Rules

Since I don't follow the exact Rules as laid out in the DYWTAM Report, I think it is interesting to post here the Rules I'm following.

Rule 1. You must find the first coin. You must not use your own money.
Rule 2. You must use only the stake money during the current doubling attempt.
Rule 3. During the first fifteen steps you must use the actual coins and notes gained in the preceding step.
Rule 4. If your current step results in more than doubling, then you must carry the surplus onto the next step.
Rule 5. If your current action results in less than doubling, then you may use as much of the original stake and profit to complete this step.
Rule 6. You must keep a diary of events.
Rule 7. Don't worry about how you are going to manage future doublings. Concentrate only on the current doubling.
Rule 8. You're not allowed to spend one cent of the money (apart from as a stake) until you complete all steps. Then it's all yours.
Rule 9. You must not divert money into the system which you would have got anyway had you not been doing the system.
Rule 10. You must use only the stake money, and not 'stolen' or 'hidden' resources.
Rule 11. If you 'fail' on a step, you must drop down the 'snake' until you arrive at the step represented by your remaining money - and start again from that step.
Rule 12. You are allowed to add your labor.
Rule 13. Use the stake money to create a value which you can sell for more.

Basically, they are very similar to original Rules, and majority of Rules are actually the same as original Rules. When I started DYWTAM Project I tweak only two Rules - Rule #1 and Rule #4. In my own Rule #1 I allowed to find any amount of money not just the smallest amount. And in my own Rule #4 I made it obligatory to carry over any surplus to next Step.

Since I started this Project in March 2009, I didn't brake any rule. And that is very important to me, to stick to the Rules as I laid them to me at the beginning of the Project.