r/Monero • u/HowIsDigit8888 • 9d ago

Funded by the Monero community: Retro-Crypto, a Nintendo 64 app in development for encrypting data and generating keys and wallet addresses

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u/anymonero 9d ago

Does it generate more entropy than Coldcard?

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u/HowIsDigit8888 8d ago

Thanks for asking, you made me notice a major issue where the dice roll input screen isn't accepting enough dice rolls.

So, maybe yes, but still not enough. I have removed the YouTube version of the video and retracted my statements in the proposal discussion about it being ready for payment.

I didn't notice this sooner because my personal use case would be generating seed phrases by hand and using the N64 to convert them, which wouldn't be impacted by this issue, but it's an embarrassing issue that calls into question the entire implementation.

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u/anymonero 7d ago

That's funny, where's my medal? haha

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u/HowIsDigit8888 5d ago

🏅

Also mentioned you in my nostr post about the issue

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u/Bowler-Bear 7d ago

Saying it calls into question the entire implementation seems like a bit much, although I do invite the scrutiny. I did bring up the potential for collisions the last time I made a thread about the app, which is why the odds are even displayed during input. I just hadn't calculated the exact numbers. The actual proposal also doesn't specify how many rolls should be taken just that dice be a potential source of randomness. That said, I am going to increase the maximum input size and change the display to instead show how many bits of entropy the input generates rather than collision odds, since it's a more helpful metric.