Duel: Beef Audit

Beef

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Independent verification, backed by open-source code.

PF-2026-DL06Audited April 2026 · Last Updated: June 2026 · Revision 05530eeApr 2026 · Updated Jun 2026

Audited game Verify a bet

AUDIT RESULTPassed22 / 22 verification stepsPinned to the published
audit and dataset.

Live Bets Verified: 6,450
Parity Rate: 100%
Simulated Rounds: 4M
Proven RTP: 99.2%

22 / 22Verification steps passed

Verification pipeline

Real bets. Independently reproduced.

Placed anonymously at Duel.com. We rebuilt the game logic from scratch and matched all 6,450 recorded outcomes.

DUEL BEEF$0.01 · Hard · 5 death points · Cash out at 5

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Safe stepDeath point

Positions 0–19 · Cashed out after the recorded step

Bet #7844427Nonce 0 · Phase E3

✓ Exact match

5.1215×

The casino result, reproduced.

Casino outcome: 5 safe steps · Cashed out
Our reproduction: 5 safe steps · Cashed out
Recorded payout: $0.0512

Open source

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Beef Audit Overview

This audit independently validates the Beef game operated by Duel.com across five domains: deterministic outcome generation, entropy integrity, live-to-verifier parity, RTP mathematical accuracy, and fairness integrity testing. We placed 6,450 real bets across 139 seed entries and independently verified every single outcome using our own implementation of the algorithm.

Results at a glance

Audit Verdict

Check	Result	Evidence
Overall Status	Pass
RTP Verified	Pass	99.2% proven · 99.1468% simulated (4M) · flat 0.8% house edge across all 4 difficulty levels
Live ↔︎ Verifier Parity	Pass	100% — 6,450 / 6,450 bets matched
Commit-Reveal System	Pass	SHA-256 verified, 139 seed entries — commitment intact across all rotations
Client Seed	Pass	Browser-generated + player customizable — server commits before client seed is known
RNG Analysis	Pass	HMAC-SHA256 backward Fisher-Yates on a 20-tile grid — bias-free rejection sampling, no hidden inputs
Payout Logic	Pass	All 6,450 payouts verified — single-step and multi-step cash-out chains, exact to 8 decimal places
Anti-Circularity	Pass	Algebraic identity: winChance × payoutMult = 0.992 for all 4 difficulty levels — proven from first principles
Fairness Integrity	Pass	16 fairness integrity tests — all 16 pass (includes one Beef-specific multi-step state test)
Determinism	Pass	Full reproducibility confirmed

Overall StatusPass

RTP VerifiedPass

99.2% proven · 99.1468% simulated (4M) · flat 0.8% house edge across all 4 difficulty levels

Live ↔︎ Verifier ParityPass

100% — 6,450 / 6,450 bets matched

Commit-Reveal SystemPass

SHA-256 verified, 139 seed entries — commitment intact across all rotations

Client SeedPass

Browser-generated + player customizable — server commits before client seed is known

RNG AnalysisPass

HMAC-SHA256 backward Fisher-Yates on a 20-tile grid — bias-free rejection sampling, no hidden inputs

Payout LogicPass

All 6,450 payouts verified — single-step and multi-step cash-out chains, exact to 8 decimal places

Anti-CircularityPass

Algebraic identity: winChance × payoutMult = 0.992 for all 4 difficulty levels — proven from first principles

Fairness IntegrityPass

16 fairness integrity tests — all 16 pass (includes one Beef-specific multi-step state test)

DeterminismPass

Full reproducibility confirmed

Audit scope & reference

What Was Audited

✓ Audited

The RNG algorithm is deterministic and verifiable
Server seeds are cryptographically committed via SHA-256 before play
Client seed is browser-generated and players can customize it
Nonces increment correctly and are never reused within a seed pair
Death-point positions are computed via HMAC-SHA256 backward Fisher-Yates with bias-free rejection sampling
Outcomes are reproducible from server seed, client seed, and nonce
Single-step and multi-step cash-out payouts match the hypergeometric formula C(20,k) / C(20−m,k) × 0.992 across all 4 difficulty levels
The death-point set is fixed at round start and unchanged by step sequence or cash-out timing
Theoretical RTP is 99.2% across all 4 difficulty levels (flat 0.8% house edge)
Bet amount does not influence death-point placement or outcome
Players can independently verify every bet

