Settings

Setting Value
alpha_pos_lower_bound 0.3152
alpha_pos_upper_bound 0.3235
exploration_depth 11
continue_from_known_states False
display_uninteresting_states True
display_known_states False
recurse True
save_as html

Exploration

  • BLACK denotes a block in the longest path.
  • BLUE denotes a hidden block.
  • RED denotes an orphaned block.
  • A state where all attacker blocks are blue is a typical state where the attacker has not published anything yet.

genesis

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ genesis $0$ $0$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $0$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $0$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A) $\alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(4 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 - 2 \alpha\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{4 \alpha^{3}}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + \frac{\alpha^{2} \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{1}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1}\right)}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2} \left(\frac{- \alpha^{2} + \alpha + 1}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + 1.5\right)}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1}\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)\right)\right)\right)$ $\alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(4 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 - 2 \alpha\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1\right) - \alpha\right)\right)\right)\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $1 - \alpha$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A) $\alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(4 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 - 2 \alpha\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{4 \alpha^{3}}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + \frac{\alpha^{2} \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{1}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1}\right)}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2} \left(\frac{- \alpha^{2} + \alpha + 1}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + 1.5\right)}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1}\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)\right)\right)\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $1 - \alpha$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, H) $\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(4 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 - 2 \alpha\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{4 \alpha^{3}}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + \frac{\alpha^{2} \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{1}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1}\right)}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2} \left(\frac{- \alpha^{2} + \alpha + 1}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + 1.5\right)}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1}\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)\right)\right)$ $\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(4 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 - 2 \alpha\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1\right) - \alpha\right)\right)\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, H) $\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(4 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 - 2 \alpha\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{4 \alpha^{3}}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + \frac{\alpha^{2} \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{1}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1}\right)}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2} \left(\frac{- \alpha^{2} + \alpha + 1}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + 1.5\right)}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1}\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)\right)\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, H) $\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(4 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 - 2 \alpha\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1\right) - \alpha\right)\right)\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H) $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(4 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 - 2 \alpha\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{4 \alpha^{3}}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + \frac{\alpha^{2} \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{1}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1}\right)}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2} \left(\frac{- \alpha^{2} + \alpha + 1}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + 1.5\right)}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1}\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)\right)$ $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(4 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 - 2 \alpha\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1\right) - \alpha\right)\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H) $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(4 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 - 2 \alpha\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{4 \alpha^{3}}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + \frac{\alpha^{2} \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{1}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1}\right)}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2} \left(\frac{- \alpha^{2} + \alpha + 1}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + 1.5\right)}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1}\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H) $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(4 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 - 2 \alpha\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1\right) - \alpha\right)\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A) $\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)\right)$ $\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right)\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $- \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A) $\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A) $\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right)\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, H) $\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, H) $\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, H) $\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right)$ $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha\right)\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H) $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha\right)\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A) $\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)$
(1, 6) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(5 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right)$ $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A) $\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A) $\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, 2A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, 2A) $\alpha \left(5 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 - 2 \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(5 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right)$
(1, 6) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, A) $\alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(5 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)$
(3, 3) $3 - \alpha$ genesis $0$ $0$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [7, 8] and will selfish mine on [7, 8] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$
committed [7, 8] and will selfish mine on [7, 8] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{9}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
(3, 3) $3 - \alpha$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
(3, 3) $3 - \alpha$ genesis $0$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, 3A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, 3A) $\alpha \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 6\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(4 - 2 \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)\right)$
(1, 6) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 2A) $\alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 - 2 \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right)$
(5, 0) $5 - \alpha$ genesis $0$ $0$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [7, 8, 9] and will selfish mine on [7, 8, 9] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$
committed [4, 7, 8, 9] and will selfish mine on [8, 9] $2 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right)$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
(5, 0) $5 - \alpha$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
(5, 0) $5 - \alpha$ genesis $0$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, 4A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, 4A) $\alpha \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 7\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 - 2 \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{4 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 5\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right)$
(1, 6) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 3A) $\alpha \left(3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 5\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha + \frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [7, 8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [7, 8, 9, 10] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right)$
committed [4, 7, 8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [8, 9, 10] $2 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 5\right)$
committed [1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] $4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 6\right)$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] $4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 6\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, 5A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [7, 8, 9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [7, 8, 9, 10, 11] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{4 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 5\right)$
committed [4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [8, 9, 10, 11] $2 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 6\right)$
committed [1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 10, 11] $4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 7\right)$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{4 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 5\right) + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 10, 11] $4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 7\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{4 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 5\right) + 2$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, 4A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [7, 8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [8, 9, 10] $\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right)$
committed [4, 7, 8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] $3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 5\right)$
committed [1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [10] $6 - \alpha$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [10] $6 - \alpha$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 4A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [8, 9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [8, 9, 10, 11] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right)$
committed [4, 8, 9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] $3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 5\right)$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [4, 8, 9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] $3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 5\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 3A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] $\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$
