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Sanmay Ved bought the Google.com domain for a minute, but he donated his reward for identifying a flaw to charity.
In October, researcher and ex-Googler Sanmay Ved made headlines when he managed to buy the "Google.com" domain for one minute.
Ved thought he was just being cute, but Google decided to give Ved a financial reward anyway. At the time, Ved declined to share how much Google awarded him, telling Business Insider only that it was "more than 10,000."
In a blog post Thursday, Google spilled the beans.
"Our initial financial reward to Sanmay — $6,006.13 — spelled-out Google, numerically (squint a little and you’ll see it!). We then doubled this amount when Sanmay donated his reward to charity," Google wrote.
That's right: Ved's reward was a silly number-based game. As Google notes here, Ved ended up giving his winnings to the educational charity The Art of Living India.
https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/google-reveals-much-paid-guy-190910588.html
