A technical introduction to Polymarket

This course provides a short introduction to the technical blockchain aspects of Polymarket.

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Requirements

Blockchain basics, Some python knowledge for the practical notebook.

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Description

This course provides a short introduction to the technical blockchain aspects of Polymarket. We introduce the hybrid structure and its blockchain innovations which lead to the possibility of a platform like Polymarket.

Concepts introduced/reviewed:

- L2s / sidechains

- Conditional Token Framework (ERC1155 standard)

- Hybrid orderbook

- UMA optimistic oracle for event observation

The provided notebook gives an overview of how to query blockchain data using theGraph. A simple example is built on the Uniswap subgraph which shows:

- Query meta info on subgraphs / verify proper indexing

- query current information / understand graphQL types

- query historical indexed data

- query more complex historical data by querying previous subgraph block states.