committed [8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] unless recovers [4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{9}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}$
committed [8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, 3A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, 3A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(6 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)$
(4, 3) $4 - \alpha$ genesis $0$ $0$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [7, 8, 9] and will selfish mine on [8, 9] $\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$
committed [7, 8, 9] and will selfish mine on [8, 9] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}$
committed [4, 7, 8, 9] and will selfish mine on [9] $4 - \alpha$
committed [4, 7, 8, 9] and will selfish mine on [9] unless recovers [1] $4 - \alpha$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [4, 7, 8, 9] and will selfish mine on [9] unless recovers [1] $4 - \alpha$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, 3A, H) $\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, 3A, H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [7, 8, 9, 11] and will selfish mine on [8, 9, 11] $\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right)$
committed [4, 7, 8, 9, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 11] $3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 5\right)$
committed [1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11] and will selfish mine on [11] $6 - \alpha$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [1, 4, 7, 8, 9, 11] and will selfish mine on [11] $6 - \alpha$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, 3A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 3A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 3A) $\alpha \left(3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 5\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha + \frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)$
(4, 3) $3 - \alpha$ genesis $0$ $0$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [8, 9, 10] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$
committed [8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [8, 9, 10] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [8, 9, 10] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 3A) $\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 2A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 2A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$
(2, 7) $2 - \alpha$ genesis $0$ $0$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
(2, 7) $2 - \alpha$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 2A, H) $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 2A, H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [8, 9, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 11] $\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$
committed [8, 9, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 11] unless recovers [4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{9}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}$
committed [8, 9, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 11] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [8, 9, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 11] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 2A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, 2A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, 2A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(4 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$
(2, 6) $2 - \alpha$ genesis $0$ $0$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
(2, 6) $2 - \alpha$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, 2A, H) $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, 2A, H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, 2A, H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(6 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)$
(1, 9) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, 2A, H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{2 \alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)$
(4, 3) $4 - \alpha$ genesis $0$ $0$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [7, 8, 10] and will selfish mine on [8, 10] $\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$
committed [7, 8, 10] and will selfish mine on [8, 10] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}$
committed [4, 7, 8, 10] and will selfish mine on [10] $4 - \alpha$
committed [4, 7, 8, 10] and will selfish mine on [10] unless recovers [1] $4 - \alpha$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [4, 7, 8, 10] and will selfish mine on [10] unless recovers [1] $4 - \alpha$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, 2A, H, A) $\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, 2A, H, 2A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [7, 8, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [8, 10, 11] $\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right)$
committed [4, 7, 8, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] $3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 5\right)$
committed [1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [11] $6 - \alpha$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [1, 4, 7, 8, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [11] $6 - \alpha$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, 2A, H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, 2A, H, A, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, 2A, H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{2 \alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{2 \alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, 2A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, 2A, 2H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{2 \alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, 2A, 2H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, 2A, 3H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{2 \alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{2 \alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 2A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 2A) $\alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 - 2 \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [8, 9] and will selfish mine on [8, 9] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$
committed [8, 9] and will selfish mine on [8, 9] unless recovers [4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{7}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}$
committed [8, 9] and will selfish mine on [8, 9] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(5 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [8, 9] and will selfish mine on [8, 9] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(5 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 2A) $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, A, H) $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, A, H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, A, H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$
(1, 9) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, A, H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha\right)$
(2, 7) $2 - \alpha$ genesis $0$ $0$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
(2, 7) $2 - \alpha$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, A, H, A) $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, A, H, 2A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [8, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] $\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$
committed [8, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{9}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}$
committed [8, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [8, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, A, H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, A, H, A, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, A, H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, A, 2H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, A, 2H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, A, 3H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H) $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(4 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$
(1, 8) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{9}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}\right)\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha\right)$
(2, 6) $2 - \alpha$ genesis $0$ $0$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
(2, 6) $2 - \alpha$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, A) $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, 2A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, 2A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(6 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)$
(1, 8) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, A, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{9}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$
(2, 8) $2 - 2 \alpha$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, 2A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha\right)$
(4, 3) $4 - \alpha$ genesis $0$ $0$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [7, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] $\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$
committed [7, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}$
committed [4, 7, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [10] $4 - \alpha$
committed [4, 7, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [10] unless recovers [1] $4 - \alpha$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [4, 7, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [10] unless recovers [1] $4 - \alpha$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, 2A) $\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, 3A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [7, 9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 10, 11] $\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right)$
committed [4, 7, 9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] $3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 5\right)$
committed [1, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [11] $6 - \alpha$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [1, 4, 7, 9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [11] $6 - \alpha$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 3$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, 2A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, A, 2A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [4, 7] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{9}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}$
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [1, 4, 7] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [4, 7] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{9}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, A, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, 2A, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, 2A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{2 \alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, A, H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 3$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{2 \alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{2 \alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, A, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, A, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{9}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$
(1, 9) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, 2A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, A, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{9}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, A, H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 2H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{9}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}\right)\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 2H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 2H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{9}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$
(1, 9) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 2H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 2H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{9}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 2H, 2A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [4, 7] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{9}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}$
