Truthcoin & Prediction Markets: From Information-Overload to Crowd Intelligence

Prediction markets are considered one of the most promising applications of blockchain technology. Although the concept and some early implementations have existed for years, decentralized prediction markets present a number of advantages to their centralized counterparts.

joins us to discuss Truthcoin, a “Peer-to-Peer Oracle Protocol which absorbs accurate data into a blockchain so that Bitcoin-users can speculate in Prediction Markets”. We dive deep to explore the advantages of decentralized prediction markets, their various real-world applications, and their potential to revolutionize the creation and propagation of knowledge in our society.

Topics:

• What are prediction markets and why they are useful
• The mechanics of prediction markets
• The potential for prediction markets to provide useful aggregation to today’s abundant information
• The parallels between crowd intelligence and artificial intelligence
• The different components of Truthcoin and the state of the project
• How Truthcoin differs from other decentralized prediction markets

Links:

• Truthcoin Website
• epicenter.tv/097