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[โ€“] Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Everyone throws a number at the same time, the result is the checksum/sum of the throws. Server throws first publicly, keeps the device Numbers secret until the last throw. It's not perfect, but it'll do.

[โ€“] AndrasKrigare 2 points 4 months ago

Specifically one of the imperfections is that the server and players are not trusted. If a player doesn't like the result, they could claim the server lied about what number they had picked, or the server could actually lie. The remaining players wouldn't know which one is telling the truth.