FAQ

What is Tings? Tings is a decentralized perpetual futures trading platform built on Hyperliquid using HIP-3. It lets you trade perpetual futures on unconventional assets like economic indicators, weather trends, and more.

What can I trade? Anything with a measurable value that changes over time. This includes real-world data like unemployment rates, weather patterns, hash rates, and other economic or global indicators. If it has a data feed, it can become a market.

How does trading work? All trading happens on-chain on Hyperliquid L1. You use the same APIs, wallets, and tools you'd use for any other Hyperliquid market. Orders, positions, funding, and liquidations are all handled by the Hyperliquid engine.

What is HIP-3? HIP-3 (Hyperliquid Improvement Proposal 3) is the protocol that enables builders to deploy their own perpetual futures markets on Hyperliquid without central approval. Tings uses HIP-3 to list and manage its markets. See Background on HIP-3 for details.

How are prices determined? Prices come from the Tings oracle, which aggregates data from multiple external sources, normalizes it, and publishes updates to Hyperliquid every 3 seconds. See Oracle for the full breakdown.

Can I use the Hyperliquid API? Yes. All Tings markets are native Hyperliquid markets, so the full Hyperliquid API works out of the box. See Developers for more.

What happens if a market is settled? The deployer can halt an asset, which cancels all open orders and settles positions at the current mark price. Trading may be resumed later on the same slot.

Where can I get help? Join the community on Discord or Telegram, or follow @tingsxyz on X for updates.