# Introduction ## Decentralized Trade Finance Infrastructure TPT Protocol is a decentralized infrastructure for trade finance, enabling businesses to access liquidity from their receivables while providing crypto-native investors with yields backed by real commercial cash flows. The protocol addresses a fundamental inefficiency: businesses worldwide hold trillions in unpaid invoices, purchase orders, and trade documents—assets that represent real economic value but remain illiquid. Meanwhile, crypto capital markets search for sustainable yields disconnected from speculative token emissions. TPT bridges this gap through a unified platform spanning multiple trade finance asset classes: * **P2P OTC Trading** — Live now * **Invoice Factoring Marketplace** — In development * **Supply Chain Finance** — Planned * **Trade Finance Platform** — Future Each product follows the same core pattern: businesses convert future receivables into immediate liquidity at a discount, while investors earn the spread when payment arrives. *** *This documentation describes the TPT Protocol's mechanics, participant roles, asset classes, token economics, and risk framework.* *** ## Quick Links * [Protocol Overview](https://triple-plus-global.gitbook.io/tpt-whitepaper/broken-reference) — How the protocol works * [Products](https://triple-plus-global.gitbook.io/tpt-whitepaper/broken-reference) — Our product suite * [TPT Token](https://triple-plus-global.gitbook.io/tpt-whitepaper/broken-reference) — Token utility and economics * [Roadmap](https://triple-plus-global.gitbook.io/tpt-whitepaper/broken-reference) — Development timeline --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://triple-plus-global.gitbook.io/tpt-whitepaper/introduction.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.