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Re:Introduction to Augur, an open-source, decentralized bett... by gcb0 on Monday August 20, 2018 @06:34PM (#17804657)
if you have a market where I can make tons of money of it, at which point do you expect me to start contributing to PACs just to win the bet?

see the problem?

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Re:Introduction to Augur, an open-source, decentralized bett... by hndamien on Monday August 20, 2018 @07:27PM (#17805104)
The thing is it is supposed to solicit insider information exactly like this. Potentially it incentivises people to change outcomes if the have the resources available, but at least we will all know in advance.
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Re:Introduction to Augur, an open-source, decentralized bett... by zodiac on Monday August 20, 2018 @06:42PM (#17804728)
Sorry, I don't understand what you're trying to say.
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Re:Introduction to Augur, an open-source, decentralized bett... by AznHisoka on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @05:33AM (#17808241)
What’s the problem? Public companies with the majority of shares owned by the executives have this same incentive.
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