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This seems like a decent application of the Blockchain.

• tylersmith 9y ago
  There is no "the Blockchain". Which properties of a blockchain do you think would help with this situation?
  • andrestan 9y ago
    The magical part where it solves all of our problems with magic.
  • currymj 9y ago
    no, finally, for once, this is actually a real application of the blockchain! specifically any that has support for zero-knowledge proofs so that transactions are actually anonymous. you could have a bunch of people buy lottery tickets by sending currency to a smart contract, and then have it transfer the money to a random winner's address, and make the winner's address available only to the holder of the lottery contract's private key.
    • lostlogin 9y ago
      To an outsider this wouldn’t look that different to money laundering or some sort of large drug deal or arms trade.
    • icebraining 9y ago
      How would you verify that the holder of the lottery contract would actually send the prize to that address?