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Every market on Outcome resolves at a specific time defined by the market’s spec. This page explains what happens at that moment.
What triggers resolution
When a market reaches its resolution timestamp, the protocol automatically reads the relevant data source and determines which outcome resolved. There’s no manual step; resolution is purely a function of the market spec and the data at the resolution time.
For price-based markets like the BTC daily binary, the data source is the underlying asset’s mark price on HyperCore at the resolution timestamp. Different market types use different sources, and each market’s spec lists which source applies.
What happens to your tokens
Once resolution is determined:
- Tokens for the resolved outcome become redeemable at 1 USDH each.
- Tokens for any other outcome become worth 0.
Settlement happens automatically. Your USDH balance updates with the redemption proceeds (minus the settlement fee, see Fees).
There’s no claim step. You don’t need to do anything; the protocol automatically redeems tokens for the resolved outcome.
What happens to open orders
If you have open orders on a market when it resolves, they’re cancelled automatically. Cancellation happens at the resolution timestamp, and you’ll see the orders disappear from your active orders list.
If you have a position at the time of resolution (tokens you own), those tokens are settled as described above. The open-order cancellation only affects orders that haven’t filled yet.
Why there’s no dispute process
For the markets currently live on Outcome, resolution is determined by an on-chain oracle that’s native to Hyperliquid. The oracle reads mark prices directly from HyperCore.
Because the data is native and on-chain, there’s no off-chain claim, no off-chain attestation, and no external dispute process. The protocol reads the value at the resolution timestamp, and that’s the resolution.
This is structurally different from prediction markets that rely on off-chain oracles or third-party adjudication, where disputes are possible and sometimes necessary. For HyperCore-native markets like the BTC daily binary, the data source is deterministic by construction.
When settlement appears in your balance
Settlement proceeds appear in your USDH balance immediately after the resolution timestamp passes and the protocol processes the settlement. You can see them in your portfolio on outcome.xyz.
