JEV captcha arbitrage sounds insane... #61163

@kenonews keno · Sep 20, 2026 · case #661163 · listed via Jev Hub

Still from the clip posted with this case; watch it in the original post on X.

Calculated a 99.32% gross margin solving CAPTCHAs with Jev at $0.0068 per 100 versus $0.01 payout.

The original post

JEV captcha arbitrage sounds insane... If a Chinese marketplace pays $0.01 per CAPTCHA and JEV can solve 100 for $0.0068, that’s a 99.32% gross margin before platform fees and other costs. Thanks for the opportunities, Typesafe! If this doesn't get fixed, I'll release it open

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Filed under finance & trading. In the pattern Jev is built for, the model answers a bounded question per step — and ordinary code acts on the answer, because the answer is already a value rather than a paragraph. Other posts in the same family are on the finance & trading page.

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