Summary
- Tron founder Justin Sun said he will establish a mathematics prize called the Justin Sun Prize with awards of up to $1 million.
- Sun said the prize funds will be deposited on the blockchain, records of proofs and payouts will be disclosed, and he will not be involved in proof verification, winner selection or the payment process.
- The Justin Sun Prize will award $1 million for each top-tier Pinnacle problem and will select winners in two categories: provers and formalizers.
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Tron founder Justin Sun said he will establish a mathematics prize called the Justin Sun Prize, with awards of up to $1 million.
Sun announced in a post on X on Sept. 16 that he would create a math prize that rewards problem-solving itself, rather than a winner’s reputation or age.
He said his wealth was built on mathematics. Because blockchain is built on cryptographic and mathematical foundations, he intends to give back some of that wealth to the mathematics community.
The Justin Sun Prize will select winners in two categories: “provers” and “formalizers.” Provers are those who present solutions to difficult mathematical problems, while formalizers are those who convert those proofs into code that a computer can verify.
Sun said the prize would not distinguish between humans and AI. Once a proof is recognized by the mathematics community, the prover’s name will be registered first and the problem’s status will be changed to “proof completed, formalization pending.” After a machine verifies the formalized proof without errors, the prize payment process will begin.
Top-tier “Pinnacle” problems will carry a prize of $1 million each. Sun said he would decide only the list of problems and the size of the prizes, and would not be involved in proof verification, winner selection or the payment process.
He also said the prize funds would be deposited on the blockchain, with records of proofs and payouts disclosed publicly.
