Roadmap

Depredict is committed to building the most open, scalable, and innovative prediction market protocol on Solana. Here's a transparent look at our current architecture, challenges, and where we're headed next.

NFT-Powered Markets with MPL Core

We use MPL Core to represent all markets and positions as immutable NFTs. This design ensures every market and position is:

On-chain and verifiable
Transferable and composable
Immutable and censorship-resistant

Current Implementation: All positions are minted as NFTs, providing true ownership and enabling secondary market trading.

Challenge: Each NFT costs about 0.002 SOL (roughly $0.30 at the time of writing). This is a significant cost for high-frequency or micro markets.

Oracle Resolution with Switchboard

We leverage Switchboard for decentralized, trustless market resolution. This enables:

Automated, on-chain outcome resolution
Support for a wide range of data feeds
Manual resolution option for admin-controlled markets

Current Implementation: Markets can be configured for either Switchboard oracle resolution or manual resolution by the admin.

Challenge: Each oracle resolution costs about $0.15. For example, running an hourly market on the weather in one location would cost ~$100/month (24 x 30 x $0.15). This limits the viability of high-frequency, low-stakes markets.

Exploring New Storage & Cost Solutions

We are actively researching new solutions to reduce costs and increase scalability. One promising direction is Tapedrive, a Solana-native decentralized storage network. Tapedrive could enable:

Cheaper, scalable on-chain storage for market and position data
New models for market creation and settlement

We're excited to experiment with these technologies and invite the community to share ideas or collaborate.

Governance & Community

Depredict is currently centralized to help shape the protocol and iterate quickly. However:

The project is fully open source—anyone can fork, build, or contribute
We are committed to gradually decentralizing governance as the community grows and traction builds
Feedback, proposals, and pull requests are always welcome

Get Involved

Try the protocol and SDK
Suggest improvements or new features
Join the discussion on governance and protocol direction
Contribute code or integrations

Depredict's future is open. Help us build the next generation of decentralized prediction markets on Solana!