Why I Created Pdot

Ever since I was a child, I wondered: “If we can track the performance of (and invest in) companies, why can’t we do the same for people?”. A celebrity’s rise to fame is not so different from what the most successful startups have been doing for centuries.

Introducing: Pdot Version 2

The first version of Pdot, released in September 2018, was nothing more than a proof of concept. I wanted to show that decentralized prediction markets can be used to track the success of individual people in ways that have never been done before. Indexes were created for three…

12/31/18 Markets Have Expired

Pdot’s underlying prediction markets ending December 31, 2018 have expired. This means that each index resolved to reality, and the portfolios have been rolled into new markets expiring March 31, 2019.

3 New Indexes

Three new indexes have been added to Pdot!

Cristiano Ronaldo (P.CRON)

Kylie Jenner (P.KYLIE)

PewDiePie (P.PEWD)

PdotIndex aims to track today’s most influential celebrities and public figures. If you…

3/31/19 Markets Have Expired

Pdot’s underlying prediction markets ending March 31, 2019 have expired. This means that each index resolved to reality, and the portfolios have been rolled into new markets expiring June 30, 2019.

3 More Indexes

Three more indexes have been added to Pdot!

Cardi B (P.CARDI)

Ninja, aka Tyler Blevins (P.NINJA)

Mike Trout (P.MT)

PdotIndex uses decentralized prediction markets on Augur to track today’s most…