Over 120,000 Bitcoin private keys were exposed through a flaw in Libbitcoin Explorer’s random-number generator, affecting multiple wallet platforms. The vulnerability, linked to the Mersenne ...

Libbitcoin bx 3.x used a weak Mersenne Twister-32 RNG, exposing about 120k Bitcoin private keys. Trust Wallet versions 0.0.172–0.0.183 and Core ≤3.1.1 were vulnerable to brute-force attacks. OneKey ...

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Abstract: Pseudorandom number generators (PRNGs) are fundamental tools in various applications, including cryptography, simulation and statistical sampling. Traditional PRNGs often face challenges ...

Abstract: We formalize the pseudocode and linear-algebraic presentations of Mersenne-Twister, and formally establish their equivalence. Based on this formalization, we investigate the long-period ...

High-performance 32- and 64-bit global-state (thread-unsafe) and thread-safe uniform pseudorandom number generators for C, C++ and Python. Provided as an installable package.

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Random number generation is key to many applications in a wide variety of disciplines. Depending on the application, the quality of the random numbers from a particular generator can directly impact ...