What Audit Excludes

Infrastructure or server security
Wallet, payments, or operational systems outside game logic
Rakeback layer — 99.2% is the certified RTP; rakeback is operator-side
Cross-account sampling
Max win cap enforcement — not embedded in game logic

What Audit Covers

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Area	Description
Commit-Reveal System	SHA-256 server seed hashing, pre-bet commitment, reveal on rotation
Client Seed Origin	Player-controlled seed, browser-generated — server commits before your seed is known
Seed Handling	Client seed control, nonce lifecycle, seed pair rotation
RNG Analysis	HMAC-SHA256 backward Fisher-Yates verification, rejection sampling, bias analysis
Payout Logic	Hypergeometric multiplier formula, single-step and multi-step cash-out chains, bet-size invariance (Phase C), multiplier chain integrity across k=2, 3, 5 cash-outs
Live Parity	Independent death-point recomputation vs live game results across all capture phases
RTP Validation	Anti-circularity proof, simulated RTP (4M rounds), cherry-pick detection (Pass 2)
Fairness Integrity	Standard integrity matrix — tests across commit-reveal, determinism, payout, isolation, and parameter enforcement

What Audit Guarantees

Outcomes are deterministic and reproducible from the recorded inputs
Live game results match independent recomputation for the verified sample (6,450 / 6,450)
Death-point positions follow the uniform distribution expected from the backward Fisher-Yates shuffle across all 4 difficulty levels
RTP is proven analytically: winChance × payoutMult = 0.992 for all 4 difficulty levels by combinatorial cancellation (max algebraic deviation 2.22e-16)
Simulated RTP of 99.1468% across 4 million rounds (1M per difficulty) — matches the theoretical 99.2% within expected variance
The death-point set is fixed at round start and independent of which tile the player steps on
Client seed is a genuine, browser-generated input that materially influences results
The house edge is a flat 0.8% across all 4 difficulty levels — no scaling edge
Multi-step cash-out payouts at k=2, 3, and 5 match the hypergeometric formula exactly (202 winning multi-step bets verified, 0 errors)
All 16 fairness integrity tests passed at audit time, including the Beef-specific multi-step state integrity test

References

Beef — Game Rules6 sections▶

Beef is a step-by-step survival game (commonly called Cross the Road). You choose a difficulty level — EASY, MEDIUM, HARD, or EXPERT — which sets how many hidden death points lie on the path ahead (1, 3, 5, or 10 respectively). Each safe step grows your multiplier; step on a death point and the round ends. You can cash out after any safe step. You'll only ever *see* one death point — the one that ends your round — but the others were always there, hidden along the path. That's why higher difficulty is harder: more hidden death points means a bigger chance any given step lands on one, even though you only ever see one of them.

How to Play

1. Choose difficulty — Select EASY (1 death point), MEDIUM (3), HARD (5), or EXPERT (10). More death points means higher reward per safe step but a higher chance of hitting one.
2. Enter bet amount — Choose how much to wager.
3. Step onto tiles — Click tiles one at a time. Each safe step grows the running multiplier.
4. Cash out or continue — After any safe step, choose to cash out at the current multiplier or push on for more.
5. Outcome — If you step onto a death point, the round ends and the bet is lost. If you cash out, payout = bet × multiplier at the current step count.

Death-point positions are determined cryptographically the moment the bet is placed. The visible tiles are cosmetic — the death-point set is fixed before you click anything. During a round the UI only reveals the single death point you step on (if any); the others remain hidden.

Win Conditions

The win condition in Beef depends on whether every stepped tile avoided the death-point set.

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Outcome	Condition	Example (difficulty=MEDIUM, k=3)
Safe step	Stepped tile is not in death-point set	Multiplier grows; player may cash out or continue
Cash out	Player stops after k safe steps	k=3 → payout × 1.6631×
Loss	Stepped tile is in death-point set	Round ends, bet is lost

Because stepping on any death point ends the round, the payout structure has no consolation payout — either you cash out with a multiplier, or you lose the bet.

Risk vs Reward

The core mechanic of Beef is the tradeoff between difficulty level and safe-step risk.

