I Googled “Trump Approval Rating“ — Augur predicted it…I think?

Trevor Smith, M.D.
Sep 1, 2018 · 1 min read

While doing my write up on using Augur’s decentralized application I came across something cool enough to post it separately:

The chicken. — ABC/Wash Post Poll
The egg. — Augur’s platform has an open market to bid for or against this outcome.

Essentially, on a decentralized, unregulated cryptocurrency platform, many individuals voted YES or NO for “Will Donald Trump be Re-elected in 2020.” They did this with their cryptocurrency (money) and it exactly matches the current approval rating of the president at this moment.

Cryptocurrency folks are putting their money where their approval is.

I think I will be paying more attention to Augur from now on.

Trevor Smith, M.D.

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