Technical Architecture
How Lurk Works
An arbitrage engine connecting decentralized prediction markets with institutional-grade analytics.
System_Diagram_v1.0
Client Layer
Next.js 15App Router / React 19
Edge API
/api/markets | /api/whales | /api/ai
Storage
PostgreSQLSupabase
Hot Cache
RedisRate Limiting / Queues
Ingestion Pipeline (Python)
Polymarket Fetch
Alchemy RPC / Polygon
Arb Calculator
Spread Logic / 1-3s Ticks
Kalshi Fetch
WebSocket + REST
Core Stack
Frontend
Next.js 15, Tailwind, Shadcn/UI, Recharts
Backend
Python FastAPI, Supabase, Redis, BullMQ
Blockchain
Alchemy RPC (Polygon), RainbowKit
Intelligence
Anthropic Claude 4.5 Sonnet
Data Sources
PolymarketCHAIN
Direct ingestion via Alchemy Polygon RPC nodes listening to Gnosis CTF contract events. Zero-latency state reading.
KalshiREGULATED
Institutional WebSocket feed combined with REST API polling for order book depth and spread calculation.
SentimentAI / SOCIAL
Custom scraper infrastructure feeding text data into Claude for sentiment scoring (-100 to +100).