Didn't hear of the prize before, so searched for it. From the website of prize. >>>>>The Levchin Prize was established in 2015 by internet entrepreneur, Max Le

Didn't hear of the prize before, so searched for it. From the website of prize. >>>>>The Levchin Prize was established in 2015 by internet entrepreneur, Max Levchin. The prize honors significant contributions to real-world cryptography and celebrates recent advances that have had a major impact on the practice of cryptography and its use in real-world systems. Up to two awards will be given every year and each carries a cash prize of $10,000.<<<<< 2015. That is pretty new. So, for me it's more of a publicity for the "prize" itself the the"advancement".