I've been overly paranoid sometimes and used stuff like
"I bid X coins and here's some tasty salt: F71FEC2C0685313F98D883EFFFC36F"
On Tue, 3 Jul 2018, Timon Walshe-Grey wrote:
> It's weird, I can't imagine how I would pronounce "SHA". I suspect the cause
> is just that I've only ever seen it written down and never actually spoken
> about it, so I've never _needed_ to pronounce it, but it's actually quite
> disturbing not being able to sound it in my head like with other words.
>
> More on-topic, if we're using hashes for the announcer's bid, why not just go
> the whole way and make _everyone_ submit hashes of their bids, to be revealed
> after the auction ends? That way, there's no need to place any trust in the
> announcer at all.
>
> I do have my own reservations about using hashes at all, though, because this
> particular context seems easier than many hashes to brute-force. There are
> only a limited number of possible bids, and although you can obfuscate it a
> bit by using different typographical conventions ("21", "21 coins", "21
> Coins", "21 instances of Agora's official currency"), that seems easy for
> someone not terribly familiar with computers/IT to mess up and accidentally
> reveal their bid.
>
> Apologies for the delay on the Treasuror report, by the way; it's taking a
> while to sift through last month's reports to see who's due how many
> salaries, because several offices were created or abolished and
> agora-official was unavailable for part of the time. Hoping to have it up
> tomorrow (Wednesday).
>
> -twg
>
>
> ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
>
> On July 3, 2018 10:58 PM, Reuben Staley <reuben.sta...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Obviously, it is ess-aych-ay-five-twelve.
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 3, 2018, 08:11 ATMunn iamingodsa...@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > > On 7/1/2018 8:04 PM, Kerim Aydin wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Mon, 2 Jul 2018, Rebecca wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Also
> > > > >
> > > > > add in a new paragraph "Rules and Contracts notwithstanding, no
> > > > >
> > > > > Announcer may ever bid on an Auction they are Announcing".
> > > >
> > > > This is a massive disadvantage: It's unfair to ask an officer to
> > > >
> > > > completely stay out of a subgame, especially because people choose
> > > >
> > > > offices based on subgames they're interested in.
> > > >
> > > > My suggestion would be something like: In the auction-starting
> > > >
> > > > announcement, the announcer CAN include an SHA-512 hash of eir
> > > >
> > > > bid. Such a bid cannot be changed and MUST be reported with the
> > > >
> > > > auction results.
> > > >
> > > > Wait, an SHA-512 hash? Meaning you pronounce each letter instead of
> > > >
> > > > just saying "sha five twelve"?
> > >
> > > Anyways, acronym pronunciations aside, I agree with everything you said
> > >
> > > here.
>
>
>
