# Counterparty markets

Where counterparty trade: 10 venues, from blockspace.markets' directory.

URL: https://blockspace.wiki/markets/counterparty/

Venues where Counterparty assets trade, Counters among them. 10 venues in blockspace.markets' directory, 9 of them live, as of 2026-10-21. Listed by name; nothing here is a ranking or a recommendation. Every fact gives its source and date; a source marked third-party is not the venue's own; "not found" means the directory found no source for it. Dead venues stay listed with the date they were checked.

### Counterparty AMM pools (protocol)

- Type: amm
- Settlement: on-chain-protocol
- Custody: non-custodial
- Status: live, checked 2026-10-21 (evidence)
- Fees: 0.50% (50 bps) for XCP pairs; 1.00% (100 bps) for non-XCP pairs, to liquidity providers · docs.counterparty.io/docs/advanced/specifications/amm-pools, 2026-10-21
- API: open · docs
- Volume: not found
- On the buy board: not read: pools reject BTC pairs; prices are in XCP

Constant-product pools, asset to asset only, active since block 952,800 (Counterparty Core 11.1.0). 45 pools on 2026-10-21.

### Counterparty DEX (protocol order book)

- Type: order-book
- Settlement: on-chain-protocol
- Custody: non-custodial
- Status: live, checked 2026-10-21 (evidence)
- Fees: not found
- API: open · docs
- Volume: not found
- On the buy board: read

On-chain limit orders between any two assets; BTC legs settle with a BTCpay message. No official front-end (XCP DEX and Freewallet are front-ends); 2,657 open orders on 2026-10-21, most asset to XCP.

### Counterparty dispensers (protocol)

- Type: dispenser
- Settlement: on-chain-protocol
- Custody: non-custodial
- Status: live, checked 2026-10-21 (evidence)
- Fees: not found
- API: open · docs
- Volume: not found
- On the buy board: read

On-chain vending: send BTC to the dispenser address and the protocol sends the asset. 26,207 open dispensers on 2026-10-21; no protocol trading fee found.

### counters.fun

- Type: amm
- Settlement: on-chain-protocol
- Custody: non-custodial
- Status: live, checked 2026-10-21 (evidence)
- Fees: Counterparty has a native AMM — constant product, 50 basis points on an XCP pair · counters.fun/docs, 2026-10-21
- API: none
- Volume: not found
- On the buy board: not read: pools reject BTC pairs; prices are in XCP

A front-end over Counterparty AMM pools of Counters against XCP, with a mint flow. No site fee is stated.

### DIGIRARE

- Type: other
- Settlement: on-chain-protocol
- Custody: non-custodial
- Status: live, checked 2026-10-21 (evidence)
- Fees: not found
- API: none
- Volume: 0.003253 BTC, 7 days · digirare.com, 2026-10-21
- On the buy board: not read: not read yet

A Counterparty marketplace aggregating listings, offers and sales per collection; that listings map to protocol dispensers and orders, and its settlement and custody, are not verified.

### Emblem Vault

- Type: otc
- Settlement: off-chain
- Custody: custodial
- Status: unknown, checked 2026-10-21
- Fees: not found
- API: none
- Volume: not found
- On the buy board: not read: no listing book

Counterparty assets are vaulted and the vault trades as an ERC-721 on Ethereum markets (third-party). No activity evidence was found on the venue's own page.

### Horizon Market

- Type: order-book
- Settlement: psbt
- Custody: non-custodial
- Status: live, checked 2026-10-21 (evidence)
- Fees: A platform fee is charged on-chain when a listing is opened, waived with a subscription or free credits; amount returned per quote, no fixed rate published · horizon.market/openapi.yaml, 2026-10-21
- API: open · docs
- Volume: not found
- On the buy board: read

Fixed-price atomic swaps of UTXO-attached assets; 59 Counterparty listings on 2026-10-21. Issuer royalties can apply.

### Scarce City

- Type: auction
- Settlement: custodial
- Custody: custodial
- Status: live, checked 2026-10-21 (evidence)
- Fees: Digital-only items: 10% of final sale price (physical items 15%) · scarce.city/faqs, 2026-10-21
- API: none
- Volume: not found
- On the buy board: not read: no listing book

Auctions only, with seller escrow; buyers pay by Lightning, on-chain bitcoin, or card via PayPal (3.69% processing fee).

### XCP DEX

- Type: order-book
- Settlement: on-chain-protocol
- Custody: non-custodial
- Status: live, checked 2026-10-21 (evidence)
- Fees: not found
- API: none
- Volume: not found
- On the buy board: not read: a front-end over the protocol order book and dispensers

A front-end over the Counterparty DEX, dispensers and pools. Fees not found; that trades are wallet-signed is not verified.

### xcp.fun (XCP-69 launchpad)

- Type: launchpad
- Settlement: on-chain-protocol
- Custody: non-custodial
- Status: live, checked 2026-10-21 (evidence)
- Fees: No platform, no creator fees · xcp.fun/faq, 2026-10-21
- API: none
- Volume: not found
- On the buy board: not read: no listing book

Fair launches that seed a locked AMM pool at sell-out; mints are paid in XCP and BTC covers miner fees.

Sources:

- blockspace.markets' directory of venues (markets.json, re-checked weekly) · https://blockspace.markets/data/markets.json
- blockspace.markets: the markets directory · https://blockspace.markets/markets/

Updated: 2026-10-21