# Welcome ### DropShop: A Drop Lottery Built on the Blockchain {% hint style="warning" %} Drop = Release of highly limited quantity products with very strong demand meant to sell quickly. {% endhint %} Verified randomness allows for blockchains to fairly select winning participants in probability-driven events between decentralized parties. Blockchain-based lossless lotteries are an example of this capability and offer numerous advantages over traditional lotteries around transparency and accessibility. Most notably, they eliminate risk, as a winner’s rewards are generated through DeFi protocols and Yield Farming, rather than as a claim on the other participants' stakes; non-winners get their stake back. DropShop proposes to use this same principle towards limited release product drops. These drops have existed for many years in the form of event tickets, but most recently they have been popularized by apparel and even technology companies for physical goods, such as Sneakers, Bags, and gaming systems. Currently, these drops are dominated by rent-seeking middlemen using bots and other methods to capture as much of the product as they can for resale. As such, we seek to democratize these drops using a decentralized lottery where product supporters can increase their odds through brand interaction, promotion and community building. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://dropshop.gitbook.io/docs/welcome.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.