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What 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
by yissp 6y ago
What 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.