what are prediction markets? 🧐
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Betting on the outcome of future events.
e.g.,
Will the Ethereum merge result in some type of EthW fork with a token total valuation of at least $N?
Will [team] win the [match]?
Will [candidate] win the [election]?
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Maybe its a lack of users and lack of regulatory clarity that makes it not worth the effort rn. Just making a guess.
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Build it
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what, like a truthcoin sort of thing? I think it's a fun idea. I would try it out
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Regulation.
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good question, i also wonder why there are no sports betting apps on lightning.
average bet size is typically quite small ($8-10), and instant settlement is a big draw.
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bc.game is the only one which accepts btc lightning and has sports betting on it!
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and yes.. deposits using LN are instant. Betting on sports though have the usual 5 to 10 seconds settlement cause of surebet protection!
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I think DLCs will enable this?
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Downloadable Content? What is this EA?
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Discreet Log Contract. There's been a breakthrough in the math around it recently...
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More info or a link, please?
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EA Sports. It's in the game!
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Ben carman worked on a DLC for betting on super smash brothers games.
It's certainly as achieveable and would make a ton of sense (e.g poker games where there is a high number of transactions amongst multiple parties)
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