What is Ariina?

Ariina is a prediction-market based web3 social app that that allows you to participate in polls with your friends on trending issues of the day & earn $$ by sharing your beliefs.

What are prediction markets and why should I care?

Prediction markets are like stock markets but for opinions and beliefs. They are platforms powering a collective pursuit of truth, harnessing the wisdom of crowds to forecast future occurrences. To learn more about prediction markets, check out this resource that we created for beginners.

What makes Ariina different from existing prediction markets like Polymarket or Manifold?

Ariina is different in the following ways:

• It is a social app that allows you to vote with and against your friends.
• It is simple to use and leverages cutting edge developments in blockchain like account abstraction, L2s and decentralized social graphs to power its polls. These design choices make Ariina easy to use, normie-friendly and more fun!
• With our future updates, we plan to combine the best of Polymarket and Manifold to deliver the most sticky prediction-market experience for users. Here’s what it will look like:
  • Currently in social networks, there is no reward if you contribute good information to a network or even a penalty for misinforming your peers. Ariina social graph will factor in users’ trust score over a longer time horizon based on how often they are right.
  • Unlike traditional social networks where creating engaging content leads to more followers which then leads to higher reach and influence; Ariina optimizes the status-as-a-service model by enabling users to acquire reach and influence by being right more often.
  • This reach and influence will result in additional benefits like the ability to create your own polls and a say in poll resolution by others.

How can I try Ariina?

Ariina is currently in the MVP phase and is only available as a frame on the Farcaster protocol.

We have tried to make user onboarding on Ariina as seamless as possible. Because each vote on an Ariina poll is recorded on a blockchain, we cover the gas fees for every user. Additionally, the first 500 users will automatically receive $2 in their Ariina account to start placing votes.

We’re exploring ways to bridge Ariina polls to users outside the Farcaster ecosystem. This may or may not mean an independent client with its own social feed. If you’d like to contribute to Ariina, please reach out to us at [email protected].

How does Ariina make money?