So, some anonymous person can give away 100k$ to back the prize, but not the 25-50k$ to fund the evaluation process needed to award the prize?
Why don’t they offer a 50k$ prize and use the other 50k$ to fund the evaluation, instead of soliciting donations?
Why don’t they just offer a medal of insignificant material value? The winner is going to get lots of bragging rights anyway.
So, some anonymous person can give away 100k$ to back the prize, but not the 25-50k$ to fund the evaluation process needed to award the prize?
Why don’t they offer a 50k$ prize and use the other 50k$ to fund the evaluation, instead of soliciting donations? Why don’t they just offer a medal of insignificant material value? The winner is going to get lots of bragging rights anyway.