17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Gary Howland wrote:
David Sternlight wrote:
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.
^^^^ ^^^
No. Robber 18 knows that he will be killed under those circumstances, so he proposes that Robber 20 gets all the money. 20 votes with him.
I think many are assuming that the cypherpunk making the suggestion gets a vote. My reading of the puzzle is that he does not.
Everyone who is still alive, including the one making a suggestion, can vote. - Igor.