There is a phone number you can call that gives the current time of day.
Everybody can call it and they all get the same answer.
"At the tone, the time will be 5:26"
The NIST random beacon is just like the time phone number.
Imagine if somebody said, "I don't trust the time number." How do you argue with that level of tin-foil-hat? Tell him to call them 20 times, in case one time it was controlled by a person with keys to the internet.
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[ 1.5 ms ] story [ 61.5 ms ] threadEverybody can call it and they all get the same answer.
"At the tone, the time will be 5:26"
The NIST random beacon is just like the time phone number.
Imagine if somebody said, "I don't trust the time number." How do you argue with that level of tin-foil-hat? Tell him to call them 20 times, in case one time it was controlled by a person with keys to the internet.
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