This market should close by March 16, 2024.
My job is hosting a contest to see how many coins are in this jar. I have taken 2 photos from different angles for reference. Whoever guesses the closest to the true outcome of the contest wins the bounty.
I am farming the wisdom of the crowd for data. I will take an average of all submissions and submit that as my entry into the contest, but whether I win or not does not affect the outcome of this market.
Rules: Only the first submission per user with positive integer numbers (whole numbers) will be eligible to win the bounty. In the event that multiple submissions have equal absolute value of difference between the true outcome and their responses, the bounty will be split as evenly as possible between those users.
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The true count was 150! We have a tie! The bounties will be paid out below.
The average of the crowd came out to 159.21, rounded to 159 for my submission. Unfortunately, I did not win, but I'm impressed with how accurate we got it with you all literally only having the 2 pictures. Thanks for playing!
All comments up until this point have been averaged and submitted as my entry into the company contest. Any comments from this point forward are still eligible for the bounty, but they will not affect my entry.
The market will probably resolve by noon-ish EST on March 15 when I hear the outcome of the contest. I will announce the true answer for all who are interested in this experiment.