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Re:The P-versus-NP Page (2016) by querez on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @09:20AM (#27905854)
> There's a $200,000 bounty paid out every ten minutes for solutions to a well-known SAT problem.

I'm not sure I follow -- do you mean there is a challenge open somewhere which pays 200k$?

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Re:The P-versus-NP Page (2016) by rrobukef on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @09:25AM (#27905925)
Bitcoin. Bitcoin relies on SAT being unsolvable.
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Re:The P-versus-NP Page (2016) by echelon on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @10:12AM (#27906534)
The payout is pretty great.

Solve SAT.

Short the hell out of bitcoin.

Release solution.

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Re:The P-versus-NP Page (2016) by rrobukef on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @10:32AM (#27906812)
Solve SAT. Mine 1 block each day. Sell.
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Re:The P-versus-NP Page (2016) by echelon on Wednesday July 21, 2021 @10:50AM (#27907067)
That's a great way to make millions instead of billions.
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