Thanks for pointing it out! Again, very clever. If you figure out any other way to game the system, I'll provide you a small bug bounty 🏆 😁

Obviously I also agree.

Otherwise I wouldn't have published this, but instead executed it and claimed victory.

My goal in publishing it is to seek confirmation that it is wrong, so I don't have to defend against it myself (I think the only defense would be to blindly comment every 24 hours).

Scroogey

Agreed! Only published comments will count.

Or does this change the nature of the experiment?

Your experiment, which was supposed to be simple and transparent, becomes opaque and confusing.

bitcoin

A bitcoin experiment

> Should I reward clever rule-bending?

In my opinion, no.

> Or does this change the nature of the experiment?

Yes, very much so.

> Your experiment, which was supposed to be simple and transparent, becomes opaque and confusing.

Couldn't agree more.