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Looks like it does provide live scores for NBA - my head has been crazy off lately. Dealing with so many new sign-ups - we had 140 new sign-ups in last 24 hrs.

Dealing with one user/creator who is obsessed with death-markets. Finally we had to ban death-markets.

Thanks for being a little patient during this highly stressful times.

Also - another good news, we finally started to work on CDA/CLOB markets. Lets see how long it takes to complete it.

Once CDA is complete, I hope you and @Undisciplined can become professional market makers.

69 sats \ 17 replies \ @grayruby 2h

I see the score. Looks good.

Yeah you probably want to avoid death markets.

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There's a ton of demand for that information but it does create slightly problematic incentives.

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Yes 100% its just a problematic thing to deal with. We don't want any undue attention at such an early stage of PREDYX. There are some good use-cases but policing it will be a painful. We are going to update our TOS soon:

Death-Related Markets

We do not allow markets that directly speculate on the death of any individual.

Limited exceptions may be permitted for:

  • Markets relating to life expectancy based on publicly known illness or serious health conditions.
  • Markets relating to assassination attempts, provided the outcome is tied to the occurrence of the event and not to the individual’s death itself.

All other death-related markets are strictly prohibited. (edited)

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I think there was a market for whether Trump would "make it" to July 2026, or to the end of his second term. That's a bit broader than death, but death is the most likely reason why he wouldn't "make it". Would that fall under the category of "death market"?

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yes 100% correct, broader reasons ok.

Death due to health/sickness ok - but not like "Will X die before 2027?"

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It seems like the problematic cases are all extrajudicial homicides, right?

Are there incentive issues with death markets that specifically exclude murder/assassination/manslaughter/etc? I get that there are still PR issues with such markets.

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I'm not sure if you know, but the "Death-Markets" have been illegally running in the underworld markets for 1000 years. Its deemed illegal by most governments.

I also thinks some prediction market got shutdown in 2014/16 due to same issues.

Are there incentive issues with death markets that specifically exclude murder/assassination/manslaughter/etc?

yes - one can make a bet on YES and eliminate that person. Its same like a hit job. Outsource we don't have that volume or liquidity yet, but there is abundant volume and liquidity. Bad actor can take advantage of that.

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If homicide is excluded in the resolution criteria, then there's no payout for killing the person.

48 sats \ 9 replies \ @grayruby 2h

I am already living in fear daily knowing my wife can cash in big on my life insurance. I am done for if she can also bet on my death. Haha

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We've got a 20 year policy. I tell my wife that if she wants to cash out she'd better do it soon.

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57 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby 2h

Haha. My wife actually hates it when I joke like that which makes it even more fun.

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Joke?

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140 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 2h

She will just send you on a free trip to Canada and sign you up for MAID. Incurable PTSD for having to live under Dictator Trump. They will buy that here.

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Easy fix for that: just put an irresponsible amount of your household finances on the No.

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51 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby 2h

Would need to figure out the perfect hedge in case I got hit by a bus.

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Now she's incentivized to keep that from happening.

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85 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 2h

Sure but if I bet too heavily on NO and a random bus does take me out I wouldn't want my family to be broke because I bet 2x the insurance payout on NO trying to stay alive. Haha

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Another large position on "RubyGray is cleared of all wrongdoing in the demise of GrayRuby."

That's certainly exciting. The recent pullback has put my dreams of early retirement on standby.

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