Difficulty controls risk per step — more death points means fewer safe tiles, higher multiplier growth per step, and a higher chance the next step ends the round
Step count controls total multiplier — each additional safe step multiplies your running payout by the ratio (20−k) / (20−m−k)
RTP is constant — all 4 difficulty levels have the same theoretical RTP (99.2%) regardless of how many steps you take

Parameters

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Parameter	Value	Notes
Grid Size	20 tiles	Fixed; all difficulty levels use this layout
Difficulty Levels	4 (EASY, MEDIUM, HARD, EXPERT)	Player-selected; sets death-point count
Death Points by Difficulty	EASY=1, MEDIUM=3, HARD=5, EXPERT=10	Determines risk and multiplier curve
House Edge	0.8% flat	No scaling — same edge for all difficulty levels and all bet sizes
Theoretical RTP	99.2%	Verified across all 4 difficulty levels
RNG Algorithm	HMAC-SHA256	Backward Fisher-Yates with bias-free rejection sampling; key = hex-decoded server seed

Seed Formats

Every Beef bet uses three cryptographic inputs to generate the death-point layout.

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Seed Type	Format	Example	Purpose
Server Seed	64-char hex (32 bytes)	fcf0584a…	Casino-provided randomness
Client Seed	Alphanumeric string	8AgNlaGR1fxeiy93	Player-contributed entropy
Nonce	Integer ≥ 0	0	Per-round counter within the active seed pair

The server seed is committed as serverSeedHashed (SHA-256 of the raw hex bytes) before play and revealed only on seed rotation. The HMAC key is the hex-decoded bytes of the server seed, not its UTF-8 text.

Multiplier & Payout

The payout multiplier after k safe steps with m death points on a 20-tile grid is the combinatorial ratio of unrevealed configurations multiplied by the house-edge factor.

multiplier(k, m) = C(20, k) / C(20−m, k) × 0.992

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Steps (k)	Death Points (m)	Raw multiplier	With 0.8% edge
1	1	1.0526×	1.0442×
1	3	1.1765×	1.1671×
1	5	1.3333×	1.3227×
1	10	2.0000×	1.9840×
5	3	2.5055×	2.4855×
10	3	9.5000×	9.4240×
5	5	5.1628×	5.1215×

API field quirk — Duel's API returns multiplier as the raw combinatorial ratio C(20,k)/C(20−m,k) without the edge applied, and no_house_edge_multiplier as the actual payout multiplier with the 0.992 edge factor applied. Payout is computed as amount_won = amount × no_house_edge_multiplier. The naming is counter-intuitive — the field labelled no_house_edge_multiplier is the one that includes the house edge. We verify against the correct field throughout. Duel's /api/v2/cross-road/config endpoint also publishes a pre-computed payout_tables lookup (61 entries across the 4 difficulties); every entry matches the closed-form hypergeometric formula exactly (max observed deviation 4.55 × 10⁻¹³).

Why Provably Fair Matters▶

Traditional online casinos ask you to trust them. Provably fair cryptography replaces that trust with independently verifiable proof. Every bet you place can be reconstructed from three public inputs — the server seed, your client seed, and the nonce — and the result you see should match the result anyone else can compute from those inputs.

No outcome manipulation — the server seed is committed (SHA-256 hashed) and published before you play. The casino cannot change the outcome based on your bet size or history without breaking the commitment.
Your seed matters — the client seed is controlled by your browser, not the casino. Changing it produces a different outcome for the same server seed and nonce, which proves your input is genuinely part of the computation.
Verifiable by anyone — once the server seed is revealed on rotation, anyone with the seed triple can recompute the result with a few lines of code. The casino has no way to hide a tampered outcome.
Mathematically bounded — the published multiplier formula determines payouts. We prove from first principles that win-chance × payout-multiplier equals 99.2% for every configuration, so the house edge cannot be inflated silently.

High-Level Overview7 sections▶

This section walks through how a Beef bet moves through the system end-to-end — from the server seed commitment, through the bet and step flow, to the post-rotation verification step that closes the loop.

