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Title: Pope's raffle draw (on the 8th of January) Post by: remotemass on November 22, 2014, 01:43:18 AM Could we convince the Pope of using the hash of a block as a random generator for his raffle draw?
That would be awesome! ;D ;D ;D http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/18/pope-francis-raffle-gifts-money-poor (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/18/pope-francis-raffle-gifts-money-poor) Note that the first prize is Fiat :P Title: Re: Pope's raffle draw (on the 8th of January) Post by: pedrog on November 22, 2014, 01:57:38 AM "as leader of the world’s 1.2 billion baptised Roman Catholics".
The article reeks propaganda. Title: Re: Pope's raffle draw (on the 8th of January) Post by: Einsteinium News on November 22, 2014, 01:59:56 AM Could we convince the Pope of using the hash of a block as a random generator for his raffle draw? That would be awesome! ;D ;D ;D http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/18/pope-francis-raffle-gifts-money-poor (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/18/pope-francis-raffle-gifts-money-poor) Note that the first prize is Fiat :P Contact almoner Krajewski Title: Re: Pope's raffle draw (on the 8th of January) Post by: shorena on November 22, 2014, 09:07:52 AM I had a raffle script that uses blockhashes as seed once. Turned out that /dev/urandom is a better source for randomness.
Title: Re: Pope's raffle draw (on the 8th of January) Post by: wearepoor on November 22, 2014, 09:59:53 AM I had a raffle script that uses blockhashes as seed once. Turned out that /dev/urandom is a better source for randomness. But not provably fair, that is the point of provably fair raffles using block hash for the random number Title: Re: Pope's raffle draw (on the 8th of January) Post by: El Emperador on November 22, 2014, 10:42:41 AM Could we convince the Pope of using the hash of a block as a random generator for his raffle draw? Can we send him an email? ;D Title: Re: Pope's raffle draw (on the 8th of January) Post by: remotemass on November 22, 2014, 12:46:49 PM Can we send him an email? ;D We can tweet him: @pontifex |