2026-01-08 20:26:19

An interesting phenomenon on Polymarket: a certain trading pair accounts for only 4.2% of the trading volume, but the user count accounts for 20%. What does this mean? Calculations show that the average trading volume per user is only 0.2 times the platform average.

In other words, this 20% of users contribute relatively little. Is it possible that many of these are wallets involved in free-riding or fake order accounts? This mismatch in user structure is something market participants should be cautious about. Truly active users should be able to contribute corresponding trading volume, rather than a large number of zombie accounts boosting user numbers.

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RugDocScientist

· 18h ago

This data is indeed a bit suspicious—only 20% of users contribute to 4.2% of the trading volume? Clearly, something's fishy.

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ValidatorViking

· 01-10 12:59

nah this reeks of sybil attack patterns... seen this playbook before. 20% users pulling 4.2% volume? that's not just low engagement, that's literally network parasites inflating metrics. zombie wallets doing exactly what they're designed for — gaming the numbers. polymarket's validator set needs to be way more aggressive on this, can't let consensus get corrupted by junk participation

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MetaverseMortgage

· 01-10 00:46

Hmm, these numbers are a bit outrageous. Only 20% of users contribute to 4.2% of the trading volume. There must be some foul play.

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AirdropHunter007

· 01-08 20:55

Wow, looking at this data, it's outrageous. Only 20% of users contribute to 4.2% of the trading volume? Clearly, most are just exploiting the system.

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CryptoDouble-O-Seven

· 01-08 20:55

I was just saying that the prediction market is too complicated; only 20% of users contribute 4.2% of the trading volume... This ratio clearly indicates a problem, and it's definitely filled with accounts that are being exploited.

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TokenAlchemist

· 01-08 20:43

0.2x coefficient screams inefficiency vector tbh... classic sybil farming pattern we've seen across every prediction market fork. polymarket's user metrics are basically theater at this point ngl

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MeaninglessApe

· 01-08 20:41

Hmm, this data is a bit suspicious. Only 20% of the people contribute 4.2% of the volume? Definitely a pile of zombie accounts.

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