Comparison

Bench is part of information finance, an up and coming sector that got first traction through the recent rise of prediction markets.

Below is a direct comparison between Opportunity Markets and the most popular market type, Prediction Markets.

Prediction Markets	Opportunity Markets
Users get rewarded for correct predictions.	Users get rewarded for valuable insights.
Markets generate probabilities of events.	Markets surface signals to act on.
Everybody has access to data.	Only the market creator gets signals.

Both Prediction - and Opportunity Markets have different use cases and provide different value. While Prediction Markets are of a descriptive nature, Opportunity Markets have a direct impact on real-world events.