OGCATS randomization notes

some notes for about the randomization process in OGCats

future of OGCATS

Random number from Chainlink https://dashboard.tenderly.co/tx/polygon/0xde5e65da5017c7cb852ab7e21aaad54ee638f2cae7d68c4cc1697c59f141cc2b/logs

33481218050282424732010044081128699987812287782893023053970080888682140917516

too big to work with, cut it to 18 decimals. shuffle an array from 0–1000 using it as seed.

code:

package main

import (
   "fmt"
   "math/rand"
   "os"
   "strconv"
   "time"
)

//https://dashboard.tenderly.co/tx/polygon/0xde5e65da5017c7cb852ab7e21aaad54ee638f2cae7d68c4cc1697c59f141cc2b/logs
const chainlinkRandomNumber = "33481218050282424732010044081128699987812287782893023053970080888682140917516"

//max int64  -> random number from chainlink will be cut to 18 digits
//9223372036854775807 -> this is max int64 in go, as max value for 'seed'
func main() {
   fmt.Printf("running script at @ unix nano %d\n", time.Now().UnixNano())

   //chainlinkRandomNumber is too big, get the first 18 digits
   seedStr := chainlinkRandomNumber[0:18]
   seed, err := strconv.ParseInt(seedStr, 10, 64)
   if err != nil {
      panic(err)
   }

   rand.Seed(seed)

   var nftIDs []int
   for i := 1; i <= 1000; i++ {
      nftIDs = append(nftIDs, i)
   }

   rand.Shuffle(len(nftIDs), func(i, j int) {
      nftIDs[i], nftIDs[j] = nftIDs[j], nftIDs[i]
   })

   printToFile("shuffled.txt", nftIDs)
   fmt.Println(nftIDs)
}

func printToFile(filePath string, values []int) {
   f, err := os.Create(filePath)
   if err != nil {
      panic(err)
   }
   defer f.Close()
   for _, value := range values {
      fmt.Fprintln(f, value) // print values to f, one per line
   }
}

returning: 786,555,370,779,622,375,418,816,598,273,905,822,503,130,…. etc

Hash of the original images (unrandomized). Note that the rare ones are first 23!

ipfs://QmUNYwW8Pp89P7QpLR7ZVbf2vxXc5er5Tu9zZ24MgoZEBj

sha256sum random_images/786.jpg

7510500f1f2a51942e50c97c70063be76ee5f81d76f0cbf5165199a33a019bdc random_images/786.jpg

sha256sum images/0.jpg

7510500f1f2a51942e50c97c70063be76ee5f81d76f0cbf5165199a33a019bdc images/0.jpg

match!

since the NFTs start from 1, I moved the 0.jpg/json to 1000.jpg/json (note to self: tweak the script next time)

Q.E.D

PS. Q.E.D. or QED is an initialism of the Latin phrase quod erat demonstrandum, meaning “which was to be demonstrated”. Literally it states “what was to be shown”.[1] Traditionally, the abbreviation is placed at the end of mathematical proofs and philosophical arguments in print publications, to indicate that the proof or the argument is complete.

meaning the randomization process was random and we didn’t keep the rare ones for ourselves.

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