Does Polymarket show your name?

Polymarket shows a username and a wallet address, not a legal name. Polymarket does not publish the name on the sign-in email or on identity documents. But every position and trade behind the username is public, so anyone who connects the username or the wallet address to a person can read that person’s complete trading history, and a single clue is usually enough to make the connection.

Updated 2026-10-13

What does a Polymarket profile display?

A Polymarket profile displays the username the trader chose, the wallet address that holds the positions, the open and closed positions, the profit and loss and the trade history. The username is free to pick, and many Polymarket users choose one that says nothing about them. The wallet address is assigned by Polymarket when the account is created, and the address is the field that trackers, leaderboards and search tools work from, so the address is the field that matters. According to Polymarket’s documentation, a public profile lookup works by wallet address, and according to its wallet documentation, every account has such an address, including accounts created with an email address or a Google account.

How does a Polymarket username become a real name?

A Polymarket username becomes a real name through ordinary habits. First, most people reuse handles, so a Polymarket username often matches an X or Telegram account that carries a real name or a photo. Second, a win shared as a screenshot carries the wallet address in the image. Third, a deposit from an exchange account in a real name ties the address to that name for anyone who can see the transfer, and transfers on a public blockchain are visible to everyone. Fourth, a friend who knows the handle can pass it on. Once any of these happens, the account stops being a pseudonym: its complete history, every position and every result, is attached to a person, and the attachment cannot be undone.

How do you keep positions off that record?

OffMarket is a web app for trading Polymarket markets with positions that are not publicly linked to the trader’s account. OffMarket uses the same Polymarket markets, the same order book and the same odds, so a share that costs 72 cents on Polymarket costs 72 cents on OffMarket and pays the same one dollar on a win. The only change is the public record: a wallet tracker, a leaderboard or a profile search pointed at an OffMarket account finds no positions to report. Getting started takes three steps.

1. Sign in to OffMarket with Google or connect a crypto wallet.
2. Deposit USDC.
3. Trade the same Polymarket prediction markets at the same odds. Positions are not publicly linked to the account.