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            1 # Random Source Generator
            2 
            3 ## Goal
            4 
            5 Write a simple frontend for gopher for this randomness source. This can
            6 then be reused everwhere over gopher.
            7 
            8 ## Principle
            9 
           10 On Bitreich there will be a stream of random bits provided by a geiger
           11 counter and other random sources from 20h's home server. This should be
           12 shown to gopher in a standard way, as defined here:
           13 
           14         * https://nvlpubs.nist.gov/nistpubs/ir/2019/NIST.IR.8213-draft.pdf
           15         * https://beacon.nist.gov/ns/beacon/pulse/2.0/beacon-2.0.xsd
           16         * https://beacon.nist.gov/beacon/2.0/pulse/last
           17         * https://qrng.anu.edu.au/ as source
           18         * https://drand.love/developer/http-api/#public-endpoints
           19 
           20 We can monkey-patch
           21 
           22         * https://github.com/nhorman/rng-tools/rngd_nistbeacon.c
           23 
           24 to using gophers://.
           25 
           26 ## Hierarchy Prototype
           27 
           28         gophers://bitreich.org/1/tyche/beacon
           29         gophers://bitreich.org/1/fortuna/beacon
           30 
           31 ## Source
           32 
           33 On bitreich.org there is:
           34 
           35         /br/random/source/$source/pulse.$index
           36 
           37 This should be read out to generate the above structure.
           38 
           39 You can generate it on your own:
           40 
           41         dd if=/dev/random of=pulse.$index bs=64 count=1        
           42 
           43 ## Applications
           44 
           45 This could be used for
           46 
           47         * https://codeberg.org/rendezvous/reunion/
           48         * https://near.org/blog/randomness-threshold-signatures/
           49         * https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/ADA222698.pdf
           50         * https://github.com/GoodiesHQ/noknow-c
           51         * https://github.com/gtanzer/zk
           52 
           53 ## Testing Randomness
           54 
           55         * https://github.com/dyne/libdisorder
           56 
           57 Have fun!
           58