Predict the next election, short a cryptocurrency, or hedge against disaster.
Turn political knowledge into predictive power by trading on the outcome of upcoming elections, potential policy decisions, and other political events.
Hedge against catastrophic events like natural disasters, market crashes, and geopolitical upheaval by betting that the event will occur.
Harness the power of crowds to create a more accurate weather prediction tool for events like hurricane landfalls, heat waves, and daily temperature averages.
Companies can use Augur to guide decision making by forecasting vital information such as total product sales and project completion times.
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Trading fees go directly to market creators and reporters. There's no third party making money from your trades.
There are no limits on what markets can be created. If you want to trade on it, a market can be created for it. [1]
Get paid as soon as a market's winning outcome is declared. Payments are automated and transparent.
Augur is a permissionless protocol. Anyone, anywhere in the world can participate.
Trading on the Augur protocol is done with Ethereum. As one of the most widely-used cryptocurrencies, Ethereum helps make trading on Augur accessible to all.
Augur's Reputation token is used for reporting and disputing the outcome of events. Reporters are rewarded for reporting correctly.
Choose an event to predict. Anything is fair game, from the next presidential election to the success of a company’s product.
Check the list of open markets to see if a market already exists for your event. If not, create one. [1]
Trade on the outcome of your event by buying and selling shares in its market. Buy shares to go long on an outcome, or sell shares to short it.
Report the winning outcome of the event after it occurs. Other users can dispute your report if they don't agree.
Users who hold shares of the winning outcomes are paid out from the market contract when the market is resolved.
The Augur community discusses design and development daily on Discord. Community members are always welcome to join with questions and feedback.
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If you have a specific issue you would like to report, open an Issue in the relevant Github repository. If you have code you would like to contribute, open a Pull Request. Directions for setting up a local development environment can be found in each repository.
The Augur Github repositories can be found at github.com/AugurProject.
The repos under most active development are:
Select your platform below. Other installation options are available in the Augur App Github repository. The Web App is a community deployment of the Augur UI, hosted on IPFS.
Default configurations for Ethereum networks or running a local Ethereum node are available.
All configuration options are editable.
The Augur App will start syncing with your Ethereum node of choice, and once the sync is complete you can click "Open Augur App" to open the Augur user interface in your browser.
The Augur platform currently supports Metamask, Trezor, Ledger, and Edge.
Go to dev.augur.net, connect your Ethereum wallet, and you're good to go. Use a Rinkeby faucet to get testnet ETH to play with, and grab some testnet REP on the Augur App's Account page.
