Polymarket VS NBA Top Shot

Despite the pearl clutching on HN about assassinations (you know killing a CEO after shorting stock is very similar), prediction markets have been a fairly popular for a few years as blockchain tech has risen. And the sky has not fallen! One example is Polymarket: https://polymarket.com/. - Source: Hacker News / 6 months ago

Good luck to the crypto prediction markets, we need them more than ever now. https://polymarket.com/. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

That's unfortunate to hear, I haven't followed these projects in a while. Looks like their competitor PolyMarket is now the most popular prediction market: https://polymarket.com/. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

I was torn between sharing a link to the homepage and sharing a link to an interesting market. I think this is a really cool alternative to real-money markets like Polymarket[1] and fake-money markets like Metaculus[2] given the perilous regulatory environment. [1] https://polymarket.com/ [2] https://www.metaculus.com/. - Source: Hacker News / almost 2 years ago

We had to research on an assigned web3 project. My assigned project is Polymarket, a decentralized betting and information platform. I might create a separate post for that, so stay tuned! - Source: dev.to / almost 2 years ago

If you have been watching any sort of sports in the US, this isn't a surprise at all. NBA already has official NFTs in https://nbatopshot.com/ . The other major leagues have partnered with app-based gambling organizations like DraftKings and Fanduel, and there's been a ton of crypto advertisements recently. It's extremely manipulative, but it's apparently successful among the target demographic of young 20s to 30s. Source: over 2 years ago

Nbatopshot.com says my collector score is 1.8k, but otmnft says it's 1.8k plus bonuses of 1.05k for a total of just under 2900. Should I go off the 2900 number then? If they say we need 3500 or something, I just push it an extra 600? Source: over 2 years ago

Https://nbatopshot.com Sure there you go it is actually a pretty huge deal. Source: over 2 years ago

Cutting out the middleman in other types of transactions, such as real estate or event tickets, or anything else that's one-of-a-kind is one of the advantages. The NBA and Mark Cuban are avowed "fans," so I'm guessing it'll start there before moving to other sports and then the arts and music industry/other events like Crypto Punks and PaperMen. Source: over 2 years ago

Think about collectables in the real world, and imagine how they could possibly work in the digital world. For example, people collect trading cards for various sports, and there is 1 owner per card who can trade/sell the card to others. How would you facilitate this idea in the digital world? Well you can't use a regular database, because it's easy for it to be copied/hacked/shutdown, and if it's run by a... - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago