The Bitcoin learning tournament.

Wednesday, 07 June, Year 9 d.Tr. | Author: Mircea Popescu

Inspired by discussion on the previous article, it's my great pleasure to give you the world-famous Bitcoin Learning Tournament. Here's the details :

I. The Deux-Pez Machina is a device defined as follows :

  1. To initialize, it generates a randomi 256-byte ISRii. This ISR describes a total of 256 linear functions, indexed in a one-byte list. Each function is of the format ai X + bi, with i taking values from 0 to 255. For each byte in the ISR : the first bit will set ai to negative if 1, and to positive otherewise ; the second bit will set ai to either 1 or 2 ; the third bid will set bi to negative if 1 and to positive otherwise ; the remainder five bits will set the value of bi (from 1 to 32). For each player it further generates a UMMiii on the basis of randomly selecting one byte from the UIS, one byte from the ISR, concatenating them, MPFHF-ing the two byte product to obtain a one byte mask. The UMM will never be divulged to the players.
  2. Every tick it prepares the function list, by multiplying each a and each b with the respective byteiv in its ISR and dividing the result by 16.
  3. Every tick it receives as inputs a 64-byte UISv, a one-byte UIMvi and a positive double UBAvii from each user participating that tick. To be accepted the UBA must be no lower than half the average UBA of the previous round -- all UBAs are accepted first round.
  4. Every tick for each accepted UBA it XORs the UIM with the respective player's UMM. If a randomly-selected byte from its ISR is divisible by 8, it also XORs the UMM with that byte. It then selects the function in its list indicated by the XOR'ed UIM and applies it to the UBA. The result, capped at 2x the UBA, is returned to the respective UIS.
  5. Every tick it XORs its ISR with four concatenated UIS randomly selected from the UIS received that turn and with one random 256 byte value thus becoming ready for the next tick. Once four UIS can not be selected, the Deux-Pez Dispenser ends the world.

II. All players start with capital in sum of 20999999.9769 to bid however they please.

III. Each tick each player may either

  • Play, by specifying his own UIS, and providing correct values for UIMviii and UBAix. Up to double his UBA will be returned and added to his capital ;
  • Observe, by specifiying any other player's UISx, which will result in the Observing player receiving the UIM, UBA and payoff that other player realised) at no cost ;
  • or Research, by specifying the magical UIS "Research", and a UBA the player will receive the Deux-Pez Machine UIM that would have provided him with the largest payoff for that UBA as wel as the numeric value of that payoff (nothing is added to his capital).

IV. To celebrate nine years since the original publication of the original paper at the foundation of The Most Serene Republic (the world's only sovereign), the first tournament will be run on November 2nd, 2017. You may submit your entry in the comment section below.

V. Prizes will be announced in this section up until the end of October 2017. The prize pool will be no less than 1 BTC in any case. Currently the proposal is in draft form and still accepts discussion, also to be contributed below.

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  1. TRNG random. []
  2. Internal state register []
  3. User Mode Mask []
  4. Byte values run from 1 to 256 for the needs of this multiplication. []
  5. User identification string, think of it as a sha512 output. []
  6. User intended mode. []
  7. User bid amount. []
  8. Single byte. []
  9. Positive value lower than his total sum. []
  10. All player UIS are published every tick, along with their current capital. []
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6 Responses

  1. braindamage`s avatar
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    braindamage 
    Saturday, 10 June 2017

    MP, could you help me find the article where you say something like "you don't really want to go back in time, you want to go back and still be you present-day you. Can you imagine a world where every 16yo talking to a girl his age is actually a predatory 50yo in disguise ?" Gargle is, as all too often, of no help here.

    Or maybe someone else could help, too. I'll link my friend to this comment instead of the article. ;) He's the "ancap dude" if you remember him.

  2. Mircea Popescu`s avatar
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    Mircea Popescu 
    Saturday, 10 June 2017

    I recall saying this, but the article doesn't come to mind ;/

  3. Las și eu asta aici:

    Tot intreba mai sus carmen despre engleza lui Mirci…

    Uite, fix acum am intrat pe pagina lui Mirci (duceti-va si voi, ca n-a vazut omul atata trafic de ani de zile)

    A afisat p-acolo ceva articol random, ceva mizerie de-aia de-a lui pe care n-o citeste nimeni, ca de obicei.

    Hai sa vedem engleza lui.

    “here’s the details”. Aici este detaliile, pentru ca este sub 50.

    “Inspired by discussion”. Nu “a discussion”. Nu “the discussion”. Nu. Pentru ca pula mea.

    “and to positive otherewise“.

    “the remainder five”

    Are vreun sens sa mai trec de paragraful ala, sa ma duc mai departe? Ca eu m-am lamurit.

  4. Mircea Popescu`s avatar
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    Mircea Popescu 
    Sunday, 6 August 2017

    Noa frate, ce ti-e si cu internetii astia, daca te apuci sa scrii-n engleza vine-un roman ca stie el mai bine ca tine engleza, daca scrii-n spaniola vine ceva portorican ca stie el mai bine spaniola ca tine, daca scrii-n latina vine ceva internaut ca nu o gasit el in dictionar ce-ai zis tu pe-acolo si asa mai departe. Sa scriem in tacere, zic, sa nu se mai afecteze negativ ceva corectnaut de clasa de mijloc-jos. Caconteaza.

  5. > duceti-va si voi, ca n-a vazut omul atata trafic de ani de zile

    E haios asta. Chiar crede ca el si cu doi amici conteaza sau ceva?

  6. Mircea Popescu`s avatar
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    Mircea Popescu 
    Sunday, 6 August 2017

    Pai ce-are, puletii cu Bitcoin Cash nu s-or simitit tatatat la fel pina n-or muscat-o ? Aia penibilii cu Fetlife nu tat idem ? Hillary sarmana nu se si vedea presedinta ? E in firea lucrurilor, capra se simte egala cu ala de-o taie si de altfel e demonstrat demult ca baronu' Nimeni are cel mai tare castel dintre tate castelele posibile. Ce sa mai.

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