They knew of Robin Hanson's work around futarchy[1], and interviewed him[2]. Augur initially planned to implement an automated market making scoring mechanism,

They knew of Robin Hanson's work around futarchy[1], and interviewed him[2]. Augur initially planned to implement an automated market making scoring mechanism, but changed the dynamics[3] during alpha testing. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futarchy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futarchy [2] http://augur.strikingly.com/blog/augur-advisor-chat-with-dr-robin-hanson-case-study-overviews http://augur.strikingly.com/blog/augur-advisor-chat-with-dr-... [3] https://augur.stackexchange.com/questions/104/why-did-augur-decide-to-move-away-from-an-automated-market-maker https://augur.stackexchange.com/questions/104/why-did-augur-...