Official results are out!
Everyone is welcome to participate!
For this challenge, you will be playing a round-based auction game against all other participants simultaneously.
You start off with 10⁵ coins. In each round, you bid a number of coins. Everyone loses the number of coins they bid. The player with the highest bid wins the round and gets 1 point. We will play 10³ rounds.
For a more detailed description of the game, read the problem statement.
Deadline for submissions: 2023-12-03 23:59:59 CET
Feel free to ask anything: bidding-game (at) proton (dot) me
Looking forward to your submissions!
Look! A wild platypus appeared!
Due to some systems shenanigans, we won’t be able to evaluate your submissions before 04-12-2023. We are sorry. We therefore extend the deadline to 2023-12-03 23:59:59 CET. As a token of appreciation for your understanding, we are pleased to announce a special prize for the challenge winner: a delightful (plush) platypus!