Prop firm marketing runs on payout screenshots, and screenshots are easy to fake. Vest is unusual because its payouts settle as USDC on public blockchains. That means there's an independent, permanent record of every one. Here's how to read it.
Where Vest payouts come from
When a Vest withdrawal is processed, a USDC transfer is sent from one of Vest's payout contracts to the trader's wallet. These are the addresses we track:
| Chain | Payout contract |
|---|---|
| Base | 0x55133c825603e6a5b9e911abab23e75dc3bb07af |
| Arbitrum One | 0xb2f86eae1197032fa85389cc6c0f3b06b58dd1ea |
The transactions are submitted by the same operator address on both chains (0x2cea8ffefcc17a7098445ee0a5cf3230d5b893d2). Each payout also emits an event recording the recipient, the token, the amount, and the moment the withdrawal was requested inside Vest. That's how we can measure processing time.
How to verify a Vest payout in 60 seconds
- Get the transaction hash. It's in Vest's Withdrawals tab, or on any VestPayouts payout page.
- Open it on BaseScan or Arbiscan, depending on the chain.
- Under ERC-20 Tokens Transferred, check that USDC moved from the payout contract above to the trader's wallet.
- Check that the token is genuine USDC:
0x833589fcd6edb6e08f4c7c32d4f71b54bda02913on Base,0xaf88d065e77c8cc2239327c5edb3a432268e5831on Arbitrum.
Red flags in fake “Vest payout” posts
- A screenshot with no transaction hash, or a hash that doesn't exist on the stated chain.
- USDC that came from an ordinary wallet rather than Vest's payout contract.
- A token called “USDC” whose contract address doesn't match the official one.
- An amount that doesn't match what the explorer shows.
What on-chain proof can and can't tell you
On-chain data proves that Vest sent a given amount of USDC to a given wallet at a given time. It can't tell you who owns the wallet. It also can't always separate a Vest Capital profit withdrawal from an ordinary withdrawal of exchange funds, because both leave through the same contract. We explain how we handle that in our methodology.
Want to see it for yourself? Browse the largest Vest payouts or the payout leaderboard. Every row links to its transaction.