Delivery, Confirmations and Fees

Where the funds are held#

The market's BSC mainnet contracts record orders and hold the buyer's USDT in escrow during a trade. QTC is not deposited into the BSC contracts. The seller transfers it directly from their Quantus address bound to the order to the buyer's Quantus address bound to that order. The website and settlement service check the order, on-chain transfer and block state before advancing settlement.

The system uses a fixed process involving multiple witness signatures to verify cross-chain delivery. This does not mean that the signing services hold users' wallet private keys. Users still sign QTC and BSC wallet transactions locally. If on-chain sources cannot temporarily provide sufficiently consistent results, the system delays the proof or stops the current operation. Do not assume that the transaction has succeeded or failed.

From delivery to settlement#

1. The buyer's USDT enters escrow when a buy order is created or a sell order is accepted, depending on the order type. Both parties' addresses and the amounts are bound to the order.
2. The seller's local wallet prepares and signs the QTC transfer for that order. It is broadcast after the required BSC delivery lock and verification steps.
3. The system checks the QTC sender, recipient, amount, transaction execution result and block. Current market delivery requires 3 QTC block confirmations.
4. Once the proof meets the requirements, the settlement service submits the result to the BSC contract. The BSC transaction must also be confirmed on-chain before the order reaches delivered or another final state.
5. The seller's net USDT is allocated as claimable funds. When a Claim button appears, the seller uses their current wallet to claim it. Refunded orders may also require the buyer to use Claim to collect the allocated refund.

While waiting, an order may show statuses such as block confirmations pending, automatic verification or refund review. These indicate that the process is not yet final. If the page offers an option to check and continue the trade, continue from the original order. Do not create another standalone QTC transfer to replace its delivery.

Trading fees and network fees#

The current market buyer fee is 0. The seller fee is 2% of the trade's USDT amount, calculated using the whole order's cent-based rules and deducted from the seller's USDT proceeds. The market's limited-time buyer fee waiver message applies to the buyer; it does not also waive the seller's fee. The amount shown as proceeds in the pre-trade dialog is an estimate. The order and on-chain settlement determine the final amount.

BSC transactions such as approvals, order creation, order acceptance and claims require BNB gas. QTC delivery also requires a Quantus network fee. Standalone transfers require you to pay the corresponding network's fee as well. Network fees are separate from market trading fees.

Cancellation, timeouts and refunds#

An open offer can be canceled by its creator. An order in which the buyer's USDT is already in escrow or QTC delivery has begun must follow the applicable on-chain state, timeout and verification rules. Being unable to see a transaction, closing the browser or encountering a temporary RPC failure does not by itself prove that delivery did not occur. A refund may require complete on-chain verification and subsequent confirmations. If something goes wrong, keep the original order and transaction hash. First continue or check the order in My orders; do not pay again.