Trait g1_runtime::Randomness
pub trait Randomness<Output, BlockNumber> {
// Required method
fn random(subject: &[u8]) -> (Output, BlockNumber);
// Provided method
fn random_seed() -> (Output, BlockNumber) { ... }
}Expand description
A trait that is able to provide randomness.
Being a deterministic blockchain, real randomness is difficult to come by, different implementations of this trait will provide different security guarantees. At best, this will be randomness which was hard to predict a long time ago, but that has become easy to predict recently.
Required Methods§
fn random(subject: &[u8]) -> (Output, BlockNumber)
fn random(subject: &[u8]) -> (Output, BlockNumber)
Get the most recently determined random seed, along with the time in the past since when it was determinable by chain observers.
subject is a context identifier and allows you to get a different result to
other callers of this function; use it like random(&b"my context"[..]).
NOTE: The returned seed should only be used to distinguish commitments made before the returned block number. If the block number is too early (i.e. commitments were made afterwards), then ensure no further commitments may be made and repeatedly call this on later blocks until the block number returned is later than the latest commitment.
Provided Methods§
fn random_seed() -> (Output, BlockNumber)
fn random_seed() -> (Output, BlockNumber)
Get the basic random seed.
In general you won’t want to use this, but rather Self::random which allows
you to give a subject for the random result and whose value will be
independently low-influence random from any other such seeds.
NOTE: The returned seed should only be used to distinguish commitments made before the returned block number. If the block number is too early (i.e. commitments were made afterwards), then ensure no further commitments may be made and repeatedly call this on later blocks until the block number returned is later than the latest commitment.