Polymarket is a prediction-market platform where people trade shares tied to event outcomes. A share price is commonly read as a market-implied probability: a Yes share at 65 cents suggests the market collectively prices the outcome near 65%, not that it has a 65% chance as an established fact.
The international platform combines Yes/No outcome tokens, an exchange-style order book, pUSD collateral, Polygon smart contracts, and an external resolution process. Its separate U.S. product operates under a different legal and account structure. This guide explains those layers one at a time,…
