Zeitgeist

Ever wondered if you could have all the details of your crypto portfolio in one place? And not just have these details in a non-reactive state, but also interact and carry out awesome actions like staking, claiming rewards, transferring assets etc on your portfolio? Yes!!! Built on Subsocial Network, the…

By Steven Brown Introduction The Zeitgeist project is a decentralized prediction market that enables users to buy and sell prediction tokens that signify how likely they think a specific event is to occur. The Polkadot blockchain, which is renowned for its capacity to communicate with other blockchains, is the foundation…

In a world of misinformation, truth, and facts are priceless commodities. The practice of fortune-telling is an age-long practice that has its roots in places like Ancient China, Egypt, and Babylonia as early as 4000 BC. The Egyptians reportedly practiced scatomancy, the process of finding details of the future in…

I heard Louise Olsen, Co-Founder and Creative Director of Dinosaur Designs, speak many years ago and she said something that has always stuck with me: “Take the idea all the way.” The statement presents a certain degree of ambiguity, yet, there is an energy to it that is understood by…

In this brief overview, our Researcher Francisco Manuel de Pablo looks at some practical outworkings of the “Futarchy” form of governance. By Numa De Pablo May 27, 2022 In previous blogs, we looked at the virtues of futarchy and the governance solutions it offers. Despite the benefits and solutions, there…

Here is a full rundown of what Prediction Markets are all about… By James Preston Jun 28, 2022 So you’ve seen us on Twitter, you’ve checked out our website, you’ve heard about us on the Relay Chain Podcast, perhaps you even experimented in our Kusama Derby or Beta application. …

We’re bringing NFTs as user profile images to the Zeitgeist application! By James Preston, Sep 7, 2022 The long awaited launch of our Prediction Markets application is now right around the corner. We cannot wait to introduce it to the world, and see the markets in all their glory. By…

Our CEO Logan Saether presented the possibilities of Futarchy for governance in the Polkadot ecosystem at Decoded 2022 in Berlin. Here’s the transcript. By James Preston, Jun 30, 2022 This is a transcription of the talk shared by our CEO Logan Saether at Polkadot Decoded Berlin 2022. …

Recently, Jordan Peterson has been in the news as the College of Psychologists of Ontario have requested he comply with an order to undergo media training for problematic tweets. This is farcical but not for the reasons people in an unhealthy parasocial relationship with this narcissist would parrot from blatherskite. …