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [1, 4, 7] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [4, 7] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{9}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 2H, A, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 3H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 3H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 3H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 4H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, A) $\alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(5 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, A) $\alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(5 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, A) $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{3 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{3 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}\right)\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{3 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{3 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{3 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{3 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, 2A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, 2A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - 2 \alpha + 2\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$
committed [9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] unless recovers [4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(4 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$
committed [9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{3 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{3 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{3 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{3 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, 3A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 10, 11] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$
committed [9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 10, 11] unless recovers [4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{9}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$
committed [9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 10, 11] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 10, 11] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, 2A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
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Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 2$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
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Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, A, H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 2$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H, A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 2H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(7 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{4 + \frac{\frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}} + \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}\right)\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
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Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 2H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 2H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(7 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{4 + \frac{\frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}} + \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 2H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(7 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{4 + \frac{\frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}} + \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 2H, 2A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{9}{2} + \frac{3 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{3 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}$
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(7 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{4 + \frac{\frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}} + \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(7 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{4 + \frac{\frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}} + \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 2H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
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Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 3H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 3H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 3H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 2H, A, 4H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 3H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(5 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right)$ $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
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Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 3H) $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, A) $\alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(5 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)$
(1, 7) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{3 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{3 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}\right)\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, A) $\alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(5 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, A) $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, 2A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, 2A) $\alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 - 2 \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right)$
(1, 7) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, A, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{3 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{3 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [8, 9] and will selfish mine on [8, 9] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$
committed [8, 9] and will selfish mine on [8, 9] unless recovers [4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{7}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}$
committed [8, 9] and will selfish mine on [8, 9] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(5 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [8, 9] and will selfish mine on [8, 9] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(5 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, 2A) $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, 3A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, 3A) $\alpha \left(3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 5\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha + \frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)$
(1, 7) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, A, 2A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - 2 \alpha + 2\right)$
(4, 3) $4 - \alpha$ genesis $0$ $0$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [8, 9, 10] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$
committed [8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [8, 9, 10] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [8, 9, 10] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, 3A) $\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, 4A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [8, 9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [8, 9, 10, 11] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right)$
committed [4, 8, 9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] $3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 5\right)$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [4, 8, 9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] $3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 5\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, 3A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] $\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$
committed [8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] unless recovers [4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{9}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}$
committed [8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, A, 3A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 10, 11] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$
committed [9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 10, 11] unless recovers [4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{9}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$
committed [9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 10, 11] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 10, 11] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, A, 2A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 2$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, 2A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, 2A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$
(2, 7) $2 - \alpha$ genesis $0$ $0$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
(2, 7) $2 - \alpha$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, 2A, H) $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, 2A, H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [8, 9, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 11] $\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$
committed [8, 9, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 11] unless recovers [4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{9}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}$
committed [8, 9, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 11] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [8, 9, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 11] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, 2A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, A, 2A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, A, 2A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - 2 \alpha + 2\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$
committed [9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] unless recovers [4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(4 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$
committed [9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{3 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{3 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{3 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{3 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, A, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, A, A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, A, A, H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 2$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, A, A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, A, H) $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, A, H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, A, H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$
(1, 9) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, A, H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha\right)$
(2, 7) $2 - \alpha$ genesis $0$ $0$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
(2, 7) $2 - \alpha$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, A, H, A) $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, A, H, 2A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [8, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] $\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$
committed [8, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{9}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}$
