Who’s PhatHash? Why are they Phat and not Fat?
The best way to describe them is that they provide a way for online casinos to prove that they are honest with their virtual decks by showing the user mathematical “hashes” as they play. Assuming you have some idea on how to use this long string of numbers, apparently you’d be able to know that the house isn’t dynamically changing the cards on you to improve their odds and get your money. They also use the “hip” version of the word fat in their name. Not FatHash. PhatHash. Doesn’t the coolness just ooze out of the name?
What’s an MD5 Hash?
MD5 comes from the oh-so-interesting world of cryptography and stands for Message-Digest algorithm 5. Message-Digest algorithm 4 really sucked butt so they decided to up the ante a little bit and go one algorithm higher for “extra safety”. It’s pretty widely used for security applications, has a 128-bit hash value, and used to check integrity of files (not that you ever use file sharing applications like p2p or torrents but if you did, hash checks are made on the MD5 checksum to make sure you aren’t downloading a fake).
Can you give me an example of how an MD5 looks like?
9e107d9d372bb6826bd81d3542a419d6
OMG, it’z s0 b3aUtifulz!
Sure.
How does PhatHash work their MD5 magic? What are the steps?
First you start up your PhatHash equipped online casino multiplayer card game (blackjack in The Gold Casino for example). Now the behind the scenes action goes on. The MD5 hash of that deck is calculated. This hash is now published on the PhatHash log page, available to be read by anyone that gets turned on by that kind of thing. The croupier (or dealer) tells everyone, “Hey we got a new hash in the house.” The new shoe of 520 cards is now used in play.
Does PhatHash have anything to do with the delicious hash browns that McDonalds serves in the super value section of their menu?
You’re an idiot.
Does the PhatHash algorithm prevent bias in the original shuffling in the deck?
No, it doesn’t. But it may make you sound cooler when you talk about the PhatHash you were firing up last night.
The best way to describe them is that they provide a way for online casinos to prove that they are honest with their virtual decks by showing the user mathematical “hashes” as they play. Assuming you have some idea on how to use this long string of numbers, apparently you’d be able to know that the house isn’t dynamically changing the cards on you to improve their odds and get your money. They also use the “hip” version of the word fat in their name. Not FatHash. PhatHash. Doesn’t the coolness just ooze out of the name?
What’s an MD5 Hash?
MD5 comes from the oh-so-interesting world of cryptography and stands for Message-Digest algorithm 5. Message-Digest algorithm 4 really sucked butt so they decided to up the ante a little bit and go one algorithm higher for “extra safety”. It’s pretty widely used for security applications, has a 128-bit hash value, and used to check integrity of files (not that you ever use file sharing applications like p2p or torrents but if you did, hash checks are made on the MD5 checksum to make sure you aren’t downloading a fake).
Can you give me an example of how an MD5 looks like?
9e107d9d372bb6826bd81d3542a419d6
OMG, it’z s0 b3aUtifulz!
Sure.
How does PhatHash work their MD5 magic? What are the steps?
First you start up your PhatHash equipped online casino multiplayer card game (blackjack in The Gold Casino for example). Now the behind the scenes action goes on. The MD5 hash of that deck is calculated. This hash is now published on the PhatHash log page, available to be read by anyone that gets turned on by that kind of thing. The croupier (or dealer) tells everyone, “Hey we got a new hash in the house.” The new shoe of 520 cards is now used in play.
Does PhatHash have anything to do with the delicious hash browns that McDonalds serves in the super value section of their menu?
You’re an idiot.
Does the PhatHash algorithm prevent bias in the original shuffling in the deck?
No, it doesn’t. But it may make you sound cooler when you talk about the PhatHash you were firing up last night.