The 3 wallets problem
This post was released for Issue 17 of Bitcoin Magazine as part of a series of articles about puzzles and games that started with Issue 12. Here I present a few challenges for bitcoin hoarders, about keeping bitcoins in separate wallets according to some restrictions. Have fun solving them! Suppose that I have 10 bitcoins and I want to store them in 2....
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