committed [8, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [8, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, A, H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, A, H, A, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, A, H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, A, 2H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, A, 2H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, A, 3H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, A, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, A, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{3 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{3 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, A, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{3 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{3 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(7 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{4 + \frac{\frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}} + \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}\right)\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, A, H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, A, H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(7 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{4 + \frac{\frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}} + \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, A, H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(7 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{4 + \frac{\frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}} + \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, A, H, 2A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{9}{2} + \frac{3 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{3 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}$
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(7 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{4 + \frac{\frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}} + \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(7 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{4 + \frac{\frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}} + \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, A, H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 3H, A, 2H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, A, 2H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 3H, A, 3H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 4H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 4H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(7 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{4 + \frac{\frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}} + \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}\right)\right) - \alpha + 1\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 4H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 4H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{3 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{3 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$
(1, 8) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 2H, A, 4H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(7 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{4 + \frac{\frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}} + \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}\right)\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
(1, 8) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 2H, A, 4H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(7 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{4 + \frac{\frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}} + \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}\right)\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 4H, 2A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 4H, 2A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - 2 \alpha + 2\right)$
(1, 8) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 2H, A, 4H, A, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(7 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{4 + \frac{\frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}} + \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$
committed [9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] unless recovers [4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(4 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$
committed [9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{3 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{3 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{3 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{3 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 4H, 3A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 10, 11] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$
committed [9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 10, 11] unless recovers [4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{9}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$
committed [9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 10, 11] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 10, 11] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 4H, 2A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
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Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 2$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 4H, A, 2A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{9}{2} + \frac{3 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{3 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}$
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(7 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{4 + \frac{\frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}} + \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(7 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{4 + \frac{\frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}} + \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 4H, A, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
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Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 4H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 4H, A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
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Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 4H, A, H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
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Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 2$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 4H, A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 4H, A, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 4H, A, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(7 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{4 + \frac{\frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}} + \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 4H, A, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(7 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{4 + \frac{\frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}} + \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 4H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 4H, A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 4H, A, H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 4H, A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 5H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 5H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + 1\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 5H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 5H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(7 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{4 + \frac{\frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}} + \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$
(1, 9) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 2H, A, 5H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
(1, 9) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 2H, A, 5H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 5H, 2A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{9}{2} + \frac{3 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{3 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}$
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(7 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{4 + \frac{\frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}} + \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [1, 4] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(7 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{4 + \frac{\frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}} + \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 5H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 5H, A, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 5H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 6H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 2H, A, 6H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 6H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 2H, A, 7H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H) $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(4 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 - 2 \alpha\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{4 \alpha^{3}}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + \frac{\alpha^{2} \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{1}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1}\right)}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2} \left(\frac{- \alpha^{2} + \alpha + 1}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + 1.5\right)}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1}\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(4 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 - 2 \alpha\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1\right) - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H) $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(4 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 - 2 \alpha\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{4 \alpha^{3}}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + \frac{\alpha^{2} \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{1}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1}\right)}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2} \left(\frac{- \alpha^{2} + \alpha + 1}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + 1.5\right)}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1}\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H) $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(4 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 - 2 \alpha\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1\right) - \alpha\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A) $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(4 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 - 2 \alpha\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)\right)$ $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(4 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 - 2 \alpha\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A) $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(4 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 - 2 \alpha\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A) $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(4 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 - 2 \alpha\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, H) $\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha\right)\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, H) $\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right) - \alpha\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, H) $\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha\right)\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 2H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right)$ $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 2H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 2H) $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 2H, A) $\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)$
(1, 7) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 3H, A, 2H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{7}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}\right)\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 2H, A) $\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 2H, A) $\alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, 2A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 2H, 2A) $\alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(2 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{7}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 - 2 \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right)$
