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Board Development & Technical Discussion
Re: Are Transaction IDs unpredictable?
by
pc
on 17/09/2013, 17:38:03 UTC
Exactly. One can't know the hash before the transaction has been made, but one does know the hash before one sends that transaction to anybody else. If your betting system is "hash wins if it ends in a 0 bit", then it's easy to only send you winning transactions. If your betting system is "hash txid along with a secret-of-the-day-that-gets-revealed-tomorrow, win if that ends in a 0 bit", then you're probably fine.