Oh nice! I played with v.1 of the beacon a couple years ago, I like the fact that you can specify a future timestamp and wait for the roll to happen (assuming that’s how the beta version works).
On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 8:47 AM juan via agora-discussion < agora-discussion@agoranomic.org> wrote: > Look, I found a website I'd trust more*. > > > https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/interoperable-randomness-beacons/beacon-20__;!!K-Hz7m0Vt54!nb8kNJB8nibHFZ11CMxDuM-Via3-pok1ZrMAjOWEDQoJqzXFycmmxL3K63m3B4z43k5eLNGc9HqJAI362odLscH1k04$ > > nix via agora-discussion [2023-03-16 19:26]: > > On 3/16/23 18:54, Janet Cobb via agora-discussion wrote: > > > Don't use a website, just use the standard random choice mechanism. > > > > I think the website is clever here because it gives a daily roll that > each > > person can monitor to determine when it's their turn (or form a contract > > with others to split the stamps for whoever gets it first). Our rolling > > mechanism isn't really suitable for that. > > > > -- > > nix > > Prime Minister, Herald, Collector > > > > * Not because the US government is trustworthy, not that it isn't, > but just that it's less likely to be biased as the consequences would > be graver. I repudiate any attributions of political position to me > based on this message. > > -- > juan >
