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How to use block and transaction hashes for generating simple stochastic chances?
Many online Bitcoin gambling websites use the block chain info to prove fairness. Most of them use rather complex algorithms for this with pre-published secrets.
What most of them basically achieve: ...
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Why do transaction/blockchain based gambling sites use such complicated methods for proving fairness?
Doesn't the block hash or the transaction id provide enough entropy
(for example, by using block_hash % 37 to generate a random number between 0 and 36)?
Block Chain Roulette determines the lucky ...
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What provably fair Bitcoin gambling sites work well on a mobile?
Are there an Bitcoin-based gambling sites or apps that work on a mobile?
Most of the sites seem to be assuming the player is on a full size display.
If the service isn't considered "provably fair" ...
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Are transaction hashes random?
Why does satoshidice have to re-hash the transaction details in order to determine your "lucky" number?
Are there no publicly viewable randomized numbers or hashes that are impossible for the sender ...
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Who is the programmer behind SatoshiDice?
I have talked with Erik Voorhees and I learned that he is not the person that programmed SatoshiDice. Does anyone know who is the developer behind this game is?
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Where are Bitcoin online casinos hosted?
With a few Bitcoin-powered online casinos popping up every now and then, I am wondering where they are hosted and if they operate legally in the given area?
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How to implement a game like SatoshiDice?
Everyone knows what SatoshiDice is. Their core mechanic is gambling through the use of Bitcoin transactions with the payout being directly linked to the transaction that fuelled the bed to avoid ...
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Is there a reason SatoshiDice & BitLotto use 0.00543210 BTC, and not 1 satoshi, to customize pay-to addresses?
SatoshiDice and BitLotto allow players to customize where winnings are sent by including an extra 0.00543210 BTC payment to the desired address as part of the entry transaction.
Is there a technical ...
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Which Bitcoin-powered gambling sites are “provably fair”?
Through the spread of Bitcoin for the purposes of online gambling, the concept of "provably fair" games came more into the limelight. Which of the Bitcoin-powered gambling websites are provably fair?
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How can a wager with SatoshiDICE be proven to be fair?
What steps will let a person manually verify that the DICE roll was fair?