(1, 7) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 3H, A, 2H, A, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{7}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$
(3, 4) $3 - \alpha$ genesis $0$ $0$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [8, 9] and will selfish mine on [8, 9] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$
committed [8, 9] and will selfish mine on [8, 9] unless recovers [1, 5] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(5 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
(3, 4) $3 - \alpha$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
(3, 4) $3 - \alpha$ genesis $0$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, 3A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 2H, 3A) $\alpha \left(2 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 5\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(4 - 2 \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2\right)$
(1, 7) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 3H, A, 2H, A, 2A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + 2\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [8, 9, 10] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$
committed [8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [8, 9, 10] unless recovers [1, 5] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$
committed [5, 8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] $2 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right)$
committed [5, 8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] unless recovers [1] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(2 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{7}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [5, 8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] unless recovers [1] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(5 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(2 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{7}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, 4A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [8, 9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [8, 9, 10, 11] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right)$
committed [5, 8, 9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 10, 11] $2 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 5\right)$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [5, 8, 9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 10, 11] $2 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 5\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right) + 2$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, 3A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] $\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$
committed [8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] unless recovers [1, 5] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$
committed [5, 8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [10] $4 - \alpha$
committed [5, 8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [10] unless recovers [1] $4 - \alpha$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [5, 8, 9, 10] and will selfish mine on [10] unless recovers [1] $4 - \alpha$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, A, 3A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 10, 11] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$
committed [9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 10, 11] unless recovers [1, 5] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 10, 11] unless recovers [1, 5] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, A, 2A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 2$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, 2A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 2H, 2A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(4 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$
(2, 7) $2 - \alpha$ genesis $0$ $0$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
(2, 7) $2 - \alpha$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 2H, 2A, H) $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, 2A, H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [8, 9, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 11] $\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$
committed [8, 9, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 11] unless recovers [1, 5] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$
committed [5, 8, 9, 11] and will selfish mine on [11] $4 - \alpha$
committed [5, 8, 9, 11] and will selfish mine on [11] unless recovers [1] $4 - \alpha$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [5, 8, 9, 11] and will selfish mine on [11] unless recovers [1] $4 - \alpha$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, 2A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, A, 2A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 2H, A, 2A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + 2\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$
committed [9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] unless recovers [5] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{7}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}$
committed [9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] unless recovers [1, 5] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{3 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{3 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] unless recovers [5] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{7}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, A, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 2H, A, A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, A, A, H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 2$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, A, A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 2H, A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 2H, A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 2H, A, H) $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, A, H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 2H, A, H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(4 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$
(1, 9) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 3H, A, 2H, A, H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha\right)$
(2, 7) $2 - \alpha$ genesis $0$ $0$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
(2, 7) $2 - \alpha$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 2H, A, H, A) $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, A, H, 2A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [8, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] $\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$
committed [8, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [1, 5] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(\alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$
committed [5, 8, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [11] $4 - \alpha$
committed [5, 8, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [11] unless recovers [1] $4 - \alpha$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [5, 8, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [11] unless recovers [1] $4 - \alpha$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 2$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, A, H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{2 \alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, A, H, A, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, A, H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 2H, A, 2H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, A, 2H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, A, 3H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, A, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 2H, A, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{7}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 2H, A, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{7}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 2H, A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(4 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right)\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, A, H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 2H, A, H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(4 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 2H, A, H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(4 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, A, H, 2A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [5] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(4 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [1, 5] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(7 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{4 + \frac{\frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}} + \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [5] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(4 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, A, H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 2H, A, 2H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, A, 2H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 2H, A, 3H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 3H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 3H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(4 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right)\right) - \alpha + 1\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 3H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 3H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{7}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$
(1, 8) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 3H, A, 3H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(4 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right)\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
(1, 8) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 3H, A, 3H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(4 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right)\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 3H, 2A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 3H, 2A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - 2 \alpha + 2\right)$
(1, 8) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 3H, A, 3H, A, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(4 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$
committed [9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] unless recovers [5] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{7}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}$
committed [9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] unless recovers [1, 5] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{3 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{3 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] unless recovers [5] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{7}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 3H, 3A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 10, 11] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$
committed [9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 10, 11] unless recovers [1, 5] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 10, 11] unless recovers [1, 5] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 3H, 2A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 2$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 3H, A, 2A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [5] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(4 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [1, 5] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(7 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{4 + \frac{\frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}} + \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [5] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(4 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 3H, A, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 3H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 3H, A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 3H, A, H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 2$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 3H, A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 3H, A, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 3H, A, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(4 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 3H, A, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(4 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 3H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 3H, A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 3H, A, H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 3H, A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 4H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 4H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + 1\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 4H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 4H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(4 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$
