Some Pros and Cons of Including Bitcoin in CrossFit Competition Prize Purses

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The Rogue Invitational has the second largest prize purse of any CrossFit competition, behind only the CrossFit Games, due in part to some creative thinking by the team.

Remind me: The Rogue Invitational prize purse is derived from eight sources:

• Rogue has provided a 1 million dollar cash investment.
• $275,000 of Bitcoin purchased at $16,000 per coin. Any growth on this coin will add to the purse and will be paid out at the valuation at the time the prize purse is locked.
• $5 per attendee ticket sold will be added to the purse.
• 10% of registration fees for the 2023 online qualifier, “The Q.”
• 10% of registration fees for the 2023 community event, “The C.”
• NEW: $5.00 for every Rogue Invitational T-shirt sold.
• NEW: $5.00 for every pair of GORUCK Ballistic Trainers sold on roguefitness.com.
• Sponsors will have the ability to make direct contributions to the purse.

The current value of the prize purse is at $1,491,259 with the first place man and women each receiving $256,496, which is more than double of what the second place finisher at the CrossFit Games received this year ($125,000).