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>>25882150
>I'm sorry for all of you, but this prize was awarded 15 days after the contest was published. Do you think they like to give away money like this?

"Floated early September, the one-year contract specifically covers transactions involving monero (XMR) and second-layer payment solutions such as bitcoin’s lightning network (LN) – features considered by the IRS as conduits for criminal financial activity.

"Per the original request, the firms will be advanced $500,000 each to develop the required tracing tool, and then another $125,000 if the submitted solution proves successful and is approved. A working submission is due in eight months. Testing and development will occur in the ensuing120 days."

https://news.bitcoin.com/chainalysis-and-integra-win-1-25-million-irs-contract-to-break-monero/