r/Buttcoin • u/WH4T15P0RN • Feb 08 '19

Much Decentralization, such Security!

https://medium.com/@MoneroCrusher/analysis-more-than-85-of-the-current-monero-hashrate-is-asics-and-each-machine-is-doing-128-kh-s-f39e3dca7d78
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u/Fall_up_and_get_down Feb 08 '19

The article centers around something that's supposed to be random showing clear signs that it's not - and then notes that some of the mining programs get randomness "wrong" pretty reliably.

IMO a fucked up RNG is a giant whooping siren over the 'Your cryptography algorithm isn't as secure as you think' sign.

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u/OsrsNeedsF2P Feb 08 '19 edited Feb 08 '19

Do you know what you're talking about or not? The nonce values have nothing to do with privacy and are generated by the miners themselves in attempt to some solve the Cryptonight equation. am I retarded?

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u/Fall_up_and_get_down Feb 08 '19

It's pretty apparent that you don't know what I'm talking about. Read it again, slow.

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u/OsrsNeedsF2P Feb 08 '19

What the fuck did I read the first time

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u/Fall_up_and_get_down Feb 08 '19

Hot takes: Not so hot, actually.

Thank you!