# Crowd Capital
**Domain:** Distributed finance
**Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node
**Maturity:** Developed
**Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]]
## Definition
**Crowd capital** is funding assembled from many contributors rather than one sponsor or treasury.
## Significance
When combined with a published objective and programmable purse, it can finance a distributed tournament without proving common intent beyond the contribution rule.
## Sources
- [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]
- [Primary or institutional source](https://ethereum.org/en/crowdfunding/)
## Routes
[[wiki/Sponsor Leaderboard|Sponsor Leaderboard]] · [[wiki/Programmable Tournament Treasury|Programmable Tournament Treasury]] · [[wiki/Crowdfunded Security Tournament|Crowdfunded Security Tournament]] · [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]