🏛️ Manipulation Hall of Fame

Documented prediction market manipulations — replayed through Sentinel's detection engine

Cases Documented

4

Would Catch

3/4

Detection Rate

75%

Profit Prevented

$26.5M

How the Replay Engine Works

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News, Wayback & Social scouts gather evidence from that time period

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Bayesian judge computes true probability from multi-source evidence

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Deviation detector compares our estimate vs manipulated market price

If deviation ≥ 30%: auto-trigger UMA dispute on Polygon

CRITICALOctober 2024💰 $7,000,000 profit

Ukraine Peace Deal — $7M Manipulation

"Will Ukraine and Russia sign a peace deal by Dec 2024?"

CAUGHT

Manipulated Price

65%

True Probability

8%

Deviation detected57%
Sentinel confidence82%
Scout consensus91%

🤖 Sentinel Detection Method

Deviation detector: 57% gap triggers auto-dispute. Scout: No corroborating news sources found.

CRITICALNovember 2023💰 $16,000,000 profit

UFO Government Disclosure — $16M Manipulation

"Will US government officially confirm UFO intelligence by Q1 2024?"

CAUGHT

Manipulated Price

48%

True Probability

3%

Deviation detected45%
Sentinel confidence82%
Scout consensus91%

🤖 Sentinel Detection Method

Social Scout: 47 identical posts in 2h = coordinated_manipulation=True. News Scout: No credible sources. Watchdog auto-disputes at 45% deviation.

HIGHJuly 2024💰 $2,100,000 profit

Venezuela Election Result — Price Manipulation

"Will Maduro be reelected in 2024 Venezuelan election?"

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PARTIAL

Manipulated Price

30%

True Probability

72%

Deviation detected42%
Sentinel confidence82%
Scout consensus55%

🤖 Sentinel Detection Method

Partial: News Scout would detect early local reports. However 30% deviation may not meet 30% threshold at that moment.

CRITICALMarch 2024💰 $3,400,000 profit

ETH Spot ETF Approval — Spoofing Attack

"Will SEC approve an Ethereum spot ETF before May 2024?"

CAUGHT

Manipulated Price

75%

True Probability

35%

Deviation detected40%
Sentinel confidence82%
Scout consensus91%

🤖 Sentinel Detection Method

Market Data Scout: price moved >30% near resolution = manipulation_risk=True. Bayesian posterior: 35% YES probability. Deviation 40% → auto-dispute triggered.

Oracle Sentinel is live on Arc Testnet, monitoring Polymarket 24/7.

These historical cases demonstrate the detection system — Sentinel runs in real-time on current markets.