On 06/03/12 10:25, danimoth wrote: >> Could you explain what "BitCoin is a Nash equilibrium" means? I know >> what BitCoin is, and what a Nash equilibrium is, so I guess the part I >> don't understand is "is". ;-) > > See the article by V. Buterin, called Bitcoin, Decentralization and the > Nash Equilibrium here [1], he explain it very well. > > > [1] > http://bitcoinweekly.com/articles/bitcoin-decentralization-and-the-nash-equilibrium
Thanks, that's an interesting article. I think I understand what you mean about BitCoin now, but I'm still not sure what you want to achieve with regard to DHTs. If you're modelling a DHT as a game then who are the players, what are the possible strategies, what are the payoffs, how much do the players know about each other's strategies and payoffs, and what strategy do you want to encourage? Cheers, Michael _______________________________________________ p2p-hackers mailing list p2p-hackers@lists.zooko.com http://lists.zooko.com/mailman/listinfo/p2p-hackers