The YouTube channel Veritasium made a community post asking people to guess how many jelly beans are in a jar. Traders are encouraged to submit their own guesses via the link.
See the jar here:
https://www.veritasiumjellybeans.com
Backup link if the site is down:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Bf-0VZmaLw3mPZeEXG6x7VJ7EAeSJHkl/view?usp=drivesdk
Companion market:
Outcome will be verified via media produced by Veritasium. If this information is not made public before January 1, 2030, then all market answers resolve N/A.
The Market Creator has no relation to Veritasium nor has knowledge of the correct answer at time of market creation. Market Creator may only trade on this market after 1 week of operation or after 10 unique traders have traded, whichever happens first. Market Creator cannot trade between knowing the correct answer and resolving the market. Market Creator or Mods may halt trading if Veritasium announces an imminent release of the correct answer.
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We got a shoutout on the Manifold Markets Substack email! I am honored, but Veritasium gets credit for making the almighty standard this market operates on. If the Veritasium team is watching, you've given a community something silly to focus on in these trying times, and we appreciate it.
Bet on whether Manifold's estimate of 1750 (currently and roughly over the last 24 hours of this market) will be closer than Veritasium's crowd-sourced estimate here:
https://manifold.markets/bens/will-manifold-be-more-accurate-than-ESUsQREOtp?play=true
Now that this is never gonna resolve I just wanna know @Spin βs ideology hereβ¦ my calculations fell much more in the lower buckets
@bens Also don't over-adjust to what one person predicts! Remember, the power of wisdom of the crowd relies upon the crowd not turning into sheep. This market may have over-adjusted to what a few people posted about.
@Eliza hmm ya I assumed they must have had some professional way of estimating the beans or something, since Iβm assuming there are ppl who do that at a professional level, but now Iβm doubting thatβ¦ regardless Iβm already over-leveraged in this market which may never resolve and donβt feel inclined to correct the odds
@bens I'm in that same boat. I'm quite happy making the 0% daily loan number go up, but I don't want to risk much more of my net worth on a single market outcome.
@bens Similarly I feel like I got my mana in at a good spot and don't want to be buying and selling all the waves. Maybe everyone just feels like they're happy where they are.
@bens Yeah, I'm feeling like they may have abandoned it too, but I'll never know. You don't know how many times I've had to drop everything to watch a Veritasium video because of a subscription notification.
The 2030 kill switch is still there as our fail safe.
If this is it, feel free to reply the time stamp of where the beans answer is to expedite resolution.