(1, 9) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 3H, A, 4H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
(1, 9) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 3H, A, 4H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 4H, 2A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [5] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(4 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [1, 5] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(7 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{4 + \frac{\frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}} + \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [5] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(4 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(4 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 4H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 4H, A, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 4H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 5H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 3H, A, 5H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 5H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 3H, A, 6H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 4H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 4H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{4 \alpha^{3}}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + \frac{\alpha^{2} \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{1}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1}\right)}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2} \left(\frac{- \alpha^{2} + \alpha + 1}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + 1.5\right)}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1}\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right)$ $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 4H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{4 \alpha^{3}}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + \frac{\alpha^{2} \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{1}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1}\right)}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2} \left(\frac{- \alpha^{2} + \alpha + 1}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + 1.5\right)}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1}\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 4H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 4H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 4H, A) $\alpha \left(\frac{4 \alpha^{3}}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + \frac{\alpha^{2} \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{1}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1}\right)}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2} \left(\frac{- \alpha^{2} + \alpha + 1}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + 1.5\right)}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1}\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{4 \alpha^{3}}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + \frac{\alpha^{2} \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{1}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1}\right)}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2} \left(\frac{- \alpha^{2} + \alpha + 1}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + 1.5\right)}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1}\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 2\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha\right)\right)\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 4H, A) $\alpha \left(\frac{4 \alpha^{3}}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + \frac{\alpha^{2} \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{5}{2} + \frac{1}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1}\right)}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2} \left(\frac{- \alpha^{2} + \alpha + 1}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1} + 1.5\right)}{\alpha^{2} - \alpha + 1}\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) - \alpha\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 4H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 4H, A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 2\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha\right)\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 4H, A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 4H, A, H) $\alpha \left(2 - \alpha\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 2\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) - \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha\right)\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 4H, A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 4H, A, 2H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right)\right)$ $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 2\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 4H, A, 2H) $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 2\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 4H, A, 2H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 4H, A, 2H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 2\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$
(1, 8) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 4H, A, 2H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{7}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}\right)\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 4H, A, 2H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(3 - \alpha\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 4H, A, 2H, A) $\alpha \left(\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 2\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 4H, A, 2H, 2A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 4H, A, 2H, 2A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(2 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{7}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 2\right)$
(1, 8) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 4H, A, 2H, A, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{7}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$
(3, 5) $3 - \alpha$ genesis $0$ $0$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$
committed [9, 10] and will selfish mine on [9, 10] unless recovers [1, 6] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{11}{2} + \frac{3 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{3 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right) + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
(3, 5) $3 - \alpha$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 4H, A, 2H, 2A) $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - 2 \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 4H, A, 2H, 3A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 10, 11] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right)$
committed [9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [9, 10, 11] unless recovers [1, 6] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(2 + \frac{\frac{- \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}} + \frac{8 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}$
committed [6, 9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] $2 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 4\right)$
committed [6, 9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [1] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(2 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{7}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [6, 9, 10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [1] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(6 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{2 + \frac{\frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{2 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{\left(2 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{7}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}} + \frac{6 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}{\alpha^{4}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}\right)\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{2 \alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 3\right) + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 4H, A, 2H, 2A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 2$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 4H, A, 2H, A, 2A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [6] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{7}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}$
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [1, 6] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(7 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{4 + \frac{\frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}} + \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [6] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{7}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 4H, A, 2H, A, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 4H, A, 2H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 4H, A, 2H, A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 2\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 4H, A, 2H, A, H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 2$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + 2$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 4H, A, 2H, A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 4H, A, 2H, A, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 4H, A, 2H, A, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{7}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 4H, A, 2H, A, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{7}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 4H, A, 2H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 4H, A, 2H, A, H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Capitulate $0$ genesis $0$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 4H, A, 2H, A, H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
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Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 4H, A, 2H, A, 2H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
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Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 4H, A, 3H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 4H, A, 3H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) - \alpha + 1\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
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Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 4H, A, 3H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 4H, A, 3H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right) + \alpha \left(\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{7}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}\right)$
(1, 9) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 4H, A, 3H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
(1, 9) $1 - \alpha$ (A, 4H, A, 3H, A) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} + \frac{\alpha^{2}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 4H, A, 3H, 2A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] $\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [6] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{7}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}$
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [1, 6] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(7 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(6 + \frac{4 + \frac{\frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}} + \frac{10 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}}{\alpha^{6}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}{\alpha^{5}}}$

