Shayne Coplan: Creating a Global Market with Blockchain

Polymarket founder Shayne Coplan stated that he started the platform alone and with a limited budget. He expressed that he created a global market from his own home using blockchain technology.

Coplan argues that prediction markets provide better information than other methods such as surveys or betting sites. In these markets, real-world outcomes are priced through peer-to-peer trading.

Coplan emphasized that the prediction platform could be used in areas such as public policy, insurance, and AI-assisted forecasting in the future. He described this as a new way to understand risk and uncertainty.