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Back in the day people used goats for currency. Then wheat, coins, etc. Simple timeline.


I am CEO of ChallengePost and this challenge is real: http://mintchipchallenge.com http://challengepost.com/discover

Note how excited we are that the winners receive gold bars. -Brandon


Why is there no public announcement of this? Why does the actual Canadian Mint website have no links or mentions of this project? Why are there goats and wheat on your webpage? What is this for, some digitally enabled 19th century version of Canada? What kind of goofy hoax is this?


Back in the day, people used goats for currency. Then it became wheat, then coins, then... you get the picture.

The Mint will be issuing a press release momentarily.


The ancient Irish used slave girls

http://books.google.com/books?id=GYhajCQU8XIC&lpg=PT345&...


Why is there no public announcement of this? Why does the actual Canadian Mint website have no links or mentions of this project?

Government bodies move slow as all hell. Even when a specific department of the Mint authorises something, it'll have to pass through about six other departments before a blog post is signed off.

(the goats thing is a timeline of currency, seems relatively self-explanatory to me)


And a software dev challenge to go with it where you can win $50K in gold bars. http://mintchipchallenge.com


Also of note: according to the rules, it's open to Americans as well as Canadians:

http://mintchipchallenge.com/rules


It's also open to corporations in the same locations from a quick glance on my side.

My guess is that us foreigners could register a company in Delaware etc, and compete.


Keep in mind the grand prize is $17K, it's approximately $50K spread out amongst all the winners.


keep in mind that the prize is GOLD! As in: https://www.google.com/search?sugexp=chrome,mod%3D6&ix=n...


That's cute, but also pretty inconvenient.


I find it ironic that a new e-currency designed to remove the need for cash or cumbersome online payment methods would reward it's challenge winners with probably the most cumbersome currency; gold bullion.


How would they get the 17K in Gold to you? Is it delivered via FedEx?


Registered and insured mail


Good on them for releasing an API.


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