2.2 Centralized Platform Control

Current prediction market platforms operate as closed ecosystems:

• Users must trade on the platform's interface exclusively

• No revenue sharing with third-party integrators

• Platform owners capture 100% of fee revenue

• Limited innovation due to single-team development

• Regulatory risk concentrated in single entity

This centralization contradicts the ethos of decentralized finance and creates systemic vulnerabilities. When a platform faces regulatory action or technical failure, all markets and users are affected.