Checklist Reference

Commit-Reveal

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Check	What it proves
Server seed committed before play	Casino cannot change outcome post-bet
SHA-256 of revealed seed matches committed hash	Revealed seed is the one that was actually committed
Hash identical across all bets in an epoch	All bets within a seed pair share the same commitment

Seed System

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Check	What it proves
Nonces are sequential within an epoch	No nonce skipping or reuse
Single client seed per epoch	Client seed cannot be silently rotated mid-epoch
Next-seed pre-committed before rotation	Future commitment chain is locked in before reveal

RNG & Parity

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Check	What it proves
Death-point positions recompute from seeds + nonce	Outcome is deterministic and verifiable
Independent verifier matches live API for every bet	No hidden inputs to the RNG
Death-point set invariant across step sequence	Layout fixed at round start, not rewritten per step

Payout & RTP

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Check	What it proves
Multiplier matches C(20,k)/C(20−m,k) × 0.992	Payout formula matches published rules
amount_won = amount × no_house_edge_multiplier	Payout arithmetic is exact to 1e-8
winChance × payoutMult = 0.992 for all m	RTP is fixed at 99.2% by construction, not observation

Integrity

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Check	What it proves
Wrong client seed produces different death points	Client seed genuinely influences outcome
Bet size does not influence outcome	Phase C $10 bets match Phase A/B $0.01 bets
No cherry-picking in seed selection (Pass 2)	Casino is not curating favourable seeds

High-Level Flow

A Beef round runs through five stages — from the casino committing to a server seed before you play, through the bet and steps, to the post-rotation verification that anyone can run.

1. Commit — Server generates server seed, publishes SHA-256 hash as `serverSeedHashed`. Player sees only the hash.
2. Seed pair activated — Client seed is browser-generated (or player-set). Nonce starts at 0. Next server seed is pre-committed.
3. Bet — Player selects difficulty and bet amount. Platform computes death-point positions via HMAC-SHA256 backward Fisher-Yates using the active seed pair + nonce.
4. Steps — Player steps onto tiles one at a time. Multiplier grows per safe step. Player may cash out at any point.
5. Rotate — On client-seed change or manual rotation, the active server seed is revealed. The next-committed seed becomes active.
6. Verify — Anyone with serverSeed, clientSeed, nonce, and difficulty level can recompute the exact death-point set.

Provably Fair Model

Beef is a commit-reveal provably fair game. The casino commits to a server seed by publishing its SHA-256 hash before any bet is placed. Once play on that seed is complete and the seed is rotated, the casino reveals the raw server seed. Anyone can then verify two things: (1) that the revealed seed hashes to the previously-published commitment, and (2) that the death-point positions for every bet in that epoch recompute correctly from the seed triple. The model does not require trust in the casino — only that SHA-256 and HMAC-SHA256 are cryptographically sound, which is a well-established assumption.

Commit-Reveal Model

Beef uses a four-phase commit-reveal cycle. Each phase has a single, well-defined purpose, and every phase produces artefacts that can be verified after the fact.

Commit phase
Server generates a 32-byte random server seed, computes `SHA-256(hex_bytes(serverSeed))`, and publishes the hash as `serverSeedHashed`. The raw seed is kept secret. A next-seed hash is also pre-committed.

Bet phase
Player places bets against the active seed pair. For each bet, death-point positions are computed via `HMAC-SHA256(key=hex_bytes(serverSeed), msg=clientSeed:nonce:cursor)` followed by backward Fisher-Yates on the 20-tile grid. Nonce increments per bet.

Reveal phase
Player (or system) rotates the seed pair — typically by changing the client seed. The previously-active server seed is now revealed in the API. The pre-committed next-seed hash becomes the active `serverSeedHashed`.

Verify phase
Anyone with the seed triple can run HMAC-SHA256 + Fisher-Yates independently and confirm that death-point positions match the values returned by the live API. The commitment chain is preserved: revealed hash = prior commitment.

Player-Controlled Client Seed

The client seed is the player's lever into the RNG. It is generated in the browser (not the server) and can be replaced at any time, which forces a seed rotation.

