To be equally candid: I didn't think you would want the $1000, but I thought you might enjoy the challenge. Similarly, I think the people who are most likely to win this are going to be more interested by the puzzle than by the money. The $1000 is there mainly as linkbait to increase the odds that the right people hear about this.

But if there was anyone whose code I would bet on, your name at the top of the list anyways!

Well, we've already established that the code was wrong...