A Personal Letter to Visionary Partners

April 22, 2025

Dear Potential Partner and Investor,

When I began this journey, I never imagined where it would lead. What started as a simple "Bet on Anything" Telegram bot has evolved into something far more profound – a platform that sits at the fascinating intersection of technological innovation, cultural evolution, and the emerging behavioral futures market. Today, I want to share with you not just a business opportunity, but a vision for how NGMI could fundamentally transform our relationship with prediction markets.

The Evolution: From Simple Bot to Cultural Phenomenon

The path to NGMI has been anything but straightforward. In late 2022, I created a basic Telegram bot that allowed users to place simple bets on various outcomes. It was surprisingly challenging – even for simple predictions like Bitcoin prices or distinguishing between legitimate projects and meme coins, I needed manual database work and complex API integrations. Each bet was essentially its own small project requiring individual attention.

The pivotal breakthrough came with the development of Anybet, powered by emerging LLM capabilities and their function-calling APIs. Suddenly, these models could act as an intelligent interface – like a digital bookmaker that formalizes bets, establishes conditions, and assists with result validation. This was transformative, but still lacked the cultural connection and intuitive interface needed for mainstream adoption.

This technology evolved into the any.bid protocol – a robust technical foundation for decentralized predictions with smart contract integration for transparent verification. While technically sophisticated, it remained a neutral framework without cultural resonance.

The true eureka moment came with the realization that the internet meme "NGMI" (Not Gonna Make It) perfectly encapsulated what we were building. This viral acronym, born in crypto communities but now mainstream in internet culture, provided the perfect cultural framework for our platform:

• For personality assessments (V1): "This influencer? NGMI!"
• For asset evaluations (V2): "This token? Definitely NGMI!"
• For physical challenges (future V3): "Can he jump that far? NGMI!"

NGMI 1.0 represented our first attempt to merge technology with culture, introducing an intuitive swipe-based interface combined with this powerful cultural touchpoint. The results exceeded our expectations, proving that prediction markets could be accessible and engaging for mainstream users when wrapped in the right cultural package.

The NGMI Difference: Where TikTok Meets Prediction Markets

What makes NGMI truly revolutionary is how it transforms the complex world of prediction markets into something as engaging and intuitive as scrolling through TikTok. Our interface makes sophisticated betting mechanics accessible through familiar swipe gestures, while our multi-dimensional mode system allows users to engage on their own terms – from casual predictions to financial stakes.

The platform offers several dimensions of engagement:

• Stake Modes: Casual Mode (free) and Stakes Mode (with financial stakes)
• Swipe Direction Modes: Normie Mode and OG Mode for different swipe preferences
• Content Domains: People Domain (influencers) and Assets Domain (crypto, NFTs)

The Long-Press feature adds another layer of interaction, allowing users to access deeper prediction options through an intuitive gesture. This creates a platform that can be as simple or as sophisticated as the user wants – truly the "TikTok for betting" that you so brilliantly suggested during our conversations.

Behavioral Futures: The New Frontier of Capital

I believe in complete transparency about the philosophical dimensions of what we're building. We're operating in what scholar Shoshana Zuboff termed "surveillance capitalism" – a space where human behavior becomes a commodity. But unlike traditional models where user data is exploited without their knowledge or benefit, NGMI creates a system where participants actively choose to commodify aspects of their behavior and directly profit from it.

In many ways, we're living through the end stages of traditional capitalism – similar to the late Roman period where economic systems began to transform fundamentally. Just as Rome saw the emergence of new forms of value and exchange as its traditional systems faltered, we're witnessing the birth of behavioral futures markets where human actions, predictions, and social judgments become the new form of capital.

NGMI positions itself at the forefront of this transformation. Our ultimate vision – particularly with NGMI 3.0's AR-based verification system – creates markets where users' physical activities and social judgments become prediction assets. Challenge creators receive a percentage of the prediction pool for markets built around their activities, creating an ecosystem where:

1. Challenge creators earn income from their physical activities
2. Predictors profit from their insights and judgment
3. The platform takes only a minimal fee to sustain operations

This creates a more equitable system that puts agency and profit potential back in the hands of users themselves. Rather than fighting the inevitable commodification of behavior, we're creating a platform that democratizes it and returns value to the participants.

My Personal NGMI Story: The Ultimate Meta-Narrative

There's an ironic meta-narrative underlying this entire project. As a solo developer attempting to build something this ambitious, I embody the ultimate NGMI story myself. I'm fighting against financial constraints, physical challenges, and the overwhelming odds that a solo developer can never successfully build a platform of this complexity.

NGMI reflects my own existence – I've gone all-in, dedicating everything to this project despite all indicators suggesting it's impossible. The system is being built entirely decentralized with globally distributed components as a browser-first experience, mirroring how I work without a fixed team or traditional structures.

Modern AI development tools and my deep technical understanding of the any.bid protocol allow me to achieve the productivity of a small team despite working alone. This unconventional approach, born of necessity and vision, offers several advantages:

• Extreme cost efficiency (about 1/5 of typical development costs)
• Faster decision-making without team overhead
• Deep coherence in technical architecture
• Maximum agility in adapting to market feedback

The daily challenges I face flow directly into the passion driving this project forward. NGMI isn't just a product – it's the expression of my personal struggle and determination to succeed against all odds.

NGMI 2.0 and Beyond: The Roadmap to Transformation

NGMI 2.0 represents the next critical evolution of our platform. Building on the foundation of NGMI 1.0, it focuses on expanding into the Assets domain and implementing sophisticated market mechanisms while enhancing the core swipe interface with the Long-Press feature.

Looking further ahead, NGMI 3.0 will introduce AR-based verification for physical challenges – transforming the platform into a comprehensive ecosystem where digital predictions meet physical reality. My extensive research into the technical feasibility of AR integration (available at docs.ngmi.social/research/ar-technologies) demonstrates that current smartphone capabilities make this vision achievable.

I've also published an analysis of the ethical implications and commercial viability of behavioral futures markets (docs.ngmi.social/research/behavioral-futures-market) that explores the complex philosophical dimensions of what we're building.

Why Partner With Me?

I'm not looking for just an investor – I'm seeking a true partner who shares this vision and understands its profound significance. This project isn't simply about generating returns (though I believe those will be substantial); it's about creating a platform that sits at the forefront of both technological and cultural evolution.

The road ahead is challenging, but I'm committed to this vision with everything I have. NGMI isn't just a platform – it's a new paradigm for how people engage with predictions and each other in the digital age, and potentially a new form of value creation as we move into uncharted economic territory.

I believe that the future belongs to those who understand the value of behavioral capital and create systems that harness it ethically and effectively. NGMI aims to be that system – a platform that turns everyday actions, judgments, and challenges into a new form of participatory market where everyone involved can benefit.

Thank you for taking the time to consider this vision. I look forward to the possibility of building this future together.

With sincere appreciation,

Nicholas