Market Creation Terms

PCMarkets allows qualified users to create decentralised prediction markets on a wide range of topics. Market creators take on specific responsibilities — including providing initial liquidity, defining accurate resolution criteria, and ensuring their market complies with these terms and our Platform Rules.

By submitting a market, you agree to these Market Creation Terms in addition to our general Terms of Service. Markets that violate these terms will be rejected or removed, and creator liquidity may be subject to restrictions.

PCMarkets reserves the right to accept, modify, or reject any submitted market at our sole discretion without obligation to provide justification.

To create a market on PCMarkets, you must meet all of the following criteria:

• Have a connected wallet with sufficient funds to cover the minimum initial liquidity requirement
• Be in good standing with no prior market creation violations on the platform
• Meet all general eligibility requirements set out in the Terms of Service
• Not create markets in prohibited categories as defined in this document

PCMarkets may in the future introduce a staking or reputation requirement for market creation. Any such changes will be communicated in advance.

All markets submitted to PCMarkets must meet the following quality standards:

Question Quality

• The market question must have a clear, unambiguous, binary (YES/NO) answer
• The question must specify an explicit timeframe, price threshold, or measurable outcome
• Questions must be written in English and be grammatically correct
• The question must not be misleading, deceptive, or designed to favour a particular outcome

Resolution Criteria

• Resolution criteria must be specific, objective, and verifiable from public sources
• You must identify a primary resolution source (e.g. CoinGecko, official results, on-chain data)
• Criteria must not rely on sources that could be manipulated by the market creator

Timeframe

• Markets must have a resolution date that is at least 24 hours in the future at the time of creation
• The resolution date must be a specific calendar date, not an open-ended timeframe

The following types of markets are strictly prohibited on PCMarkets:

• Illegal activities — markets predicting outcomes of crimes, illegal events, or activities that violate any applicable law
• Personal harm — markets about the death, injury, or wellbeing of specific living individuals
• Market manipulation — markets designed to manipulate the price of assets in financial markets
• Confidential information — markets that would encourage trading on material non-public information (insider trading)
• Sensitive personal data — markets involving private medical, legal, or personal information about identifiable individuals
• Objectionable content — markets that are obscene, defamatory, or that a reasonable person would find grossly offensive
• Duplicate markets — intentionally duplicating an existing active market to split liquidity

Submission of prohibited markets will result in immediate rejection, potential wallet restrictions, and may be reported to relevant authorities.

As a market creator, you are the primary responsible party for resolution. Your obligations include:

• Providing accurate and objective resolution criteria at the time of market creation
• Resolving the market promptly after the resolution date using the stated resolution source
• Providing evidence of the outcome if requested by the PCMarkets team or community
• Acting in good faith and without bias when determining the outcome

PCMarkets operates a dispute resolution process. If participants dispute a market’s resolution, the PCMarkets resolution committee may review the evidence and override the creator’s decision if it is found to be inaccurate or in bad faith.

Creators found to have intentionally misresolved markets will face platform restrictions and forfeiture of creator fees.

Market creators must provide initial liquidity to bootstrap the market. The minimum initial liquidity is $50 USDC or equivalent, though higher liquidity is strongly encouraged to attract traders.

• Initial liquidity is locked until the market resolves
• After resolution, initial liquidity is returned to the creator proportionally based on the outcome
• Liquidity is subject to the same market risk as any other participant’s position
• Creators may lose some or all of their initial liquidity depending on the market outcome and trading activity

Creators receive a share of trading fees generated by their market as compensation for providing initial liquidity and managing the market.

Market creators are rewarded for high-quality, well-trafficked markets:

• Creator fee share: 50% of all trading fees (0.3% per trade) generated in the market
• Liquidity return: Initial liquidity is returned after resolution (subject to market outcome)

Fee payments are processed automatically by smart contracts at the time of market resolution. No manual action is required. Fees are paid in the same token used for the market.

PCMarkets retains the remaining 50% of trading fees to fund protocol development, security audits, and operational costs.

All markets submitted to PCMarkets are subject to a review process before going live:

• Markets are reviewed by the PCMarkets team within 24–48 hours of submission
• During review, we assess the market for compliance with these terms and our Platform Rules
• You will be notified of the outcome via your connected wallet or registered email
• Approved markets will be published to the platform immediately after approval
• Rejected markets will include feedback on the reason for rejection where possible

PCMarkets may fast-track markets that are of significant interest or time-sensitive in nature. We may also request revisions to markets before approval.

Market creators are solely responsible for the content, resolution criteria, and accuracy of their submitted markets. PCMarkets acts as a platform facilitator and is not liable for:

• Errors or ambiguities in market questions or resolution criteria
• Losses incurred by participants due to market design flaws
• Disputes arising from resolution decisions made by the creator
• The accuracy of third-party resolution sources

By creating a market, you indemnify PCMarkets and its affiliates against any claims, damages, or losses arising from your market, its content, or its resolution.