Бутерин выступил против причисления Polymarket к азартным играм

cryptonews.ruPublished on 2024-01-26Last updated on 2024-08-26

  • Сооснователь Ethereum прокомментировал свое отношение к Polymarket и другим рынкам прогнозов.
  • Он считает неуместным причислять их к азартным играм.
  • Этот тезис прозвучал в рамках более обширной дискуссии об отношении Бутерина к сектору DeFi.

Сооснователь проекта Ethereum Виталик Бутерин выступил против причисления платформы Polymarket и других рынков прогнозов к азартным играм. По его словам, эти сервисы дают важное представление о том, какие события имеют вес и на что оказывают влияние.

"gambling/prediction markets like Polymarket"

Putting Polymarket into the category of "gambling" is a massive misunderstanding of what prediction markets are or why people (incl economists and policy intellectuals) are excited about them.

Prediction markets are interesting…

— vitalik.eth (@VitalikButerin) August 25, 2024

«Причисление Polymarket к азартным играм — это признак непонимания того, что такое рынки прогнозов и почему люди (в том числе экономисты и политические интеллектуалы) в восторге от них. Эти площадки интересны тем, что они являются эпистемическим инструментом: общественность получает представление о том, насколько важны определенные события и что именно может произойти, и это гораздо менее уязвимо для предвзятого редакторского мнения, чем социальные сети или новостные сайты», — считает Бутерин.

В комментариях под публикацией ему ответили, что Polymarket и подобные платформы считают игорным бизнесом по ряду причин, а именно:

  • отсутствие полной децентрализации;
  • множество проектов, которые «прикрываются» термином «рынок прогнозов» для продвижения фактически казино.

Подробнее о самой площадке:

Напомним, члены Конгресса обратились к Комиссии по торговле товарными фьючерсами США с требованием запретить ставки на выборы. Это может затронуть, в том числе, и Polymarket, на которой пул ставок на президентскую гонку достиг $733 млн.

Криптокомпании выступили против этого решения, так как подобная мера затронет сектор в целом.

Бутерин сделал свое заявление касательно Polymarket в рамках более обширной дискуссии. Поводом для него послужило его высказывание в подкасте, которым он поддержал централизованный стейблкоин USDC и раскритиковал сектор DeFi в целом.

Это вызвало возмущение у членов сообщества:

I watched the recent SteadyLads episode with Kain and I have to admit I had no idea that vitamin and the EF dislike DeFi…

It almost feels hard to believe in a sense.

The overwhelming majority of ETH’s value comes from its use as collateral in DeFi, why on earth would you want…

— MilliΞ (@llamaonthebrink) August 24, 2024

Бутерину пришлось прояснить свою позицию. Он отметил, что хотел бы видеть проекты исключительно с реальной пользой. Что же до USDC, ему он кажется просто удобнее, чем децентрализованные стейблкоины, например, RAI.

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