Zeitgeist Blog

Monthly Report: July 2022

Like most months, July was busy for the team at Zeitgeist. We worked on a number of optimizations ahead of app launch, and finalized an exciting marketing campaign.

Updates

June 2022 Report

June was a momentous month for Zeitgeist. Here is a full list of what we were up to.

Education

Futarchy: Polkadot Decoded 2022

Our CEO Logan Saether presented the possibilities of Futarchy for governance in the Polkadot ecosystem at Decoded 2022 in Berlin. Here's the transcript.

Tutorials

So, What Exactly ARE Prediction Markets?

Here is a full run down of what Prediction Markets are all about...

General

Analyzing Our Token Generation Event (TGE)

In this analytical review, we study how our genesis supply of ZTG tokens were distributed.

News

Announcing The Zeitgeist TGE

We are excited to announce the much anticipated Token Generation Event. Here are the full details.

announcement

Zeitgeist Offers $30,000 In Bounties For Polkadot Hackathon

Zeitgeist is delighted to announce the offering of $30,000 in bounties for engineers who can build using our SDK.

Getting Started

Futarchy 101: Organizational Use

In this brief overview, our Researcher Francisco Manuel de Pablo looks at some practical outworkings of the "Futarchy" form of governance.

announcement

Zeitgeist’s Integration With Subscan Goes Live

Zeitgeist is pleased to announce the integration of our parachain with Subscan.io

announcement

Zeitgeist Integrates Acala’s aUSD Stablecoin to Power Prediction Markets

Zeitgeist is happy to announce its partnership with the Acala Foundation for the introduction of their aUSD stablecoin into our Prediction Markets ecosystem.

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Zeitgeist’s Kusama Crowdloan Campaign

Zeitgeist is proud to announce the launch of our crowdloan campaign in our attempt to win a parachain slot on the Kusama network.

News

Beta Campaign Results

Our recently launched Beta App marketing campaign has now concluded, and we have tallied the results.

announcement

Zeitgeist Partners With Subsquid

Zeitgeist is proud to announce an important partnership with API provider Subsquid.

announcement

Zeitgeist Secures $14m In Funding To Build Prediction Market Ecosystem

Zeitgeist is pleased to announce the closing of $14 million in funding to help achieve their vision of building the leading prediction market ecosystem.

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Announcing Zeitgeist Beta!

The Beta version of the Zeitgeist app is here, and provides an opportunity to stress test out application.

Updates

Zeitgeist On The Relay Chain Podcast

Two of Zeitgeist's co-founders Logan Saether and David Perry were invited onto the Relay Chain Podcast back in July, and here we have transcribed the entire episode for your reading enjoyment.

Research

Mitigating Against The Risk of Impermanent Loss In Prediction Markets

In this post our Economic Researcher explores the impact of Impermanent Loss on decentralized markets in the context of Automated Market Makers.

announcement

The Zeitgeist Seer Program

The Seer program is designed to build a community that will help shape Zeitgeist and its relating philosophies of Prediction Markets and Futarchy.

Research

Introducing Zeitgeist’s “Rikiddo Scoring Rule”

Zeitgeist has researched numerous AMM models to find one that suits our needs. We have been revisiting the MSR AMMs, in particular the Logarithmic Market Scoring Rule (LMSR) invented by Robin Hanson through his prediction market research, and have developed a rule specifically for such markets.

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Zeitgeist Presents: The Kusama Parachain Derby

Who will win the first 3 parachain slots on Kusama? Cast your prediction and earn ZTG!

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Zeitgeist Partners With RMRK To Bring NFT Functionality To Its Ecosystem

As they approach their Testnet launch campaign, Substrate-based Zeitgeist have partnered with the RMRK team to bring NFT functionality to their ecosystem!

announcement

Zeitgeist Status Report #1

We’ve had a busy month at Zeitgeist since announcing and subsequently closing our seed sale in late March.

announcement

Zeitgeist Emerges from Stealth and Closes $1.5M Seed Round to Build Prediction Markets on Kusama and Polkadot

Zeitgeist, the company developing a prediction market platform launching exclusively on the Kusama network, announced the completion of a $1.5M seed round.

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Introducing Zeitgeist - The Prediction Market Parachain Coming Exclusively To Kusama

We are excited to announce Zeitgeist - an evolving blockchain for prediction markets and futarchy. Zeitgeist is built for the Polkadot and Kusama ecosystem and envisions itself as a hub and ecosystem for prediction markets on Web3.