# Market Resolution

### ✅ Market Resolution

Once a market’s end time passes, it enters the **pending resolution** phase. During this phase, PredictBase admins review the outcome using the **resolution resource** provided by the market creator.

This process ensures **fairness**, **objectivity**, and **transparency** for all users.

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#### 🔎 Who Resolves the Market?

All markets are resolved by trusted **PredictBase admins** to prevent manipulation and ensure consistency.

Admins rely on:

* The **resolution source** submitted during market creation (e.g., news articles, official sites, data feeds)
* **Publicly verifiable evidence**
* **Community input**, if needed

> 🧠 We may also use **AI tools like OpenAI API** to assist in reviewing large volumes of information, extracting factual outcomes, and suggesting verdicts — especially for fast or complex resolutions. However, **admins make the final decision**, not AI.

Admins **cannot resolve a market arbitrarily** — all outcomes must be backed by objective, verifiable data.

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#### 🔄 Resolution Outcomes

After review, the market will be set to one of the following statuses:

| Status       | What it means                                                              |
| ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Resolved** | A winning option was selected. Users who picked it can now claim winnings. |
| **Canceled** | The market was invalid, unverifiable, or in violation of platform rules.   |

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#### 🧠 When Is a Market Canceled?

A market may be canceled if:

* The question was unclear, misleading, or overly subjective
* The resolution source is **invalid**, **unverifiable**, or **missing**
* **No users placed any bets**
* The event **did not happen**, or evidence was inconclusive
* The market **violates ethical or legal guidelines**

In these cases:

* All users can **claim 100% of their USDC back**
* **Protocol and creator fees are also refunded**

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#### ⏱️ How Long Does Resolution Take?

Most markets are resolved within **24 hours** after their end time.\
During peak activity, this may take slightly longer.

You can check the market’s resolution status at any time via:

* The **Market Page**
* Your **Dashboard → My Bets**

All changes are publicly recorded on-chain.

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#### 🛡 Transparency & Trust

PredictBase ensures that market outcomes are handled with full transparency:

* ✅ All outcomes are **recorded permanently on-chain**
* 🔍 Resolution actions can be **verified via** [**BaseScan**](https://basescan.org)
* 🔒 Admins **cannot access or reassign user funds**
* 🧑‍⚖️ All resolution decisions are **accountable and auditable**

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Once a market is resolved, visit Claiming Winnings to collect your rewards if your prediction was correct.
