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Not being an expert, I was unaware of this and worked through it after reading the article you linked. So you have 1 bit for the min-entropy and about 11 bits
by Maxatar 2y ago
Not being an expert, I was unaware of this and worked through it after reading the article you linked.
So you have 1 bit for the min-entropy and about 11 bits for the Shannon entropy. The Shannon-entropy pretty much hides the elephant in the room, which is the enormous bias of rolling a 1. So basically in crypto you use the min-entropy because that reflects the most vulnerable scenario in a system which is what you prioritize protecting against, rather than protecting against the average scenario.
This was very insightful, thanks for sharing.