Article 55BFS MrBeast ends Finger on the App competition by telling players to stop after 70 hours

MrBeast ends Finger on the App competition by telling players to stop after 70 hours

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Julia Alexander
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After watching contestants keep their fingers attached to a phone screen for more than 70 hours, YouTube creator Jimmy MrBeast" Donaldson called an early end to a massive competition originally designed with one winner and a $25,000 prize in mind. The result? Four winners, each walking away with $20,000 in hand.

Donaldson's Finger on the App" was a one-time game designed in partnership with internet collective MSCHF. The rules were simple: be the last person to take your finger off a phone screen, and win $25,000. The game kicked off at 3PM ET on June 30th, and ran until Donaldson called an end to the madness on Twitter at 1:15PM ET today.

Dear the four remaining contestants with your finger still on the app, I'm ending it here," D...

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