> In the next 4 to 10 weeks, Entropia.com is willing to put up
> $1500 for an ECM
> largest-factor prize with a qualifier or two on our terms, using
> PrimeNet 4.0.
> The only catch is George has not yet built Prime95's ECM feature to use
> PrimeNet. If there's enough interest you can collectively
> rattle him about it.
> :-)
C'mon Geroge...get with it!! :-)
> > Of course the pool for the next Mersenne prime could always be
> > increased. $10,000 for decrypting a message and only $1,500 for a new
> > Mersenne prime just doesn't right to me :)
>
> This should soon change at least a little.
Scott - Since myself and others have expressed interest in contributing to
a pool for a prize, perhaps you could explain to us all how that might
work, where you're holding the money for the current prize, etc. Make us
all feel more comfortable about someone holding the prize money in escrow.
