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#168 – Silvio Micali: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Algorand, Bitcoin, and Ethereum
Lex Fridman Podcast
Pseudo Random Number Generators
Pseudo random number generation is a form of cryptography. It's based on the idea that you can't get something from nothing. But if you give me some of 300 random bits, truly random bits, then I can give you as many as you want. That simple notion ties together cryptography and pseudo random number generation.
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