Re:Predicting Random Numbers in Ethereum Smart Contracts
by oh_sigh on Friday February 02, 2018 @10:53PM
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IIRC It is entirely deterministic, if all parties are in cahoots with each other and sharing their secrets. But, if they are not, then it is effectively a non-deterministic random.
Re:Predicting Random Numbers in Ethereum Smart Contracts
by AlexCoventry on Saturday February 03, 2018 @06:50PM
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A coin flip is deterministic if you know its initial conditions and environment with sufficient precision. Deterministic cryptographic primitives can similarly be viewed as random, from the perspective of an observer who doesn't know the relevant secrets.
There is a manifest contradiction here created by this choice of words.