Browser-generated — a fresh 16-character alphanumeric string is produced client-side on first load
Player-editable — the player can overwrite it with any value they choose; changing the client seed triggers a seed rotation and reveals the active server seed
Materially influences outcome — we verified that changing clientSeed to a random alternative produces different death-point positions in 597 / 601 tests (99.3%); the remaining 4 collisions are expected at low death-point counts where the sample space is small
Not known to the server at commit time — the server publishes serverSeedHashed before your client seed is known, so it cannot cherry-pick a commitment that favours the casino against your specific seed

Nonce Lifecycle

The nonce is a per-round counter within the active seed pair. It starts at 0, increments by 1 per bet, and resets only on seed rotation. The nonce is reused across all steps in a single round — the death-point set is computed once, at bet time, and is unchanged by subsequent steps.

Starts at 0 on every new seed pair
Increments sequentially — no skipping, no reuse within an epoch
Resets on rotation — every rotation produces a fresh nonce=0 sequence
Shared across steps — all steps in a round use the same nonce; the death-point set is fixed at nonce time

nonce lifecycle · Illustrative

1// Per seed pair, nonce sequence:2//   bet 1 → nonce=03//   bet 2 → nonce=14//   bet 3 → nonce=25//   ...6// On client seed change:7//   serverSeed revealed, new pair activated, nonce resets to 0

Determinism Guarantee

Given serverSeed, clientSeed, nonce, and deathPointsCount (set by difficulty level), the death-point set is fully determined — there is no randomness, no hidden input, and no dependence on bet amount, timestamp, or any other variable. The pipeline is:

beef pipeline · Canonical

1// Inputs: serverSeed (hex), clientSeed (string), nonce (int), deathPointsCount (1, 3, 5, or 10)2 3key      = Buffer.from(serverSeed, 'hex')      // hex-decoded bytes, NOT utf-84grid     = [0, 1, 2, ..., 19]5cursor   = 06 7for i from 19 down to 1:8  range   = i + 19  maxFair = 0xFFFFFFFF - (0xFFFFFFFF % range)10  loop:11    hash = HMAC-SHA256(key, `${clientSeed}:${nonce}:${cursor}`)12    scan 4-byte chunks of hash:13      if chunk < maxFair:14        j = chunk % range15        swap grid[i] ↔ grid[j]16        break out of loop17    cursor++    // only if no chunk passed rejection18 19death_points = grid[0 .. deathPointsCount-1]   // sorted ascending

Technical Glossary7 categories▶

Terms and definitions used throughout this audit report, grouped by category.

Core Concepts

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Term	Definition
Provably Fair	A system where every game outcome can be independently verified from public cryptographic inputs, without trusting the operator.
Commit-Reveal	A two-phase protocol where a party publishes a hash of a secret before play (commit), then reveals the secret afterward (reveal). The hash proves the secret was fixed in advance.
Determinism	A property where the same inputs always produce the same output. Beef is deterministic: `(serverSeed, clientSeed, nonce, deathPointsCount)` uniquely determines the death-point set.
Epoch	The set of bets placed under a single active seed pair, from activation to rotation. Also called a seed pair lifecycle.

Seed System

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Term	Definition
Server Seed	A 32-byte random value generated by the casino. Represented as a 64-character hex string. Used as the HMAC key (hex-decoded).
Server Seed Hashed	`SHA-256(hex_bytes(serverSeed))`. The commitment published before play.
Client Seed	A player-controlled alphanumeric string, browser-generated by default. Part of the HMAC message.
Nonce	A per-round counter within the active seed pair. Starts at 0, increments per bet, shared across all steps in a single round, resets on seed rotation.
Cursor	A rejection-sampling retry counter appended to the HMAC message. Increments only when every 4-byte chunk of the previous hash exceeded the fairness threshold.
Seed Pair	The combination of one server seed and one client seed. A seed pair defines an epoch.
Next Server Seed Hash	A pre-commitment to the server seed that will become active after the current one is rotated. Locks the future chain in advance.
Phase-Boundary Marker	A seed-rotation entry that carries a valid commitment but no bets. Created by the capture script forcing a clean seed rotation at each phase transition. The 139-entry seed set contains 8 such markers (4 in the primary dataset, 4 in Phase E); the remaining 131 entries are bet-bearing epochs.

