Mate Markets 🧉
You can visit MATE token’s page here.
The Problem
Onchain apps carry real financial risk. For newcomers (people who have never used a prediction market, never held a crypto wallet, or never made a probabilistic forecast), this risk creates a barrier. The stakes feel too high to experiment and learn.
The Solution: MATE Token
MATE is a non-monetary practice token with no economic value. It lets users participate in Precog prediction markets without putting real money at risk.
Think of it as training wheels: you use real Precog markets, real mechanics, and real resolution, but with MATE instead of ETH or USDC. When you make a wrong prediction, you lose MATE. When you’re right, you gain it. Nothing real is at stake, but everything about how the market works is identical.
Why It Matters
The biggest obstacle to good forecasting is not a lack of intelligence; it is a lack of practice. Superforecasters become accurate through repetition and feedback, not intuition alone. MATE gives users a safe environment to:
- Learn how to read market probabilities
- Practice forming and expressing a view
- Understand price impact and curve mechanics
- Make mistakes cheaply, then adjust
How to Get MATE
MATE can be claimed at matetoken.xyz.
To be eligible, you must validate you are a human (no KYC required). We validate your passport keeping your identity private using zkPassport.
Other ways to get MATE tokens
meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Have a Devconnect ARG ticket
- Have a Devcon SEA ticket
- Hold any Devcon or DevConnect official POAP token
- Have a Zupass from any Devcon or Devconnect
- Have attended any Edge City event
If you qualify, claim your MATE directly here: core.precog.markets/claim
Who Should Use MATE Markets
- Anyone new to prediction markets
- Crypto-curious users who want to try onchain interaction without financial exposure
- Experienced forecasters who want to test a new strategy before committing real capital
- Communities and DAOs running educational forecasting programs
How to Get Started
Check eligibility and claim your MATE, then start predicting on practice markets.
