With the World Cup at its peak, a better kind of sportsbook hits the market
In his 2017 book, What We Think about When We Think about Soccer, English philosopher Simon Critchley elucidates what it is about soccer that can give it such a hold over people. There are the social aspects, the sense that supporters share a heritage of moments lived through together. But more powerful than that, perhaps, is the way the experience of the game transforms the experience of the everyday.
With the crown jewel of sporting competitions already heating up, blockchain network Transient is introducing a revolutionary approach to the traditional sportsbook. The Transient “Splash Sports” dApp, has replaced the bookmaker-based sportsbook with a community-driven approach in which users decide what they want to make predictions on.
Each time you create a pool or place a prediction on Splash, you are either creating or entering into a blockchain-driven smart contract - unlike a bookmaker, once your prediction is placed, it stands - no ifs or buts about it.
How many times have you gone to check out a market for an upcoming esports or traditional sports event and found it wasn’t available - with Splash, you choose your own adventure. With the thousands of data points and outcomes that you can create with Splash, you decide if you want a straightforward single outcome pool or a multi-pool with as many as 10 outcomes.
One of our slogans is: challenge your mates, not the bookmaker’s margin. To operate, every bookmaker applies a margin to their odds - that’s where their profit comes from.
Splash pools remove that issue - you challenge your close mates or the broader Transient community and share in the prizes based on those who choose the right outcome. The more you think your prediction will salute, the more TSCT you add to the
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