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
committed [10, 11] and will selfish mine on [10, 11] unless recovers [6] $\frac{\left(-1 + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(3 \alpha + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{7}{2} + \frac{1 + \frac{\frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)}{\alpha} - \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}}{2 \left(1 - \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha}\right) \left(2 \alpha - 1\right)}\right)\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{3}{2} + \frac{\frac{- \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}} + \frac{4 \left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}}{\alpha^{3}}}{1 - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}} + \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}{2 \left(2 \alpha - 1\right) \left(\frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} - \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}\right) \left(- \frac{1 - \alpha}{\alpha} + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}\right)}{-1 + \frac{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{2}}{\alpha^{2}}}$

Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha} + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha}{1 - 2 \alpha} + 2\right)$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 4H, A, 3H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
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Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} + \frac{\alpha}{1 - \alpha}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 4H, A, 3H, A, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
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Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 4H, A, 3H, A, H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
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Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 4H, A, 4H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Wait $0$ (A, 4H, A, 4H) $- \alpha \left(1 - \alpha\right)$ $\alpha \left(\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1\right) + \left(1 - \alpha\right) \left(\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}} - \alpha\right)$

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
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Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{7}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{7}} + \frac{\alpha^{4}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{4}}$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 4H, A, 4H, A)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
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Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{6}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{6}} + \frac{\alpha^{3}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{3}} - \alpha + 1$

Best bounds plotted together:

(A, 4H, A, 5H)

Action bounds:

Action Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot

Commitment bounds:

Commitment Lower Bound Plot

Lemma bounds:

Lemma Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}$

Best Lower Bound:

Action, Commitment or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
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Best Upper Bound:

Action or Lemma Immediate Reward Subsequent State Lower Bound Upper Bound Plot
Lemma G.8 $\frac{\alpha^{8}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{8}} + \frac{\alpha^{5}}{\left(1 - \alpha\right)^{5}}$

Best bounds plotted together: