The Weirdest Prediction Markets on Augur Right Now

Forums for questioning a higher power are just one of many markets that currently exist on the decentralized prediction market, developed by the non-profit Forecast Foundation and funded with one of the world's first token sales in 2015.

Most of Augur's markets - and the vast majority of the trades on the platform - deal with relatively vanilla topics like the outcomes of sporting events or the prices of crypto assets.

So here's to the Augur users who have selflessly donated their time and potentially their funds - market creators post a bond in the platform's native REP tokens, which they lose if a market is deemed "Invalid" because the outcome cannot be verified - all just to brighten their fellow users' days.

In no particular order, here are a few of the weirdest markets on Augur today.

Now, indelibly etched into Buterin's own creation, there's an Augur market for it too.

Ostensibly, Augur markets must be based on verifiable events, but Augur is a platform without moderators, so that's become more of a guideline.

Judging by an Augur market on the topic chances are around one in four that such a tape will emerge before the end of Trump's first term.

Betting volume on the market has been very low at the equivalent of less than $60. McAfee's bold prediction.

Many of the most liquid and valuable markets on Augur deal with the prices of cryptocurrencies.

Another Augur market gets to the, um, meat of the story.