Cryptographic Functions

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Term	Definition
SHA-256	A 256-bit cryptographic hash function. Used here for server seed commitment: `SHA-256(hex_bytes(serverSeed)) = serverSeedHashed`.
HMAC-SHA256	Hash-based message authentication code built on SHA-256. Takes a key and a message, returns a 256-bit (64-hex-char) digest. Used here for death-point position generation.
HMAC-SHA256 Backward Fisher-Yates	The full RNG pipeline: HMAC-SHA256 produces the 4-byte random chunks; backward Fisher-Yates uses those chunks to shuffle the 20-tile grid. Beef-specific implementation.
Rejection Sampling	A technique for bias-free uniform sampling. A 4-byte chunk is accepted only if it falls below `maxFair = 0xFFFFFFFF − (0xFFFFFFFF mod range)`. Guarantees every position in `range` is equally likely.

Verification Terms

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Term	Definition
Parity	Agreement between the live game's reported outcome and an independent recomputation from the same inputs. 100% parity means zero mismatches.
Recomputation	Running the audit's standalone RNG implementation on captured seed triples and comparing the output to the live API response.
Anti-Circularity Proof	A proof that RTP is not an empirical observation but a mathematical identity — `winChance × payoutMult = 0.992` by algebraic cancellation, independent of any simulation.
Hypergeometric Distribution	The probability distribution describing sampling without replacement. For Beef, the survival probability after `k` safe steps with `m` death points on a 20-tile grid is `C(20−m, k) / C(20, k)` — the ratio of safe-tile combinations to total combinations. Combining with the multiplier `C(20, k) / C(20−m, k) × 0.992` yields the fixed RTP identity.
Cherry-Pick Detection (Pass 2)	A statistical test over revealed casino seeds that checks whether early-epoch win rates systematically exceed later-epoch win rates — the signature of seed pre-selection.

Game Mechanics

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Term	Definition
Grid Size	The total number of tiles on the Beef board. Fixed at 20 for all difficulty levels.
Difficulty Level	One of four settings (EASY, MEDIUM, HARD, EXPERT) that determines how many of the 20 tiles are death points (1, 3, 5, 10 respectively).
Death Point	A tile position that ends the round on contact. Placed by the Fisher-Yates shuffle; count determined by difficulty level.
Step	The act of clicking a tile. A safe step grows the multiplier; a death-point step ends the round.
Multiplier Chain	The sequence of running multipliers as a player steps through tiles: `m₁, m₂, ..., mₖ`. Each step satisfies `mₖ = C(20,k) / C(20−m,k) × 0.992`.
Cash-Out	Stopping after k safe steps and collecting `amount × mₖ`. Only available after at least one safe step.
Death-Point Set Invariance	The property that the death-point set is fixed at round start and does not change based on which tiles the player steps on, or in what order.

Audit Terms

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Term	Definition
Fairness Integrity (FI) Matrix	The standard test matrix applied to every audit, covering commit-reveal, determinism, payout, isolation, and parameter enforcement. Documented in S5.
Chi-Squared Test	A goodness-of-fit test comparing observed distributions (e.g., death-point positions, win counts) to theoretical expectations. Used with Bonferroni correction where multiple configurations are tested.
Bonferroni Correction	A multiple-comparison adjustment: when testing N hypotheses at significance α, the per-test threshold is α/N. Prevents false positives from mass testing.
Point-in-Time Audit	An audit verdict that applies to the code and configuration in force at the audit date. Subsequent changes are outside scope unless re-certified.

Data Formats

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Term	Definition
beef-master-6000bets.json	Primary capture dataset. 6,000 rounds across Phases A–D: baseline difficulty coverage, high-variance EXPERT sampling, $10 bet-size invariance, and custom client seed variation. All single-step (k=1) outcomes. SHA-256 pinned in S1.
beef-phaseE-450bets.json	Multi-step cash-out capture dataset. 450 rounds across 4 sub-phases (E1–E4) covering k=2, 3, 5 cash-outs on all 4 difficulty levels. SHA-256 pinned in S1.
verification-results.json	Output of the 22-step verification pipeline. Contains per-step pass/fail status and per-step detail strings.
simulation-results.json	Output of the 4-configuration × 1M-round simulation. Contains Pass 1 (fresh seeds, RTP + chi²) and Pass 2 (casino seeds, cherry-pick detection).

