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Re:Numerai – A hedge fund built by a global community of ano... by pjlegato on Sunday October 16, 2016 @11:37PM (#12722547)
They are betting that there exist people who are capable of performing that work who cannot work at a hedge fund, for whatever reason.

Perhaps they live in the wrong location -- it's hard/impossible to get a quant job if you don't live in a major market center. Not everyone is 23 years old and unattached and prepared to move around the world for a job.

Perhaps they can do the predictions but they didn't go to a high end university and have no track record -- just try even getting an interview at a hedge fund without one of those.

Re:Numerai – A hedge fund built by a global community of ano... by dharma1 on Monday October 17, 2016 @04:26AM (#12723432)
Or people who do work at hedge funds, but want to moonlight on the side and get paid via bitcoin anonymously