← Back to context Comment by jibalt 12 hours ago Without it, capital would be trapped indefinitely. 4 comments jibalt Reply FeepingCreature 5 hours ago Well, so? Then the prediction market would also price expected resolution time. howunfortunate 11 hours ago This is not necessarily true, you could have contracts rather than money down throw-qqqqq 4 hours ago Sure, but in most (all?) financial settings, this would still count as exposure.It doesn’t matter if I bet $N on something using cash or margin, my exposure is still $N.Since you can’t have unlimited exposure, this would still lock up capital, until the bet can be resolved. jibalt 10 hours ago [flagged]
FeepingCreature 5 hours ago Well, so? Then the prediction market would also price expected resolution time.
howunfortunate 11 hours ago This is not necessarily true, you could have contracts rather than money down throw-qqqqq 4 hours ago Sure, but in most (all?) financial settings, this would still count as exposure.It doesn’t matter if I bet $N on something using cash or margin, my exposure is still $N.Since you can’t have unlimited exposure, this would still lock up capital, until the bet can be resolved. jibalt 10 hours ago [flagged]
throw-qqqqq 4 hours ago Sure, but in most (all?) financial settings, this would still count as exposure.It doesn’t matter if I bet $N on something using cash or margin, my exposure is still $N.Since you can’t have unlimited exposure, this would still lock up capital, until the bet can be resolved.
Well, so? Then the prediction market would also price expected resolution time.
This is not necessarily true, you could have contracts rather than money down
Sure, but in most (all?) financial settings, this would still count as exposure.
It doesn’t matter if I bet $N on something using cash or margin, my exposure is still $N.
Since you can’t have unlimited exposure, this would still lock up capital, until the bet can be resolved.
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