What happens when market creator left and question is never resolved?
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940Ṁ1040resolved May 11
100%71%
Market is never resolved, funds are lost
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0.8%
Answers N/A some time after trading ends (or equivalent 'bets are refunded')
0.0%
If the admins the rules it won't be retroactive
22%
"Cancelled" acting like N/A which applied by admins if market creator disappeared
3%
Resolve to whatever the final probabilities are at market close
0.6%
People can eventually sell their stake to others, in case those others think it'll ever resolve.
0.5%
Resolve using some sort of consensus (e.g., a vote among users, or a decision by a user with "moderator" privileges)
2%
It goes to a randomly selected account that has a reputation of resolving markets correctly. They receive trading fees as a reward.
Selected answer will depend on which is correct, preferring earlier posted ones in case of duplicates.
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See https://manifold.markets/DrP/will-donald-trump-by-the-president
If it answers itself as N/A after some time - is this time depending on how long it was open?
If admins will resolve it - then https://manifold.markets/about is worth updating
Disclaimer: I have made a significant bet that question asker is trolling, but I have not expected not resolving question at all, and now I worry that it is going to be resolved correctly by admins.
Close date updated to 2022-05-10 11:59 pm
Mar 8, 9:10pm: Pushed close date to future to give incentive to admins to take part in this market (I also emailed them)
Mar 9, 4:25pm: I will not extend further, in case of Trump hostage market will stay unresolved by 2022-05-10 I will resolve it as #3
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