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- Subject: [ANNOUNCE] [nug[RC5] Prize Money Distribution for DES-II and beyond
- From: David McNett <nugget@slacker.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 14:57:49 -0600
- Reply-To: rc5help@distributed.net
The framework for the "voting system" is now in place. Although this has been covered in detail on the list before, here's a quick run-down of how things will work. This will be the mechanism we use to determine the recipients of the prize money for the DES-II challenge as well as the RC5 challenge. First, and most importantly, we've decided to alter the way the money is divided. We've expanded the payoff some, such that the winning individual AND his or her team will receive some money. Judging from the comments I've received in personal email, I think that this decision has almost universal support. Secondly, we at distributed.net no longer feel comfortable arbitrarily choosing a non-profit to receive the bulk of the prize money. Instead, we're leaving that decision up to you. Each individual participant in the contest will be allowed to vote from a list of non-profits that they would like to see the money sent to. Each person will receive one vote per block submitted, so those with the most invested will have the most influence on the outcome. That non-profit which receives the most votes will receive 60% of the total prize money. The breakdown will be as follows: Non-Profit which receives the most votes: 60% Individual who finds the solution: 10% That individual's Team: 10% Retained by distributed.net: 20% The only exceptions to this are: o If the individual is *not* a member of a team at the time they find the key, they will be presented with the full 20%. o DCTI (distributed.net) is listed as one of the non-profits and you can vote for distributed.net to receive the 60% share of the prize winnings. If distributed.net is selected as the winner, the 20% that would normally have been retained by distributed.net will rather be given to the second-place, runner-up non-profit. So -- only two questions remain: 1. HOW DO I PLACE MY VOTE? Simply edit your email information. The same form that you used to choose team now allows you to also select your non-profit vote. However, it's important to note that the selection works slightly differently. Whereas with team selection, if you change your mind your old blocks do not follow you to the new team, THIS IS NOT THE CASE with non-profit selection. The entire weight of your submitted blocks follows you if you later decide to change your vote. 2. WHERE CAN I LOOK TO SEE THE TALLY? A new page, http://desstats.distributed.net/money.html is not available and shows the current voting tally. Note that this page is only recalculated once daily, as a component of the stats update so do not expect to see your non-profit selection immediately apply. Miscellaneous: I will gladly entertain submissions for additional non-profits to be listed. This is the first *real* typing I've done on my new Microsoft Natural Keyboard, so please excuse any typos I may have missed. -- ________________________________________________________________________ |David McNett |To ensure privacy and data integrity this message has| |nugget@slacker.com|been encrypted using dual rounds of ROT-13 encryption| |Birmingham, AL USA|Please encrypt all important correspondence with PGP!| -- To unsubcribe, send 'unsubscribe announce' to majordomo@llamas.net
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