👉 Prize computing is an innovative approach to solving complex computational problems by harnessing the collective power of distributed computing resources, often from non-traditional sources like cloud services, personal computers, and IoT devices. It involves setting up a competition where participants submit solutions to specific computational challenges, such as optimization, machine learning, or cryptography tasks, with the goal of finding the most efficient or innovative solutions. The most promising submissions are evaluated by a panel of experts and rewarded with prizes, which can range from monetary awards to recognition and further funding. This method not only accelerates the discovery of advanced algorithms and techniques but also democratizes access to high-performance computing resources, enabling a diverse range of contributors to participate and collaborate on solving some of the world's most pressing computational challenges.