Introduction
What is Bench?
Capital-Backed Opportunity Markets
Bench is a platform for Opportunity Markets, a new way to turn human conviction into actionable insights.
At its core, Bench lets people signal belief with capital and get rewarded for providing value.
You can think of it as:
- A protocol for capital-backed voting with winning options
- B2B prediction markets, focused on real opportunities (not just forecasts)
- An intelligence layer that transforms human insights into usable data
How It Works
Each Opportunity Market is created around a specific question or need.
- The market creator sets a prize pool
- Participants can:
- Add new options (ideas, opportunities, solutions)
- Allocate capital to existing options they believe in
- Each option represents a real-world opportunity the creator is evaluating
When the market ends:
- The creator selects one or more winning options
- The prize pool is distributed among participants who backed those options
Key Properties
- No downside risk
All committed capital is returned when the market closes - Capital-backed signals
Conviction is expressed through allocation, not just opinions - Confidential staking
The amount staked on each option remains encrypted while the market is active
Why It Matters
Bench transforms scattered opinions into structured, incentivized intelligence.
Instead of guessing what people think, you get:
- Clear signals of what people believe
- Real incentives for high-quality insights
- A scalable way to surface the best opportunities