Forget Bitcoin. The Blockchain Could Reveal What’s True Today and Tomorrow
Forget Bitcoin. The Blockchain Could Reveal What’s True Today and Tomorrow
Business, Spoken · SpokenLayer
March 23, 20179m 59s
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Show Notes
As far back as the 1880s, people stood on the curb outside the New York Stock Exchange taking bets on political elections, and newspapers would report the odds as a way of predicting the results at the polls. In the years since, economists refined the concept, and more recently, prediction markets have tapped into the wisdom of the crowds via the internet, forecasting everything from presidential races to sporting events to stock prices.
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