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What to Do When Prediction Markets Fail

Andy Hall·January 24, 2026·Substack
prediction markets don't fail on price but on deciding what actually happened

Why It's Worth Reading

Argues the hardest PM problem isn't pricing but deciding what actually happened. Proposes cryptographically-committed LLMs as resolution judges—trading human bias and conflicts of interest for more tractable technical vulnerabilities. Cites Polymarket disputes (Venezuela election, Ukraine map, government shutdown) as evidence current systems fail at scale.

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Platforms mentioned: Polymarket

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