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CD44: using secure random number generators to generate bitcoin keys with waxwing and @raw_avocado

Citadel Dispatch

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Using Multiple Sources of Entropy on Your Computer

The key is to have randomness that is distinct and unique. It can't be basically a re simulated or re calculated on someone else's machine or device. Fortunately, we haven't had many compromises in this respect. The concept of entrope is,. think of it like disorder, like er one one measure, i won't to to get into th technical details but one one way of measuring the randimness of some string of data, you know, of bites on list of characters, or bites, is some can you compress it? Right? Ecause if if i just write the character a a a a 50 times, it's a very long string, because i can take

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