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Re:Nobel Prize-winning economist joins blockchain startup to... by neilwilson on Thursday August 02, 2018 @02:25PM (#17674074)
Yes. It is funded by the Swedish Central Bank.

Would you trust a Nobel prize in computing funded by Google?

Re:Nobel Prize-winning economist joins blockchain startup to... by hoonose on Thursday August 02, 2018 @02:37PM (#17674186)
Yes. The closest thing to the Nobel Prize in computing is the Turing Award, which is indeed funded by Google.
Re:Nobel Prize-winning economist joins blockchain startup to... by dsr_ on Thursday August 02, 2018 @03:54PM (#17674912)
Although it is not Google who decides on who wins, and the Award would still be reputationally valuable if there were no money attached to it.
Re:Nobel Prize-winning economist joins blockchain startup to... by fwn on Thursday August 02, 2018 @02:30PM (#17674127)
Funding rarely determines process or outcome.

It's a common argument, but unworldly, given that there are huge amounts of largely autonomous institutions that rely on single donors, may it be public or private money.

Re:Nobel Prize-winning economist joins blockchain startup to... by jonhendry18 on Friday August 03, 2018 @12:35AM (#17677306)
"Would you trust a Nobel prize in computing funded by Google?"

Would you trust a Nobel Peace Prize funded by an arms merchant?

Re:Nobel Prize-winning economist joins blockchain startup to... by sdinsn on Thursday August 02, 2018 @04:16PM (#17675083)
The Turing Award? Yes. It is considered by Computer Scientists to be the premier award in the field.