Need some help confirming transactions using sha256

[kryptox.exchange at gmail.com]

On Thursday, January 31, 2013 6:55:05 PM UTC+1, Peter Pearson wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:43:03 -0800 (PST), kryptox.exchange at gmail.com wrote:
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> > I'm wondering if anyone can help me as I can't seem to get
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> > this to work. There is an online dice game that is
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> > provably fair by calculating the 'dice roll' using using a
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> > sha256 hash calculated against my transaction ID generated
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> > by me. The secret used to make the calculation is revealed
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> > at the end of each day thus allowing you to prove they
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> > didn't cheat. So they provide the following to allow you
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> > to verify the calculation of the dice roll:
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> >
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> > Secret used = r7A7clvs9waizF+6QEiI0tgAq1ar48JItK3kg9kaeAFXz2vsMsHmOd9r9fhkmtxTz3CQnGAPMaDeKLvgb1A2VA
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> > Secret hash sha256(r7A7clvs9waizF+6QEiI0tgAq1ar48JItK3kg9kaeAFXz2vsMsHmOd9r9fhkmtxTz3CQnGAPMaDeKLvgb1A2VA) = 48d78d573b9b8e11a13a72d9a78011f2e5d9754d89de47b209f32c51777f535d
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> > Lucky hash sha256(r7A7clvs9waizF+6QEiI0tgAq1ar48JItK3kg9kaeAFXz2vsMsHmOd9r9fhkmtxTz3CQnGAPMaDeKLvgb1A2VA:108128 06653842663997bf5971637f86f26c71a4716276d7fa8f323a83588d91:1) = dfa8769be81a543002865c88a5b52fa07f3b67fc7cd9b519c3f6a6452bcd48e4
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> >
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> > Lucky Number 0x48e4 = 18660
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> >
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> > So, I'm doing the following:
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> >
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> > C:\Python27>python
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> > Python 2.7.3 (default, Apr 10 2012, 23:24:47) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] on win32
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> > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
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> >>>> import hashlib, hmac
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> >>>> txid = 'r7A7clvs9waizF+6QEiI0tgAq1ar48JItK3kg9kaeAFXz2vsMsHmOd9r9fhkmtxTz3CQnGAPMaDeKLvgb1A2VA'
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> >>>> secret = '10812806653842663997bf5971637f86f26c71a4716276d7fa8f323a83588d91:1'
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> [snip]
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> >>> txid = 'r7A7clvs9waizF+6QEiI0tgAq1ar48JItK3kg9kaeAFXz2vsMsHmOd9r9fhkmtxTz3CQnGAPMaDeKLvgb1A2VA'
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> >>> secret = '10812806653842663997bf5971637f86f26c71a4716276d7fa8f323a83588d91:1'
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> >>> hashlib.sha256(txid+":"+secret).hexdigest()
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> 'dfa8769be81a543002865c88a5b52fa07f3b67fc7cd9b519c3f6a6452bcd48e4'
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> >>> 0x48e4
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> 18660
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> >>> 
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> 
> . . . which is the number you wanted, right?
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Yes, thank you Peter!