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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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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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Need a random seed for vanitygen; where can I obtain one?
Vanitygen has the option for a file to contain random numbers as an alternative to the built-in random number generator.
What is the correct way to generate this file on Windows, OSX? (and Linux)
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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?
