The main character is an unemployed mathematician living in his brother's house. The brother, in turn, works in advertising and received a large contract to promote “simoleons” - a new form of electronic currency. During the advertising campaign, it is planned to give a large amount of this currency to a person who wins a lottery, where you need to guess the number of candies in a huge container. The mathematician carries out the corresponding calculations, government agencies who are afraid of electronic currency, and a group of crypto-anarchists join the game.