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As the PROBLEM statement says: > it would be difficult for them to quickly prove their authenticity Yes, you could tell them something that happens tomorrow o
by jawns 6y ago
As the PROBLEM statement says:
> it would be difficult for them to quickly prove their authenticity
Yes, you could tell them something that happens tomorrow or the next day. But if time is of the essence and you can't wait until tomorrow, then the Temporal Password helps you _immediately_ demonstrate your authenticity.
- winstonewert 6y agoThey have a time machine. How can time be of the essence?
- celticninja 6y agoNo more Pym particles.
- yissp 6y agoWhat if we generate a random number every, say, 5 minutes and maintain a log of them along with their timestamp. Then the time traveler could just look up a few entries immediately after their destination time and convince people by predicting them in advance. Not immediate but pretty quick.
- ballenf 6y agoWouldn’t the butterfly effect change the numbers? If not then the numbers need more entropy and less pseudo.
- phroobster 6y agoThe hash of the next bitcoin block can already be used for this. Easy tamper resistant random number every 10 minutes.