Abstenence
Pay a commitment fee to abstain from something for 2-5 days
Abstenence launched on August 20, 2026 with 4 votes, #2,153 of 23,274 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
What it does
Abstenence is a pay-to-commit habit tracker. Pick something to abstain from, stake $2–$100 on a short 2-5 day challenge, and pass or fail — no resets, no refunds. Real money makes discipline real.
Abstenence is paused while the founder focuses on other work. No new challenges can be started right now.
Abstenence is paused while I focus on other work. New challenges can't be started right now, and no payments are being taken. It started as a simple idea: put a small commitment behind a habit for a few days, with no resets. That idea hasn't gone anywhere. I'm just not building it at the moment. Questions, or want to hear when it's back? Email me at [email protected]from abstenence.com
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