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by gosub100 5 hours ago
The markets arent efficient without enough participants. This is why the price of gasoline only fluctuates cents between competitors, but vehicle prices fluctuate thousands. It's a very simple concept that you aren't seeing.

The market for solving math problems is tiny compared to selling/ running algos for trading. You solve a pure math problem you might get accolades from some professors.