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EnrichedOpen SourceHacker NewsCommunityLive · 5d agoPublished 6/25/2026

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Preprint: https://scrollprize.org/pdf/main.pdf https://github.com/ScrollPrize/villa Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48675179 Points: 1494 # Comments: 320

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Preprint: https://scrollprize.org/pdf/main.pdf https://github.com/ScrollPrize/villa Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48675179 Points: 1494 # Comments: 320

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