GOOBLESA hatful of
tomorrow.
Catch the wind. Find the truth.
Give a little world a new beginning.
Behind the hat.
From an office experiment in 2005 to a new beginning on Robinhood Chain.
Thank you, Robinhood, for bringing Goobles back to life.
Read the thesis
A little idea.
A long journey.
A currency for curiosity
Inside Google, employees traded predictions with a virtual currency called Goobles. Little questions brought people and their ideas together.
A new beginning
A community brings the name onto Robinhood Chain, giving an old idea a new place to grow.
This adventure celebrates that same curiosity. Catch the wind, gather observations, and help a little world find its tomorrow.
Read the thesisA name in
the footnotes.
The story has a paper trail. A study of Google’s internal prediction market describes the artificial currency participants used: Goobles.
Using Prediction Markets to Track Information Flows: Evidence from Google
Bo Cowgill, Justin Wolfers & Eric Zitzewitz
January 6, 2008
Find Goobles on page 2, footnote 3.
View the research paperThe paper documents the original internal experiment. Today’s community token is a separate project.
Goobles, onchain.
Robinhood ChainProject-described mechanism · goobles.app
Trading fees
Trading fees from the Goobles ecosystem.
Buy $GOOGL
Fees are used to purchase $GOOGL onchain.
Reward $GOOBLES holders
The purchased $GOOGL is distributed to $GOOBLES holders.
A little idea.
A long journey.
A currency for curiosity
Inside Google, employees traded predictions with a virtual currency called Goobles. Little questions brought people and their ideas together.
A new beginning
A community brings the name onto Robinhood Chain, giving an old idea a new place to grow.
This adventure celebrates that same curiosity. Catch the wind, gather observations, and help a little world find its tomorrow.
Read the thesisA name in
the footnotes.
The story has a paper trail. A study of Google’s internal prediction market describes the artificial currency participants used: Goobles.
Using Prediction Markets to Track Information Flows: Evidence from Google
Bo Cowgill, Justin Wolfers & Eric Zitzewitz
January 6, 2008
Find Goobles on page 2, footnote 3.
View the research paperThe paper documents the original internal experiment. Today’s community token is a separate project.
Goobles, onchain.
Robinhood ChainProject-described mechanism · goobles.app
Trading fees
Trading fees from the Goobles ecosystem.
Buy $GOOGL
Fees are used to purchase $GOOGL onchain.
Reward $GOOBLES holders
The purchased $GOOGL is distributed to $GOOBLES holders.
Holder rewards
How much GOOGL
have you earned?
A little hat. A share of the story. See the GOOGL you’ve received from holding Goobles — even rewards you’ve since moved or sold.
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