Manifold (prediction market)
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| Available in | English |
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| Founded | December 2021 |
| Founder(s) | Austin Chen, James Grugett, Stephen Grugett |
| URL | manifold |
| Current status | Active |
Manifold, formerly known as Manifold Markets, is an online prediction market platform.[1][2] Users engage in competitive forecasting using play money called 'mana', as well as 'Sweepcash,' which can be withdrawn for real money, or donated to charity.[3] Topics on Manifold have included the 2024 United States presidential election and the Oscars.[4] Sweepstakes are US only and 18+. All states are eligible except Washington, Michigan, Idaho, and Delaware.
History
[edit]Manifold was founded in December 2021 by Austin Chen and brothers James and Stephen Grugett. James Grugett is the current CEO of the organization.[5]
Manifold received seed funding from the Astral Codex Ten grant program.[6] It has since received $1.5 million in funding from the FTX Future Fund,[7] and over $340,000 from the Survival and Flourishing Fund.[8]
In September 2023, Manifold hosted Manifest, a forecasting conference, in Berkeley, California. Attendees included Nate Silver, Robin Hanson, Richard Hanania, Eliezer Yudkowsky, Robert Miles, and Destiny.[6] The conference was hosted again in 2024.[9]
Market structure
[edit]Manifold is a reputation-based prediction market. The website has two forms of currency, 'Mana,' and 'Sweepcash.' Sweepcash can be redeemed for real world money for a 5% fee, or cashed out to a charity of the user's choice for no fee.[10] One unit of Sweepcash is equivalent to one unit of USD. Markets use a version of the Uniswap automated market maker, known as "maniswap".[11]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Why a "room-temperature superconductor" would be a huge deal". Vox. 7 August 2023. Archived from the original on 2023-08-31. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
Prediction markets have seen wildly varying odds as participants bet for and against the material working out.
- ^ Frick, Walter. "Journalists wake up to the power of prediction markets". Nieman Lab. Archived from the original on 2023-06-03. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ^ Taylor, Michael. "Taylor: Can you see into the future? Online prediction markets can — and they let you bet on it". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
- ^ Henshall, Will (2024-02-14). "Meet the People Making Actual Bets on Love". TIME. Retrieved 2024-02-14.
- ^ Richard Hanania. "Mana from Heaven | Stephen Grugett, James Grugett, & Richard Hanania". CSPI (Podcast). Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ^ a b Roose, Kevin (2023-10-08). "The Wager That Betting Can Change the World". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
- ^ Ashworth, Louis (2022-12-19). "How to spend a million dollars, by Sam Bankman-Fried". Financial Times. Archived from the original on 2023-03-24. Retrieved 2023-08-31.
- ^ "SFF-2022-H1 S-Process Recommendations Announcement". Survival and Flourishing.Fund (SFF). Archived from the original on 2023-08-30. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
- ^ "Manifest". www.manifest.is. Retrieved 2024-09-06.
- ^ https://docs.manifold.markets/sweepstakes
- ^ Frongillo, Rafael; Papireddygari, Maneesha; Waggoner, Bo (2023). "An Axiomatic Characterization of CFMMs and Equivalence to Prediction Markets". arXiv:2302.00196 [cs.GT].
External links
[edit]- Manifold website
- Manifold GitHub organization (source code)