Aug 22, 2026 · 52 min · 10 segments
In this episode, Keith Mukai of SeedSigner joins to explain why 1.4 percent variance in cheap dice still delivers full 128-bit entropy and how to verify rolls across devices. **Timestamps:** 03:10…
Keith MukaiGuest
Stephan LiveraHost
So you're not even throwing it, right? And like, oh yeah, guess what? That yields pretty unfair rolls if you use a crappy technique.
And then, you know, it's like, okay, if you roll it but it only bounces, you know, two or three times, that's not as good as four or five bounces.
Like, we all have an intuitive sense of how things tumble chaotically in the world.
And if you're doing, like, you know, a crappy limp-wristed roll, it's not gonna be good.
And so the best solution is, you know, raid all of your board games or buy some extra dice, throw them all in a box.
Like if you have, you know, 10 dice in a box and you just shake up the box, turn it over and then just read off the rolls, you know, kind of in whatever order they land in.
Any flaws that are in any one die, it's just going to be averaged out across the collection.
And even more so if there's variation, like different types of dice in your collection.
So if you really want to be paranoid, just get a variety of different dice, throw them in a box, shake it up.
You don't have to say a 20-minute mantra to get in tune with the universe before you do your dice rolls.
So you're not even throwing it, right? And like, oh yeah, guess what? That yields pretty unfair rolls if you use a crappy technique.
And then, you know, it's like, okay, if you roll it but it only bounces, you know, two or three times, that's not as good as four or five bounces.
Like, we all have an intuitive sense of how things tumble chaotically in the world.
And if you're doing, like, you know, a crappy limp-wristed roll, it's not gonna be good.
And so the best solution is, you know, raid all of your board games or buy some extra dice, throw them all in a box.
Like if you have, you know, 10 dice in a box and you just shake up the box, turn it over and then just read off the rolls, you know, kind of in whatever order they land in.
Any flaws that are in any one die, it's just going to be averaged out across the collection.
And even more so if there's variation, like different types of dice in your collection.
So if you really want to be paranoid, just get a variety of different dice, throw them in a box, shake it up.
You don't have to say a 20-minute mantra to get in tune with the universe before you do your dice rolls.
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