Seed-deposit requirement for new market listing

Polymarket's assessment for RD-F-071 — scored not_applicable on the v1.7.0 rubric. The evidence below is the curator's reasoning for this score.

Evidence summary #

No seed-deposit requirement exists or is relevant. Market creation is curated by the Polymarket markets team (not permissionless). The Compound-style 'empty market + donation' attack vector does not apply to CTF outcome token architecture. N/A per taxonomy §Cat 4 PD-024 (lending-only).

Sources #

Docs
Polymarket help — How are markets createdMarkets are created by the markets team with input from users — curated, not permissionless.retrieved 2026-04-29
Internal
Polymarket profile §6Taxonomy §Cat 4 PD-024: seed-deposit requirement is lending-only.retrieved 2026-04-29

Methodology #

Determine whether market-listing governance or code requires a minimum seed deposit before borrow-enabling a new market.

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rubric_version v1.7.0 protocol polymarket factor RD-F-071 score not_applicable collected_at 2026-04-29 16:25:39