Numerai
medium.com/@numerai · Company blog · on HN since 2016
Numerai, a hedge fund that crowdsources stock predictions from anonymous data scientists using encrypted data, explains its model and its cryptocurrency.
What HN saysOpinion is split. One commenter notes homomorphic encryption now makes a Kaggle-style contest with hidden data possible; another says Numerai abuses cryptographic buzzwords like homomorphic encryption.
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sanxiyn · 2016-09-21
Surprisingly, homomorphic encryption is now practical enough to run a Kaggle-like data science competition, but without disclosing data. At least one such competition is known to run with real money prize.
https://medium.com/@Numerai/encrypted-data-for-efficient-markets-fffbe…
cryptokoala · 2016-06-22
Numerai comes across as fraudulently abusing cryptographic buzzwords like homomorphic encryption https://medium.com/@Numerai/encrypted-data-for-efficient-markets-fffbe…