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Building A Decentralized vs Centralized Sports Betting Exchange

While there are plenty of benefits to our users for betting on a decentralized exchange, there are some interesting technical tradeoffs and considerations while developing one.

Central Limit Order Books and Automated Market Makers for Sports Prediction Markets

General In the world of sports betting, there are many different ways to wager. From the standard user-vs-house model of traditional sportsbooks to parimutuel betting on horse racing and everything in between, each model has its strengths and weaknesses. In decentralized sports betting, the central limit order book (CLOB) and

How Shorting Gives Fans New Betting Options

What is shorting and why would you want to do it in the world of sports betting? Frontrunner dives into the benefits of betting against teams and how you'd do it on Frontrunner.

Web3's Wallet Problem

Whether you’re new to the world of Web3 or just getting started, there’s no doubt that you’ve encountered The Wallet Problem. What is The Wallet Problem? The Wallet Problem is one of the fundamental reasons why crypto, blockchain, and the Web3 ecosystem as a whole have struggled

PLAYER PROFILE: Sergei Pichugin

Welcome to Player Profile! Each month we’ll feature a member of our all-star lineup with a Sports and Company Culture Q&A. This month we’re featuring Sergei Pichugin - Senior Software Engineer, dad to 2, and lifelong adrenaline junkie. He joined Frontrunner in March of 2022, bringing his

Frontrunner: Building on Injective

The Frontrunner team has made several important decisions on the technology side in order to provide the most efficient and seamless sports prediction product possible for our users. One of the key questions that we faced early on was, “Which blockchain should we build on?” It’s a question that

Challenges of Sports Data Management

As a series of blog posts, we will touch on various technical and procedural challenges the engineering team at Frontrunner has faced as we expand and develop our product. First, we will look into a core input to our system that drives our product: sports data. This is one of

PLAYER PROFILE: Bill Pomeranke

Welcome to Player Profile! Each month we’ll feature a member of our all-star lineup with a Sports and Company Culture Q&A. This month we’re featuring Bill Pomeranke, Staff Engineer on the Backend team. Bill originally hails from NYC but spent most of his adult life living in

Web3 in Sports Betting

When we set out to build Frontrunner [https://getfrontrunner.com], we observed three major problems in sports betting: 1. High house edge, or vig [https://www.sportsbettingdime.com/guides/betting-101/what-is-the-vigorish/] , that makes every bet less favorable (winners pay on average 9.1% of their total wager amount [https://professionalgambler.

The Future of Sports Betting

Every February, I place a few bets on the following year’s Super Bowl as soon as the odds are available. I’m a huge NFL fan with a background in data science. Years of playing fantasy football, DFS, and betting have given me a feel for judging teams and

Frontrunner PRESEASON is back

And better than ever! Start Trading tl;dr * Contests are redesigned to be fairer * Prizes are now in testnet USDC * Testnet USDC can be cashed out to mainnet USDC, coming soon * Frontrunner faucet, coming soon For help getting started, check out our walkthrough. For further support, feedback, and the most

PLAYER PROFILE: Anna Gillis

Welcome to Player Profile! Each month we’ll feature a member of our all-star lineup with a Sports and Company Culture Q&A. For this month’s Player Profile, we’re featuring Anna Gillis [https://www.linkedin.com/in/anna-gillis-37520a120/] from our Design team. Anna joined us in February of

Why the ETH Merge Matters

The Ethereum Merge was a major event in crypto where Ethereum transitioned from proof-of-work (PoW) [https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/proof-work.asp] to a proof-of-stake (PoS) [https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/proof-stake-pos.asp] consensus algorithm. The switch is a critical update that makes the Ethereum chain far more

Cosmoverse 2022 Recap

A recap of Frontrunner's experiences and takeaways from Cosmoverse 2022

PLAYER PROFILE: Zachary Dorcinville

Welcome to Player Profile! Each month we’ll feature a member of our all-star lineup with a Sports and Company Culture Q&A. This month we’re featuring Zachary Dorcinville [https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachary-d?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afs_miniProfile%3AACoAABSyfT0BpTIu1kTFnMboW3n54LR8mZsmqJM&lipi=urn%3Ali%3Apage%3Ad_flagship3_search_srp_

From Rivalries to Rewards PT. 1 Vikings vs Packers

Football season is finally here! This past weekend was amazing, there were plenty of rivalry matchups such as the Packers [https://www.instagram.com/packers/] and Vikings [https://www.instagram.com/vikings/]. Both teams played very well and it was a lot of fun to watch. However, the Vikings [https:

How Crypto is Changing Traditional Sports Betting

Sports betting is a centuries-old tradition that has been enjoyed by many people around the world. But there is a big problem with traditional sports betting: it's centralized. There's a big company in the middle that controls the entire system. The sports leagues, the sports teams, and the bookmakers are

PLAYER PROFILE: TG Watkins

TG Watkins, Head of Design at FrontrunnerWelcome to Player Profile! Each month we’ll feature a member of our all-star lineup with a Sports and Company Culture Q&A. This month we’re featuring TG Watkins [https://www.linkedin.com/in/tgwatkins/], our Head of Design, who joined our team

HOW TO: Bulk Orders

Bulk orders are an easy way to pick multiple markets you'd like to trade in and submit all the orders together. For example, you might want to trade in all the games happening today. Or you might want to sell several of your positions at the same time. Let's dive

PLAYER PROFILE: Billy Jacoby

Welcome to Player Profile! Each month we’ll feature a member of our all-star lineup with a Sports and Company Culture Q&A. First up to bat is Billy Jacoby [https://www.linkedin.com/in/williamjacoby/], one of the awesome engineers responsible for building our product. Billy was our first

PRESEASON Walkthrough

We're pumped to have you join us for Frontrunner PRESEASON! Head over to getfrontrunner.com [https://getfrontrunner.com] and sign up to get started! Read more about the PRESEASON Trading Competition Series HERE [https://getfrontrunner.com/blog/frontrunner-preseason-v2/]. Here's a quick guide to help you get started, make your first

Testnet and Tokens

With Frontrunner’s testnet launch imminent, we wanted to take a small step back and quickly talk about the goals of our testnet launch as well as the possibility of a Frontrunner token. At this time, the goals of our testnet are centered around achieving product market fit and we

Frontrunner PRESEASON Trading Competition Series is Here

UPDATE 9/16/22 Preseason v1 has now ended. Thanks to everyone who participated! Preseason v2 is now live! The Trading Competition Series is now open to all, no invite needed. The stakes are even higher with nearly $1,600 in weekly prizes! Go sign up at getfrontrunner.com to