★ INFLUENCES ★

The Genesis
of an Idea.

From a childhood bet to a new digital economy. The philosophy, influences, and on-chain pioneers behind OMC.

IT STARTED WITH A
$20 BILL.

My kids were debating the Harry Potter series. The elder argued that Prisoner of Azkaban was the best. The younger was convinced it was Goblet of Fire. They couldn’t agree.

Finally, the elder said: ‘I’ll give you $20 if you agree with me.’

The younger accepted. Pocketed the bill. The next day, they both agreed on Prisoner of Azkaban.

Money had settled a debate that facts never could. That was the spark.

— The founder of OMC
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The Question.

Could this mechanism be formalized? Could we create a system where the weight of an opinion is measured not by likes or upvotes — but by economic commitment?

The Answer.

OMC. Not a social platform. Not another DeFi protocol. An economic game built on one premise: the financialization of narrative itself.

THE INTELLECTUAL
FOUNDATIONS.

Three ideas that shaped how OMC works — and why it works.

01

Mimetic Desire → Memetic Desire

René Girard

Girard argued we desire things not for their intrinsic value, but because others desire them. In the digital age, this has fused with the viral power of memes. OMC is the first platform to translate this fundamental human driver into a tradeable, on-chain asset.

We don't want things. We want what others want. OMC makes that impulse tradeable.

02

Reflexivity

George Soros

Market participants' perceptions shape the fundamentals they're meant to reflect. In OMC, the "fundamental value" of an answer is nothing more than the market's perception of it. The price doesn't reflect value — the price is the value.

The answer with the most money behind it wins. Not the one with the best argument.

03

Durex Codex, Sed Codex

Code is Law

"The Code is Harsh, but it is The Code." The rules are encoded in smart contracts, enforced with absolute certainty. Not a promise — a verifiable reality. Transparent, auditable, immutable. Every trade, every fee, every transfer.

No middlemen. No moderation. No exceptions. The protocol decides.

STANDING ON THE SHOULDERS
OF GIANTS.

We studied the on-chain experiments that came before us. Learned their lessons. Built on their innovation.

This Artwork Is Always On SaleInspired by: Radical Markets

Proved Harberger-style economics could function in the wild. Self-assessed pricing creates fascinating market dynamics.

WHAT WE TOOK

We made price discovery fully dynamic and market-driven. Not self-assessed — the crowd decides.

Nouns DAOInspired by: Perpetual auctions

Proved that a community can thrive around a "forever game." One NFT per day, auctioned forever. Simple mechanic, powerful community.

WHAT WE TOOK

We applied the "forever game" concept not to a single asset, but to infinite user-generated markets of ideas.

Satoshi's PlaceInspired by: Competitive on-chain spaces

Demonstrated the raw human desire for competitive, on-chain social expression. Pay to paint pixels. Chaos ensues.

WHAT WE TOOK

We added economic sophistication. Dynamic pricing ensures that as a narrative heats up, the cost to control it rises. Filters for true conviction.

A MARKET FOR
EVERY QUESTION.

How do you settle endless debates like “Who is the GOAT of soccer?” or “What’s the most beautiful city?”

We believe a $1 economic commitment to an answer is infinitely more powerful than 10,000 likes. Likes are free. Money isn’t.

In OMC, minting a question is creating a market. Anyone can do it in 60 seconds. From that moment, anyone in the world can compete to claim the answer — as long as they’re willing to pay.

Prediction markets

Binary Yes/No. Resolve once and die. ~500 markets total. Curated by platform. Need an oracle to settle.

Social media

Likes, upvotes, comments. Free. Gameable. Worthless signal.

OMC

Perpetual markets — never expire. 100M+ possible markets. Anyone mints in 60s. The price IS the answer.

PREDICTION MARKETS
~500

curated markets · binary outcomes · resolve once, then dead

OMC
100M+

any question is a market · perpetual · never resolves

200,000× the addressable surface. And ours never expire.

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Self-Resolving

No oracles. No external judges. The market resolves itself with every new answer. Truly decentralized.

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Perpetual

Markets never close. "Best CRM?" trades today, tomorrow, and in 10 years. As long as people have opinions, the market lives.

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Ownership is Real

Your answer is a blockchain asset. Immutable. Censorship-resistant. You own it until someone pays more.

AN OCEAN
OF LIBERTY.

In an era dominated by centralized platforms that control what you see and what you can say, OMC offers something radical: an open protocol for free expression backed by economics.

Every opinion is a blockchain asset. Your ownership is immutable. No algorithm can suppress it. No moderator can delete it. No corporation can monetize it without you getting paid.

FOR CREATORS

Mint questions. Earn 3% royalty on every trade. Forever. This isn’t the creator economy — this is the creator ownership economy. You built the market. You own the revenue stream.

FOR BRANDS

The world’s first advertising platform with built-in exit liquidity. A marketing expense becomes a potential investment. Own the answer to "Best luxury watch?" and the market works for you.

FOR COMMUNITIES

Pool money together. Back your tribe’s answer. Crypto Twitter arguing over the best L2? Put your bags where your mouth is. Pools make collective conviction tradeable.

FOR TRADERS

A new asset class. Buy answers cheap before they blow up. Sell when someone disagrees. Same game, new arena. Social arbitrage meets on-chain economics.

FROM OPINIONS
TO EVERYTHING.

If we can create an efficient market for an opinion, what else can we do?

The same smart contracts that settle debates about the best CRM can enable merchants and consumers to transact directly — eliminating the 10–15% commissions extracted by intermediaries.

Our oracle-less architecture doesn’t need external data feeds. The market is the oracle. This makes the system more robust, more decentralized, and infinitely more scalable than anything that came before.

Today: a marketplace for opinions. Tomorrow: a new primitive for global commerce.

Everything is on-chain and verifiable

OWN THE NARRATIVE.
EARN THE PROFIT.

The future of opinions isn’t free. It’s on-chain, transparent, and yours to own.