Seed, Nonce & Determinism

Can the casino change your outcome after you bet?

Every Beef round on Duel.com is generated from three inputs: server seed, client seed, and nonce. The casino commits to its server seed by publishing a SHA-256 hash before you place any bets. After you rotate your seed, the server reveals the actual seed — and anyone can verify that the hash matches. This cryptographic commitment makes it impossible for the casino to secretly change your outcome after you bet.

Commit-Reveal Cryptographic Guarantee

131 / 131seeds verified

What we verified

Casino commits to the server seed hash before any bet is placed
Client seed is browser-generated — server cannot know it at commitment time (Full Pass origin)
Players can set or change their client seed at any time via the rotation UI
Nonce increments by 1 per bet with no gaps or duplicates across 131 bet-bearing epochs
Death-point positions are fully determined by the seed inputs before any tile is stepped on
Identical inputs always produce the same death-point set — confirmed across all 6,450 bets
Your client seed is a genuine input — changing it changes the death-point layout

What this means for you

The casino cannot change where the death points are after you bet
You contribute randomness the server cannot predict or pre-select against
Every bet is unique — the nonce ensures no two bets share an outcome
Any result can be independently verified using the public tools and repo
Outcomes are tamper-proof and verifiable even months later
Cherry-picking favourable seeds is structurally impossible

131 / 131seeds verified

Casino commits to the server seed hash before any bet is placed
Client seed is browser-generated — server cannot know it at commitment time (Full Pass origin)
Players can set or change their client seed at any time via the rotation UI
Nonce increments by 1 per bet with no gaps or duplicates across 131 bet-bearing epochs
Death-point positions are fully determined by the seed inputs before any tile is stepped on
Identical inputs always produce the same death-point set — confirmed across all 6,450 bets
Your client seed is a genuine input — changing it changes the death-point layout

HMAC-SHA256 Pipeline — Seed inputs through backward Fisher-Yates to death-point positions — illustrated flow

Check	Result	Evidence
Server seed committed before bet	Pass	SHA-256 hash of server seed published before play — casino cannot change death-point layout after betting
Client seed origin	Pass	Browser-generated (Full Pass) — server commits before client seed is known
Client seed control	Pass	Player can set/change client seed via rotation UI at any time
Nonce sequencing	Pass	Sequential within each epoch, 0 gaps, 0 duplicates across 131 epochs
Hash consistency within epoch	Pass	serverSeedHashed constant across all bets within each of 131 epochs
Seed hash integrity	Pass	131 / 131 revealed seeds hash-verified — commitment chain intact
Deterministic output	Pass	Same (serverSeed, clientSeed, nonce, difficultyLevel) always produces same death-point SET — 6,450 / 6,450 confirmed
Client seed participation	Pass	Client seed is a genuine input — changing it changes the death-point positions

Server seed committed before betPass

SHA-256 hash of server seed published before play — casino cannot change death-point layout after betting

Client seed originPass

Browser-generated (Full Pass) — server commits before client seed is known

Client seed controlPass

Player can set/change client seed via rotation UI at any time

Nonce sequencingPass

Sequential within each epoch, 0 gaps, 0 duplicates across 131 epochs

Hash consistency within epochPass

serverSeedHashed constant across all bets within each of 131 epochs

Seed hash integrityPass

131 / 131 revealed seeds hash-verified — commitment chain intact

Deterministic outputPass

Same (serverSeed, clientSeed, nonce, difficultyLevel) always produces same death-point SET — 6,450 / 6,450 confirmed

Client seed participationPass

Client seed is a genuine input — changing it changes the death-point positions

✓ Commit-reveal verified

All 131 revealed seeds hash-verified (121 primary + 10 Phase E). Every seed rotation was verified — the next seed the casino pre-committed always matched what was actually used. Outcomes are fully deterministic — the same server seed, client seed, and nonce always produce the same death-point layout. The casino cannot change your result after you bet.

How It Works — Seed, Nonce & Determinism7 sections

1.1Server Seed Commitment

Before any bet is placed, the casino generates a secret server seed and publicly commits to it by displaying its SHA-256 hash. The server seed is a 64-character hex string (32 bytes), and the commitment hash is computed as SHA-256(hexDecode(serverSeed)). This cryptographic commitment locks the server's randomness before the player acts. After the epoch ends, the actual server seed is revealed — and anyone can verify that the hash matches.

