950 sats \ 11 replies \ @grayruby 18 Nov 2023 \ on: What is the best lightning business idea that nobody else is doing? bitcoin
Micro sports betting. @ekzyis fixes this.
Hopefully I will
prepares new identity
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This really is a big deal. Sports betting could be a bigger on-ramp for Americans than anything else.
We're all prematurely proud of you.
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I’ve been tempted to build something similar. But not exactly sports betting.
More so for friend bets or challenges. Removing the oracle problem. Could probably use the zaplocker code, if working with someone more technical.
Already got an idea of UX. Felt like too much of a project to tackle alone.
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I think this will go beyond sports betting and allow people to wager on custom events, but ekzyis can correct me if that's wrong. I know he's also interested in political prediction markets.
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Yeah, sports betting is just one use case for "using money to determine information quality" (as mentioned in SN's job description).
Still need to look into how sport bets usually work. Maybe a prediction market is too general, and sports betting is more a prediction market with limited functionality. So I intend to build a solid foundation on which other stuff can be built on top.
Are you allowed to sell your bet to someone else? Or do you have to commit to a bet and then sit it out until the end?
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I don't think you need to restrict yourself to how sports betting usually works, but generally you are stuck with the bet you made. Having the option to sell it just makes it better, as far as I can tell.
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That's a good idea, have you try to look around for colaboration?
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This is my first time publicly disclosing it. Been tinkering behind the scenes with concepts/converting other code and with nothing sticking.
Should just go all-in into it. Could be a super viral product.
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Any example?
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This is mildly related
https://youtu.be/ImEnkLRczUM?si=oOi7RMW5vWOR2jhq
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Thank you for sharing!
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