Sentiment Protocol: A Decentralized Protocol Leveraging Crowdsourced Wisdom

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5195/ledger.2018.113

Abstract

The wisdom of the crowd is a valuable asset in today’s society. It is not only important in predicting elections but also plays an essential role in marketing and the financial industry. Having a trustworthy source of opinion can make forecasts more accurate and markets predictable. Until now, a fundamental problem of surveys is the lack of incentives for participants to provide accurate information. Classical solutions like small monetary rewards or the chance of winning a prize are often not very attractive for participants. More attractive solutions, such as prediction markets, face the issue of illegality and are often unavailable. In this work, we present a solution that unites the advantages from classical polling and prediction markets via a customizable incentivization framework. Apart from predicting events, this framework can also be used to govern decentralized autonomous organizations.

Author Biography

Anton Muehlemann, UC Berkeley, Berkeley, USA

Postdoctoral Researcher at UC Berkeley

PhD from University of Oxford 

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Published

2018-09-04

How to Cite

Muehlemann, A. (2018). Sentiment Protocol: A Decentralized Protocol Leveraging Crowdsourced Wisdom. Ledger, 3. https://doi.org/10.5195/ledger.2018.113

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Research Articles