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		VMG on Nov 12, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: $4.1m goes missing as Chinese bitcoin trading plat... Not in the repeated prisoner's dilemma

verroq on Nov 12, 2013 | [–]

Repeated prisoner's dilemma requires that the actions of each player to be held accountable.

PeterisP on Nov 12, 2013 | [–]

If the other party is anonymous or there is an overwhelming multitude of new 'others' arriving, then it doesn't work as the repeated prisoner's dilemma, but the ordinary one.

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