Krauerking@lemy.lol to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoGamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile storywww.timesofisrael.comexternal-linkmessage-square113linkfedilinkarrow-up1710arrow-down10 cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1710arrow-down1external-linkGamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don’t rewrite an Iran missile storywww.timesofisrael.comKrauerking@lemy.lol to Not The Onion@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square113linkfedilink cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squarea4ng3l@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up132·2 months agoMost cyberpunk read today. How that shit is not illegal is beyond me. Gambling is already predatory but outside of sports and in fucking armed conflicts is abhorrent.
minus-squareexplodicle@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 months agoBecause Trump took charge of the SEC. The crypto just handles payments - the market itself is centralized and exists with the permission of the state. Wake me up when there’s a bet that angers people in power, it gets censored, and someone launches a fully p2p version.
Most cyberpunk read today.
How that shit is not illegal is beyond me. Gambling is already predatory but outside of sports and in fucking armed conflicts is abhorrent.
Because Trump took charge of the SEC. The crypto just handles payments - the market itself is centralized and exists with the permission of the state.
Wake me up when there’s a bet that angers people in power, it gets censored, and someone launches a fully p2p version.