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NIST is a great example of a true Public Good. Also, has anyone else ever used their Randomness Beacon? I once used it to settle an argument in a book club ove
by Schlagbohrer 2mo ago
NIST is a great example of a true Public Good.
Also, has anyone else ever used their Randomness Beacon? I once used it to settle an argument in a book club over which book to read next. It's basically a very fancy and high tech coin flip.
https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/interoperable-randomness-beacons https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/interoperable-randomness-beac...
- inigyou 2mo agoAs long as we forget that little thing called Dual_EC_DRBG, right?
- Intermernet 2mo agoAdmittedly, that was probably the NSA getting their grubby hands into NIST. A good thing being almost permanently tarnished by a bad thing.
- inigyou 2mo ago"RT is good except when the Kremlin gets its hands on it"
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