Recently, I have been promoting the #jackson project, and many people say I am quite obsessed with it, which is actually because many have not yet realized the uniqueness of this project. I will compare Jackson and Polymarket; Polymarket is the 'prediction' platform we used last year to bet on whether Trump could become president.
Although Jackson and Polymarket are both in the broad field of 'prediction' and 'gambling', their underlying logic, target markets, and operational methods are actually quite different.
We can compare them from the following dimensions:
Based on the above comparison, Jackson's potential mainly lies in the following differentiated competitive strategies:
1. Unique 'Dealer Mode' (Jackson LP) - Core Competitive Advantage
This is Jackson's biggest highlight and also its main difference from Polymarket. Polymarket's model is closer to traditional exchanges: users trade, the platform collects fees, and token holders may gain governance rights or airdrops. Jackson's model is: turn token holders into dealers. If you hold $JACKSON and stake (become LP), the profits generated by the platform (SUI/USDC) will buy back tokens and distribute them to you.
If the platform's gaming volume grows large, the buyback efforts will be significant, creating a deflationary + high-yield flywheel. This 'token as equity' model is very attractive in the GameFi sector.
2. Entering the 'Sports Betting' Blue Ocean
Although Polymarket is also returning to sports betting, its genes lean more towards 'hardcore predictions' (such as elections, CPI data). Jackson directly cuts into sports betting (Sportsbook). This is a market much larger than political predictions. By obtaining an iGaming license, it attempts to move traditional sports betting onto the blockchain, which offers more 'entertainment stickiness' than mere predictions.
3. Sui ecosystem's dividends
Jackson is one of the leading gaming protocols on Sui. The Sui network is known for its high TPS (transactions per second) and low gas fees, making it very suitable for high-frequency gaming and gaming scenarios. With the explosion of the Sui ecosystem, Jackson, as an infrastructure-level gaming protocol, has the opportunity to gain significant ecological traffic dividends.
📝 Overall:
Jackson is not creating a copy of Polymarket, but rather building a 'on-chain gaming platform'. Its potential lies in whether it can leverage Sui's performance advantages to capture market share from traditional and crypto gaming by providing benefits to token holders.
