The check behind a published win
Some displays offer to prove a win rather than assert it. The offer is worth taking seriously, and it is worth reading precisely, because a check that proves the round and a check that proves the display are two different things.
- Feeds offering a check
- 3 of 12
- Naming the round
- 1 of the 3
- Fields needed
- four
- Feeds publishing a count
- 0 of 12
The four fields a verifiable round needs
Verification is only as strong as the fields it is given. A round is checkable when the reader is handed enough to recompute it, and a claim is decorative when the fields needed to recompute it are withheld.
What each field buysround id identifies which settle is being checked
stake lets the return be turned into a real multiple
return lets the multiple be turned into a real amount
seed or hash lets the round be recomputed in principle
without a round id, the check proves nothing
about the round the reader was shown
Three claims, and what each one establishes
"This round happened"
The strongest and simplest claim. Given a round id and the settlement record, the win is a fact. It is also the claim that tells a reader least, because no reasonable reader doubted that the round on the screen happened.
"This display is a sample"
A far stronger claim: that the rows are drawn at a stated rate from a stated pool. This is what makes a feed informative, and it is the claim almost no display makes, because it is the one that would require publishing the count.
"This is your share"
The claim that a reader actually wants: what this rate means for an account playing at this pace. No feed makes it, and this desk builds it from a rate and an hour instead.
How to read a verification offer
- Follow the link and see whether it names a round. A check that does not identify the settle it is about is a page about the game rather than about the win.
- Recompute the multiple from the stake and the return yourself. If both fields are present, the row can be checked without asking anybody.
- Ask what the check is silent on. A provable round is silent on the row count, the pool and the threshold, and those are the display’s properties.
- Count how many rows carry a check. A page where the one verifiable row is also the largest is a display with a check on its best case and none on its others.