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| # Random Number Generation | ||
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| ## Witnet RNG request | ||
| The Witnet RNG request shares the same structure as a standard request with the 3 stages (retrieval, aggregation and | ||
| tally) and it will be solved by the same witnesses that are currently working in the Witnet mainnet. | ||
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| ### Retrieval | ||
| As a source for RNG requests, we specify a new `RADType` called `Rng`. This new source will trigger the creation of a | ||
| random vector of 32 bytes, instead of reading data from an API source. The rest of fields are unnecessary: the `url` | ||
| field must be empty and the `script` field will be ignored, so we can specify the CBOR code for an empty array | ||
| (`[128]`). A single source is used in the retrieval section of this kind of requests. | ||
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| ```rust | ||
| "retrieve":[ | ||
| { | ||
| "kind":"RNG", | ||
| "url":"", | ||
| "script":[128] | ||
| } | ||
| ] | ||
| ``` | ||
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| ### Aggregation | ||
| Aggregation is not necessary due to the fact that RNG requests have only one retrieval. To unwrap the `RadonArray` | ||
| into a single element, we will use the `Mode` as a `RadonReducer` without filters. | ||
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| ```rust | ||
| "aggregate":{ | ||
| "filters": [], | ||
| "reducer": 2, | ||
| } | ||
| ``` | ||
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| ### Tally | ||
| For the tally stage, a new `RadonReducer` is required, `HashConcatenate`. This reducer takes the `RadonBytes` revealed | ||
| by the witnesses, concatenates them into a single vector of bytes and hash them with SHA256. In the same way, as in the | ||
| aggregation stage, no filters are required. | ||
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| ```rust | ||
| "tally":{ | ||
| "filters": [], | ||
| "reducer": 11, | ||
| } | ||
| ``` | ||
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| ## Conclusions | ||
| The random numbers (actually, random bytes) generated by the Witnet protocol are the result of applying a hash | ||
| function on a crowdsourced seed coming from the random bytes provided by several different witnesses, as selected | ||
| randomly by the Witnet protocol. That is, the randomness property of these is powered by the decentralized nature | ||
| of the Witnet network. | ||
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