James Pierog is co-founder and CEO of Bitcoin Prediction Market, a new company back by Bitcoin startup accelerator Wolf, enabling bets on real-world events using the Bitcoin Lightning Network.

We explore what a prediction market is, why Bitcoin is the perfect medium for this, and what new forms of crowd intelligence through prediction markets could mean in an increasingly complex world.

Along the way we discuss the intersection of philosophy and mathematics, the wisdom of the crowd, AI, and the challenge of dealing with rapid change.

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Music by Simon James French - https://www.simonjamesfrench.com/

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Links:

Bitcoin Prediction Market - https://www.bitcoinprediction.market/

James Pierog on X - https://x.com/BillyHongBeats

Rory Sutherland - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIE6-xwv7_E

The Price of Tomorrow: Why Deflation is the Key to an Abundant Future by Jeff Booth - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/50157837-the-price-of-tomorrow

Reality Boxes: And Other Black Holes in Human Consciousness by Ingo Swann - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27810694-reality-boxes-and-other-black-holes-in-human-consciousness

Frederick Soddy’s Debt Dynamics - https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2020/09/12/frederick-soddys-debt-dynamics/

Debt: The First 5,000 Years by David Graeber - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6617037-debt

The Blocksize War: The battle for control over Bitcoin’s protocol rules by Jonathan Bier - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/57429394-the-blocksize-war

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