v0.4.0 — Educational Content Hub: /learn

Meridian now has a dedicated learning section with 5 in-depth guides

covering everything from XRPL escrow mechanics to getting started as a

first-time user.

New articles:

- XRPL Escrow Guide — How crypto-conditional escrow works at the

protocol level, with transaction examples and a comparison table vs

traditional escrow services

- Real-World Asset Tokenization — How physical goods become on-chain

assets, which industries are adopting it, and why XRPL is built for

RWA

- XRPL vs Ethereum — Objective comparison for marketplace use cases:

speed, cost, native features, NFT standards, and developer ecosystem

- Marketplace Security — How non-custodial escrow, blockchain

finality, and community dispute resolution eliminate fraud and

custodial risk

- Getting Started — Step-by-step tutorial from wallet setup to your

first completed transaction

- 10,000+ words of original educational content

- 36 FAQ entries with rich snippet markup

- 10+ comparison and data tables

- Cross-linked with every major page on the site

Start exploring at meridianmarket.xyz/learn

SEO fix: Optimized robots.txt to explicitly allow AI search crawlers

(GPTBot, PerplexityBot, ClaudeBot, and others). Fixed sitemap base

URL. This ensures Meridian content is indexed by ChatGPT, Perplexity,

Claude, and Google AI Overview.

Also: Corrected the buyer auto-release timer from 48 hours to 12 hours

across all content.