUESTIONASK + PRICE

02USDC LOCKEDHELD BY CASTASK

0348H TIMERCOUNTS DOWN IN PUBLIC

04ANSWERPOSTED · PAID OUT

Where the money goes

STEP 1 · YOU ASKAskerPAYS PRICE

STEP 2 · IT WAITSCASTASK LOCKHOLDS USDC · 48H MAX

STEP 3 · ANSWER PAYSAnswererGETS 85%

NO ANSWER IN 48H: FULL REFUND PATH

Three steps each, start to finish.

Paid Reply

Ask and pay.Pick a creator, write your question, set a price. Your USDC moves into the CastAsk lock.

The clock runs.The creator has 48 hours. The countdown is public, on the question itself.

Answer, or refund.An answer releases the payment, split 85/15. Silence at hour 48 refunds you 100%, automatically.

The clock is the contract.

Your money never sits with the creator before an answer exists. It sits in the CastAsk lock, on Base, visible in the app the whole time. One of two things happens by hour 48. Both are automatic.

HOUR 0

Ask sent

You pay the price you set. The question and the countdown go public.

HOUR 0 TO 48

USDC locked

Funds stay locked in CastAsk. The creator cannot touch them early.

IF ANSWERED

Answer posted

The answer is published and the lock releases: 85% to the answerer, 15% to CastAsk.

HOUR 48

Or auto refunded

No answer means 100% of your price returns to your wallet. No claim, no support ticket.

The rules, in the open.

FEE

10%

Platform fee, on top of the campaign budget, charged once at creation. The pool keeps 100% of the budget.

REFUND

48h

No answer inside 48 hours means a full automatic refund to the asker. No refund fee, ever.

HOLD

72h

Followers are rechecked 72 hours after a campaign ends. Only follows that held get paid.

WITHDRAW

Minimum withdrawal is one dollar. There is no withdrawal fee, ever.

What it costs. All of it.

Move the numbers yourself. Every charge in CastAsk is listed in this section.

Campaign calculator

What a sponsored follower campaign costs, and what your pool can buy.

Campaign budget

Quality gate tier

You pay at creation$110.00

Participant pool (full budget)$100.00

CastAsk creation fee (10%)$10.00

Reward per follower$0.05

Max followers the pool can pay2,000

POOLFEE

New creators can run budgets up to $100 until verified. Unused pool money is refunded in full when the campaign closes.

Paid Reply calculator

What the answerer actually receives from the price you set.

Question price

Founding answerer (90/10, for life)

Answerer receives$8.50

CastAsk keeps$1.50

Split85 / 15

If unanswered at 48h100% back

ANSWERERCASTASK

The fee is taken only when an answer is delivered. A refunded question costs the asker nothing at all.

Charge	Amount	How it works
Campaign creation fee	10%	Charged once, on top of the budget. You pay budget plus 10%. The participant pool keeps the full budget.
Paid Reply split, standard	85 / 15	The answerer receives 85% of the question price. CastAsk keeps 15%, only when an answer is delivered.
Paid Reply split, founding answerers	90 / 10	Founding answerers keep the 90/10 split for life. It does not expire and does not get renegotiated.
Reward per follower, Open	$0.04	Neynar Score 0.3 or higher. Up to 2,000 paid slots per campaign.
Reward per follower, Default	$0.05	Neynar Score 0.5 or higher. Up to 2,000 paid slots per campaign.
Reward per follower, Premium	$0.07	Neynar Score 0.7 or higher. Up to 500 paid slots per campaign.
Campaign budgets	$5 to $500	New creators are capped at $100 per campaign until verified. Durations: 24h, 48h, 72h or 7 days.
Minimum withdrawal	$1	Earnings can be withdrawn from $1 up, after the 72 hour recheck for campaign rewards.

NEVER CHARGED: Refund fee: $0 Withdrawal fee: $0 Claim fee: $0 Expedited payout fee: $0

Three rules the product cannot break.

The rules behind every payment, campaign and refund on CastAsk.

RULE 01 · FEES

No hidden fees. Every charge is shown before you pay.

RULE 02 · REFUNDS

Unanswered in 48 hours means a full refund. Automatic, no forms.

RULE 03 · NO TOKEN

No tokens. Ever. CastAsk earns from fees, not speculation.

Where CastAsk actually is today.

CastAsk is in Phase 1 development, and validation is running in public from the @castask account. The fee table, the 48 hour refund rule and a public build log are live today. Product screens on this page are marked Example until launch.

The CastAsk founder
Farcaster: @castask · castask.com · Building in public since November 2026

What ships, in what order.

[ PHASE 1 ]

The core loop

Paid Reply, Sponsored Campaigns, and a streak mechanic that rewards showing up daily.

IN DEVELOPMENT

[ PHASE 2 ]

Group pots

Creators pool one shared budget behind a single goal, tested first with creator goal pots.

PLANNED

[ PHASE 3 ]

Creator subscriptions

Recurring USDC subscriptions for creators who want steady support inside Farcaster.

PLANNED

[ PHASE 4 ]

Events

Event RSVPs with the same escrow and refund discipline as everything else on CastAsk.

LATER

Asked often, answered plainly.

What is a Paid Reply?

You pay a creator a price you set to answer one question from you, publicly, inside Farcaster. Your USDC is locked in CastAsk the moment you ask. It is the fastest honest way to get a busy person to stop and answer you properly.

What if my question gets no answer?

At hour 48 the lock opens back to you: 100% of your payment is refunded to your wallet automatically. There is no claim form, no support ticket and no refund fee.

What does CastAsk cost?

Two charges exist. Campaigns: a 10% fee on top of the budget, once, at creation. Paid Reply: CastAsk keeps 15% of the price when an answer is delivered, 10% for founding answerers. Everything else, refunds, withdrawals, claims, is free. The full table is in the Fees section above.

How do sponsored campaigns work?

You fund a budget and choose a Neynar Score gate. Participants who pass the gate follow you and earn a fixed reward per follow: $0.04 on Open, $0.05 on Default, $0.07 on Premium. Followers are rechecked 72 hours after the campaign ends, rewards pay only for follows that held, and unspent budget returns to you in full.

Who can join a campaign and earn?

Any Farcaster account at least 30 days old that meets the campaign gate: Neynar Score 0.3+ for Open, 0.5+ for Default, 0.7+ for Premium. One follow, one reward, paid from the campaign pool after the 72 hour recheck.

When do I get paid?

Answerers are paid when their answer is posted. Campaign rewards land after the 72 hour recheck confirms your follow held. From $1 you can withdraw, with no withdrawal fee.

Is there a CastAsk token?

No. There is no token, there will be no token, and nothing on CastAsk is priced in anything but USDC. CastAsk earns from the fees on this page and nothing else.

Built in the open. Priced in the open.

One email when Phase 1 opens its doors. That is the whole deal.