# Introduction

Black Pearl Market is a non-custodial OTC marketplace and public infrastructure layer for PEARL and PRC20 assets. It combines contract-based USDC escrow, indexer-powered market state, wallet-native trading, and Telegram-assisted workflows to make PEARL trading clearer and easier to follow.

## What Black Pearl Market Provides

* A professional OTC marketplace for PEARL and PRC20 ecosystem assets.
* 0% buyer protocol fee, with normal network gas still separate.
* Seller-side protocol fee accounting through the escrow lifecycle.
* Buyer USDC locked in the OTC smart contract, not sent directly to the seller.
* No user-facing co-sign flow required for the primary settlement model.
* Bot-Assisted Orders and Human-Confirmed Orders using the same protocol.
* Transparent claim, cancel, and refund paths.
* Official explorer links, verified addresses, and public APIs.

## Official Links

* Website: [blackpearlmarket.com](https://blackpearlmarket.com)
* X / Twitter: [@BlackPearlMkt](https://x.com/BlackPearlMkt)
* Telegram community: [BlackPearlMkt](https://t.me/BlackPearlMkt)
* Telegram bot: [BlackPearlMarket\_bot](http://t.me/BlackPearlMarket_bot)
* Verified escrow: [Arbiscan](https://arbiscan.io/address/0xE0651f6E900a2DbB5FEc01e84d5eA082D83576EE#code)

Use only official links. Support will never ask for your seed phrase or private key.

## Built For The PEARL Ecosystem

Black Pearl Market is independent ecosystem tooling for PEARL and PRC20 assets. Users can trade, deposit, withdraw, and track PEARL through compatible wallets, the web app, and Telegram-assisted flows.

Black Pearl Market is independent and is not endorsed by or officially associated with Pearl Research Labs, Pearl Compute, Black Pearl Compute LLC, Cipher Mining, or any similarly named entity unless explicitly stated through official channels.

## Growth, Referrals, And Leaderboard

Users can share referral links, follow referral activity, and climb the volume leaderboard. Referral claiming is currently paused while Black Pearl Market prepares a stronger competition and gamification model. The upcoming model may let active participants compete for stronger reward positions, including the possibility to increase the percentage shared with them.

Points are a participation metric. They are not currently a token, do not represent equity, and do not guarantee financial rewards unless future official rules explicitly state otherwise.

## Start Here

* New users: [Beginner FAQ](/wallet/faq.md)
* Traders: [OTC User Guide](/wallet/otc.md)
* Telegram users: [Telegram Bot User Guide](/wallet/telegram-bot.md)
* Developers: [API Reference](/overview-2.md)
* Safety: [Verified Addresses](/threat-model/verified-addresses.md)


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