{"id":2866,"date":"2026-05-04T10:03:59","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/hacking-polymarket\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T10:03:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:03:59","slug":"hacking-polymarket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.ibvl.in\/index.php\/2026\/05\/04\/hacking-polymarket\/","title":{"rendered":"Hacking Polymarket"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Polymarket is a platform where people can bet on real-world events, political and otherwise. Leaving the ethical considerations of this aside (for one, it facilitates <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Assassination_market\">assassination<\/a>), one of the issues with making this work is the verification of these real-world events. Polymarket gamblers have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/mar\/18\/polymarket-gamblers-threaten-israeli-journalist-missile-strike-wager\">threatened<\/a> a journalist because his story was being used to verify an event. And now, gamblers are taking <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/big-tech\/someone-allegedly-used-a-hairdryer-to-rig-polymarket-weather-bets-155312411.html\">hair dryers<\/a> to weather sensors to rig weather bets.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/c20832yg5p2o\">insider trading<\/a>: a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/articles\/cge0grppe3po\">lot of it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polymarket is a platform where people can bet on real-world events, political and otherwise. Leaving the ethical considerations of this aside (for one, it facilitates assassination), one of the issues with making this work is the verification of these real-world events. 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