"Beacons of randomness": scientists intend to make chaos a public utility
"Beacons of randomness": scientists intend to make chaos a public utility
Do you know what we all need a little more in our lives? Chaos, disorder and unpredictability. That is what some scientists believe at least. Researchers from the US National Institute of Standards and Technology UU They have developed the first prototypes of what they call "beacons of randomness", generators of random numbers available to the public that, they say, are a very necessary public utility.
What is the practical use of a randomization beacon and why do scientists think we need it? After all, are not there already virtual coin tosses and dice rolls online? And what about a good old coin toss? The answers are double. On the one hand, having generators of random numbers available publicly is a way of guaranteeing that the result is not artificially influenced to favor one result or the other. According to computer scientist Ewa Syta at Trinity College in Connecticut talking to Living science:
"Public randomness is used in ... any kind of system that requires some form of decision making ... doing anything you want a fair way to agree on things. Public randomness is a way to implement a fair coin draw. "
True, verifiable randomness It could be useful more often than you think. Let's say you're playing high-level online poker. Maybe you are in a good part of the change. Suddenly, a new player appears on the virtual table and it seems that things start to go a bit too much for your liking. Advance an hour later, this mysterious incarnation of the lucky lady is rolling in the dough and you have lost your money, your house, your pension and your dog. You're probably a bad poker player. But that thought is bothering you in the back of your head: what would happen if that person were a bot, created by the online poker site to make sure no one goes too far? If they were using a random beacon, they could prove that you are a really horrible poker player.
This may seem like an unlikely scenario for you, but consider this: the US Immigrant Diversity Visa Program. UU., Also known as a green card lottery, grants random lottery visas to applicants from countries with low US immigration rates. UU It has a transparent and truly random number The generator would be a test against claims of preferential treatment or bias towards certain countries.
Here is another example that is close to home for Mysterious universe Subscribers: Dr. Dean Radin and the Institute of Noetic Sciences Make use of randomness generators for experiments. testing psi skills. The results, they say, have been statistically significant, but since most scientific bodies do not take IONS seriously, no one at the academy has paid much attention. Having beacons of randomness that are already recognized as reliable by the conventional academy would do much to protect IONS against criticism of the manipulated randomness machines.
The second reason why random beacons are worth developing is that most so-called random number generators are not really random. Random number generators based on software are based on algorithms, so they are not intrinsically random, even if they seem that way. The means by which scientists are achieving true randomization vary between teams. NIST is using a combination of quantum randomness Derived from random photons and commercial generators that use the noise of electronic circuits. Scientists in Chile, on the other hand, are using seismic activity data combined with Twitter feeds for their randomness generators. No, you're not the only one who thinks that's ridiculous.
Version 2.0 of the NIST of its randomness beacon is now Available for public use. They say that it is perfectly suitable for use by private citizens, however, they warn, with red letters, that the random prototype beacon should not be used for cryptographic purposes. Why that? Well, although no one could predict the random string of data that comes out of their random beacon, they say there is a very small chance that hackers can enter the root program and that they are no longer random. I guess it's a prototype, but seriously guys?
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