Augur Weekly Report — October 17th

Augur
2 min readOct 18, 2018

Markets: 1,305

Open Interest: $1,191,753.38 USD (5,740 ETH)

CASH Contract: $1,232,572.49 USD (5,937 ETH)

ETH Price: $207.59

An Oral History of Augur

Decrypt Media wrote a long-form piece on the history of Augur from ideation to the current status. The piece is a good launch off point to get an understanding on the origin and process of Augur’s development.

More of Augur in the Media

Two Augur personalities meet for a tour-de-force interview. Augur super-supporter

and co-founder linked for an informative conversation on the state of the crypto ecosystem.

Additionally, Joey joined the Bloomberg Markets program to discuss the broader crypto landscape (Follow link for video!).

Veil Augur Market Explorer

Veil is continuing to iterate and along with their alpha which includes bitcoin and gas markets, they’ve added a searchable index of all Augur markets.

Reports of Augur’s Death are Greatly Exaggerated

Credit: Pantera Capital Twitter

Despite modest overall figures, and widely cited user metrics, the number of markets and ETH wagered on Augur have been steadily growing since launch. Given the expected features in the upcoming v2 release, adoption should continue to compound.

Reminder, the Forecast Foundation has no role in the operation of markets, trades or actions created or performed on the Augur protocol, nor does it have the ability to censor, restrict, control, modify, change, revoke, terminate or make any changes to markets created on the Augur protocol. The Forecast Foundation has no more control over the Augur protocol than anyone else using Ethereum.

Thus, we do not seek to advise others on how to use the protocol. We encourage those in the community that are well educated on Augur to pay it forward and share their ideas for best practices, tips, fixes and etc with the larger community via Twitter, Reddit, Discord, Github and other community channels. For more information regarding the role of the Forecast Foundation, checkout the FAQ.

Cheers,

The Forecast Foundation OU

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