{
  "id": 613814,
  "title": "Legitimacy",
  "url": "/competitions/alpha-radar-solana-sprint/discussion/613814",
  "author_name": "Srisha KS6",
  "post_date": "2025-10-29T23:53:53.971000",
  "votes": 4,
  "comment_count": 5,
  "views": 0,
  "content": "<p>I wanted to perform a quick due-diligence check before dedicating compute and development time to this competition. After reviewing the host details, I observed the following:</p>\n<p>This is the first competition hosted by the host.</p>\n<p>The host appears to have no public online presence (no LinkedIn, website, or verifiable company registration).</p>\n<p>The listed organization “42Ape” does not appear to exist as a registered company.</p>\n<p>The prizes are stated to be paid in USDC to a Solana wallet, which deviates from Kaggle’s standard payout mechanisms (normally via Kaggle-verified, fiat-based payouts).</p>\n<p>No offense intended ,this is purely to confirm authenticity before participants commit  resources (GPU compute, model experimentation, etc.).</p>\n<p>Could a Kaggle admin please verify whether this competition’s prize pool is held or guaranteed by Kaggle, or whether payouts are completely external and at the host’s discretion?</p>",
  "messages": [
    {
      "id": 3308664,
      "postDate": "2025-10-29T23:53:53.970Z",
      "content": "<p>I wanted to perform a quick due-diligence check before dedicating compute and development time to this competition. After reviewing the host details, I observed the following:</p>\n<p>This is the first competition hosted by the host.</p>\n<p>The host appears to have no public online presence (no LinkedIn, website, or verifiable company registration).</p>\n<p>The listed organization “42Ape” does not appear to exist as a registered company.</p>\n<p>The prizes are stated to be paid in USDC to a Solana wallet, which deviates from Kaggle’s standard payout mechanisms (normally via Kaggle-verified, fiat-based payouts).</p>\n<p>No offense intended ,this is purely to confirm authenticity before participants commit  resources (GPU compute, model experimentation, etc.).</p>\n<p>Could a Kaggle admin please verify whether this competition’s prize pool is held or guaranteed by Kaggle, or whether payouts are completely external and at the host’s discretion?</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "I wanted to perform a quick due-diligence check before dedicating compute and development time to this competition. After reviewing the host details, I observed the following:\n\nThis is the first competition hosted by the host.\n\nThe host appears to have no public online presence (no LinkedIn, website, or verifiable company registration).\n\nThe listed organization “42Ape” does not appear to exist as a registered company.\n\nThe prizes are stated to be paid in USDC to a Solana wallet, which deviates from Kaggle’s standard payout mechanisms (normally via Kaggle-verified, fiat-based payouts).\n\nNo offense intended ,this is purely to confirm authenticity before participants commit  resources (GPU compute, model experimentation, etc.).\n\nCould a Kaggle admin please verify whether this competition’s prize pool is held or guaranteed by Kaggle, or whether payouts are completely external and at the host’s discretion?",
      "votes": 4
    },
    {
      "id": 3308916,
      "postDate": "2025-10-30T14:38:04Z",
      "content": "<p>Good call. Community competition prizes are not guaranteed by Kaggle.\nRegarding non-fiat prizes there has been this competition <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/solana-skill-sprint-memcoin-graduation/overview\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/solana-skill-sprint-memcoin-graduation/overview</a> which runned successfully.</p>",
      "rawMarkdown": "Good call. Community competition prizes are not guaranteed by Kaggle.\nRegarding non-fiat prizes there has been this competition [https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/solana-skill-sprint-memcoin-graduation/overview](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/solana-skill-sprint-memcoin-graduation/overview) which runned successfully.",
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 3309495,
          "postDate": "2025-10-31T21:23:33.003Z",
          "content": "<p>The link to the other competition which you claimed \"ran successfully\" takes us back to this competition's page. Think you might need to recheck it?</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "The link to the other competition which you claimed \"ran successfully\" takes us back to this competition's page. Think you might need to recheck it?",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": [
            {
              "id": 3309505,
              "postDate": "2025-10-31T22:08:15.620Z",
              "content": "<p>i don't know about how kaggle handles links etc but the name of the competition is in the url</p>",
              "rawMarkdown": "i don't know about how kaggle handles links etc but the name of the competition is in the url"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": 3312128,
          "postDate": "2025-11-06T14:11:42.203Z",
          "content": "<p>Their avatar looks AI generated</p>",
          "rawMarkdown": "Their avatar looks AI generated",
          "votes": 2
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 3312475,
      "postDate": "2025-11-07T09:42:27.877Z",
      "rawMarkdown": "",
      "isDeleted": true
    }
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  "comments": [
    {
      "id": 3308916,
      "author_name": "YannFb",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2025-10-30T14:38:04",
      "content": "<p>Good call. Community competition prizes are not guaranteed by Kaggle.\nRegarding non-fiat prizes there has been this competition <a href=\"https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/solana-skill-sprint-memcoin-graduation/overview\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/solana-skill-sprint-memcoin-graduation/overview</a> which runned successfully.</p>",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": [
        {
          "id": 3309495,
          "author_name": "Omoruyi E. Kelvin",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2025-10-31T21:23:33.003000",
          "content": "<p>The link to the other competition which you claimed \"ran successfully\" takes us back to this competition's page. Think you might need to recheck it?</p>",
          "votes": 1,
          "replies": [
            {
              "id": 3309505,
              "author_name": "YannFb",
              "author_url": "",
              "post_date": "2025-10-31T22:08:15.620000",
              "content": "<p>i don't know about how kaggle handles links etc but the name of the competition is in the url</p>",
              "votes": 0,
              "replies": []
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": 3312128,
          "author_name": "Reece",
          "author_url": "",
          "post_date": "2025-11-06T14:11:42.203000",
          "content": "<p>Their avatar looks AI generated</p>",
          "votes": 2,
          "replies": []
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "id": 3312475,
      "author_name": "",
      "author_url": "",
      "post_date": "2025-11-07T09:42:27.877000",
      "content": "",
      "votes": 0,
      "replies": []
    }
  ],
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    "3308664": "I wanted to perform a quick due-diligence check before dedicating compute and development time to this competition. After reviewing the host details, I observed the following:\n\nThis is the first competition hosted by the host.\n\nThe host appears to have no public online presence (no LinkedIn, website, or verifiable company registration).\n\nThe listed organization “42Ape” does not appear to exist as a registered company.\n\nThe prizes are stated to be paid in USDC to a Solana wallet, which deviates from Kaggle’s standard payout mechanisms (normally via Kaggle-verified, fiat-based payouts).\n\nNo offense intended ,this is purely to confirm authenticity before participants commit  resources (GPU compute, model experimentation, etc.).\n\nCould a Kaggle admin please verify whether this competition’s prize pool is held or guaranteed by Kaggle, or whether payouts are completely external and at the host’s discretion?",
    "3308916": "Good call. Community competition prizes are not guaranteed by Kaggle.\nRegarding non-fiat prizes there has been this competition [https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/solana-skill-sprint-memcoin-graduation/overview](https://www.kaggle.com/competitions/solana-skill-sprint-memcoin-graduation/overview) which runned successfully.",
    "3312475": ""
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}