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Re:Using Bitcoin for universally trustless randomness by nightcracker on Thursday May 08, 2014 @10:06AM (#7715310)
This assumption:

As no single party has the realistic power to find 2 solutions before others.

Is false. A 50% attack on the network is almost impossible, but a 5-10% is pretty reasonable. With 5-10% computing power you'll have quite a significant chance to find 2 solutions before others.

Re:Using Bitcoin for universally trustless randomness by anon012012 on Thursday May 08, 2014 @06:44PM (#7718177)
I see, thanks for pointing it out! It'd only be trustless for minor decisions, then, not worth risking the 1st hash reward to find another, and that's not very interesting.