to a specific charity as compensation. He also suggested that this be formalized in an open standard. Bets about P vs NP McCurley has made three bets with Ron Fagin about the outcome of the P versus NP problem. In each bet, the outcome P = NP would require Fagin to pay McCurley $50, whereas P != NP would require McCurley to pay Fagin $10. The first bet had a deadline of 31 December 2010, the second a deadline of 31 December 2020, and the third (made in 2021) a deadline of 31 December 2030. References External links Kevin McCurley's personal home page Selected publications Living people 20th-century American mathematicians American computer scientists Modern cryptographers American cryptographers University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign alumni Number theorists International Association for Cryptologic Research fellows Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American mathematicians Google people