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Has the company to perform the upcoming Augur security audits been selected? If so which company and what portions of the code will be reviewed?
added by Pablo Jan 29 '17 at 18:26
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How can Augur be used to hedge against financial loss that would result if a specific event occurs in the future?
added by user167890 Feb 3 '17 at 15:02
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Is an oracle the same thing as a reporter?
added by Nagu Dalal Jan 29 '17 at 16:18
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What purpose does coding Augur in accordance with NASA and Jet Propulsion Lab’s coding guidelines serve?
added by Drink Vodka Jan 30 '17 at 0:47
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Will Augur offer 2FA or other security safeguards for users of the platform?
added by neversleep Jan 30 '17 at 6:32
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Does Augur have plans implement Uport for a login option?
added by MMAfan Jan 30 '17 at 7:29
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Can an exchange be the largest reporter?
added by kitouji Feb 3 '17 at 3:27
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How much money was raised in the REP token crowdsale?
added by Amadour Bernard Jan 29 '17 at 14:25
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How are trading fees split between reporters, market creators and market makers?
added by Peter Karpov Jan 29 '17 at 14:49
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How much money has been allocated for the bug bounty market that will be activated after the security audits?
added by Javier Jan 29 '17 at 15:55
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How much gas required in order to create a REP transaction?
added by Pablo Jan 29 '17 at 18:28
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Can limit orders be used on the Augur prediction market platform?
added by Drink Vodka Jan 30 '17 at 0:42
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Is Augur completely open source? Where can the source code be found?
added by Drink Vodka Jan 30 '17 at 0:48
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How can I obtain Augur testnet REP?
added by user167685 Jan 30 '17 at 4:16
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How often will each REP token holder be required to report?
added by user167685 Jan 30 '17 at 4:20
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If I find a bug in Augur testnet, how should I report it?
added by user167685 Jan 30 '17 at 4:24
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Describe the history of Augur. Was it inspired by the Hivemind whitepaper?
added by user157427 Jan 30 '17 at 4:43
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Is it possible to modify the wording of a poorly defined market after creation to improve clarity? Or would that be too big of a security risk?
added by user157427 Jan 30 '17 at 4:52
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How many lines of code are contained in Augur-core (the Augur backend)?
added by neversleep Jan 30 '17 at 6:36
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How would a future ETH hard fork (similar to the previous ETH/ETC fork) impact Augur?
added by Video Game Champ Feb 7 '17 at 11:55
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How does assigning markets to reporters for reporting work?
added by comodoro Feb 13 '17 at 20:22
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For what reasons did Augur developers decide to build on top of Ethereum instead of Bitcoin?
added by user167671 Jan 29 '17 at 15:30
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Can someone create a new market identical to an existing market, except for having lower fees?
added by Nagu Dalal Jan 29 '17 at 16:14
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What was the purpose of launching the REP token before the release of the Augur platform?
added by Drink Vodka Jan 30 '17 at 0:41
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Are there plans to eventually integrate zkSNARKs into Augur in order to protect the privacy of users?
added by user167685 Jan 30 '17 at 4:32
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Does Augur have a Slack? How can I obtain an invite?
added by user157427 Jan 30 '17 at 4:39
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Does the Forecast Foundation have a board of directors? If so, what is their role?
added by user157427 Jan 30 '17 at 4:49
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Can market makers set minimum or maximum prediction amount requirements for each market?
added by neversleep Jan 30 '17 at 6:31
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What is the formula used to determine how many reports a reporter must report on and the penalty for failing to report?
added by user168386 Feb 10 '17 at 15:19
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What are the benefits of automatically recurring markets? Is this possible?
added by futurenewsplz Feb 11 '17 at 20:26
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What is the present value of one REP token? Is it $4.50?
added by futurenewsplz Feb 11 '17 at 20:37
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What are the important formulae (e.g. REP lost for incorrect reports, correlation of reports required to REP tokens staked, etc.)?
added by futurenewsplz Feb 11 '17 at 20:48
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