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Twenty Bank Robbers -- CLARIFICATION



Igor Chudov wrote:
> 
> Here's a puzzle for our game theorists.
> 
> Twenty cypherpunks robbed a bank. They took 20 million bucks. Here's
> how they plan to split the money: they stay in line, and the first guy
> suggests how to split the money. Then they vote on his suggestion. If
> 50% or more vote for his proposal, his suggestion is adopted.
> 
> Otherwise they kill the  first robber and now it is the turn of guy #2
> to make another splitting proposal. Same voting rules apply.
> 
> The question is, what will be the outcome? How will they split the
> money, how many robbers will be dead, and so on?
> 

I forgot to say what the GOALS are. The goals of every individual
cypherpunk are (in from highest to lowest priority): 

1. Stay alive
2. Get as much money as possible
3. Keep as many cypherpunks alive as possible, all other things being equal.

	- Igor.