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Re:Ethereum Goerli testnet merge goes live before move to pr... by rufusroflpunch on Thursday August 11, 2022 @07:54PM (#32433263)
Wondering the same thing myself. The entire problem with proof of stake is that the only thing in the digital realm that can be relied on as a source of objective truth is computation, hence proof of work.

How do you get verified (true) randomness without an oracle and without a connection to the analog world (proof of work)?

It would be amusing if the answer was randomness that came from a proof of work algorithm.

Re:Ethereum Goerli testnet merge goes live before move to pr... by SEJeff on Friday August 12, 2022 @12:47AM (#32434802)
An oracle is a totally sensible approach for certain use cases, see the VRF support in chain link as an example:

https://blog.chain.link/verifiable-random-function-vrf/