What Are Decision Markets?
Decision markets help a project choose what to do. Sports and election markets bet on events. These markets ask a different question: would this action raise the project's value? Prices act like a vote. Money keeps the signal honest.
On MetaDAO, decision markets are how futarchy runs day to day. They cover treasury spends, new tokens, rewards, and other DAO choices that used to rely on low-turnout votes. The question becomes simple: which path looks better for the token?
Why Decision Markets Beat Forums and Ballots
Forums collect opinions. Ballots count bags. Decision markets collect forecasts with real money at risk. That is coordination with skin in the game — not another voting game.
Weak proposals face traders who will bet against them. Informed traders get rewarded for better choices. Clicking "yes" with no cost for being wrong is a weaker design.
In short: decision markets price ideas. Votes often just count bags.
