UMA Optimistic Oracle + Multi-Sig Alternative

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UMA provides an optimistic oracle that Prediction markets rely on for resolution.

I dislike UMA’s system for a variety of reasons that all circulate around it being an easy attack vector.

The process for a market on Polymarket to be initialized and resolved is the following:

  1. Decide the market structure (binary, categorical, continuous) and the potential outcomes.

  2. Determine the rules (I.E., what is the prediction market based on?)

  3. Configure a resolution source (e.g., political markets might use a government source, economic markets might use a Federal Reserve, etc.).

  4. The market is proposed through a resolution address.

  5. Once the market is believed to be resolved, someone can propose a r

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