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DIY TRNG on an embedded system for Ethereum private key generation
I'm trying to build this Ethereum hardware wallet on a custom designed embedded system and I'm no expert. Googling around I found this Robust, low-cost, auditable random number generation
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Doesn't d6 to binary for 256-bit bitcoin private key generation produce biased results?
If the mapping table looks like:
1: 000
2: 001
3: 010
4: 011
5: 100
6: 101
Then you are guaranteed that your key will never have a chain of 4 or more 1s, much fewer chains of 3 ones than would ...
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How might one create a system of election by lot (sortition) that is both secure and verifiable?
I've been puzzling recently over sortition, a democratic method of selection for public office which I find very fascinating. Basically, instead of choosing candidates like Hillary Clinton or Donald ...
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ECDSA vulnerability related to recovering private key using same r [closed]
I'm considering this for bitcoin transaction as it uses ECDSA so if the signer generates two signatures suppose s1 and s2.
where:
I get it that any attacker who have s1 and s2 can recover its private ...
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How can I generate a deterministic evenly distributed random number in a blockchain
Here's the hypothetical. There's a blockchain, which for the sake of simplicity, is modelled around Bitcoin and proof-of-work.
My goal, is that for each mined block, rather than a set reward (12.5 ...
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