Augur's key differentiator is that it's decentralized. It runs on Ethereum, a programmable blockchain. There is nothing to shut down: it runs on thousands of co

Augur's key differentiator is that it's decentralized. It runs on Ethereum, a programmable blockchain. There is nothing to shut down: it runs on thousands of computers around the world. Prediction markets are a well-defined interaction between people. Blockchain technology lets us build anything in that category with near-zero transaction costs and huge censorship resilience.