Server Seed Commitment — illustrated flow

src/rng.ts · verifyHash · Verified

1export function verifyHash(serverSeed: string, serverSeedHashed: string): boolean {2  const seedBytes = Buffer.from(serverSeed, 'hex');3  const computed  = crypto.createHash('sha256').update(seedBytes).digest('hex');4  return computed === serverSeedHashed;5}

Result: 121 / 121 revealed primary-dataset seeds hash-verified; 3 phase-boundary skips (rotations between phases where the previous epoch's plaintext isn't expected to match across the boundary). Zero mismatches.

Real Example from Live Data:

beef-master-6000bets.json · bet seed block

1// Seed block captured at bet time (round 7722773, Phase A, MEDIUM, nonce=1)2{3  "serverSeedHashed": "b86763e0dc0f362d83e9bf1e6466f9be05434a502b7ea5fd1f96c2873b2bbcfe",4  "clientSeed": "8AgNlaGR1fxeiy93",5  "nonce": 16}7 8// After seed rotation, the plaintext was revealed as:9//   serverSeed = "fcf0584ae26b61deecc138adfc788ef039d69814c172a7d71667b5c9cdc661fb"10//11// SHA-256 of the revealed seed equals the committed hash above — verified below.

Verification:

verify-seed.js · Verified

1const crypto = require('crypto');2 3const serverSeed = "fcf0584ae26b61deecc138adfc788ef039d69814c172a7d71667b5c9cdc661fb";4 5const hashedServerSeed = crypto6  .createHash("sha256")7  .update(Buffer.from(serverSeed, 'hex'))8  .digest("hex");9 10console.log(hashedServerSeed);11// Output: b86763e0dc0f362d83e9bf1e6466f9be05434a502b7ea5fd1f96c2873b2bbcfe ✅

1.2Commitment Linkage (Next-Seed Promotion)

At every seed rotation, the nextServerSeedHash pre-committed before rotation must match the serverSeedHashed that becomes active after rotation. This chain ensures the server cannot generate seeds at rotation time after seeing the player's client seed — the next seed was already locked before the previous epoch began.

tests/steps/commitment.ts · Step 2 · Verified

1// Step 2: Next-Seed Promotion (Commitment Linkage)2for (const s of seeds) {3  if (!s.nextSeedPromotion) continue;4  promoChecked++;5  // recompute linkage — don't trust a captured flag:6  const ok = s.nextSeedPromotion.previousNextHash7           === s.nextSeedPromotion.newActiveHash;8  if (!ok) promoFails++;9}

Result: 125 / 125 next-seed promotions verified across the primary capture (Phases A–D). The pre-committed next server seed hash matched the promoted active hash at every rotation boundary.

1.3Hash Consistency Within Epoch

For each of the 131 bet-bearing epochs (121 primary + 10 Phase E), the serverSeedHashed field was extracted from every bet response and checked for uniqueness. More than one distinct hash within a single epoch would indicate a mid-epoch seed substitution — a critical commit-reveal violation. Step 3 of the verification pipeline runs against the primary dataset's 121 epochs directly; the additional 10 Phase E epochs are checked implicitly through the death-point invariance test (Step 21) — any mid-epoch hash change there would surface as a recomputation failure.

The combined dataset contains 139 seed entries across 131 bet-bearing epochs. The 8 non-bet-bearing entries are phase-boundary marker rotations — structural artifacts of the capture script forcing a clean seed rotation at each phase transition. Every bet-bearing epoch had its commit hash verified against the revealed server seed; marker rotations carry valid commitments but no bets reference them.

tests/steps/commitment.ts · Step 3 · Verified

1// Step 3: Hash Consistency Within Epoch2for (const [, epochBets] of byHash) {3  const distinctHashes = new Set(epochBets.map(b => b.seed.serverSeedHashed));4  if (distinctHashes.size !== 1) epochsWithMultipleHashes++;5}

Result: 121 / 121 primary epochs — serverSeedHashed constant within every epoch. Zero mid-epoch changes detected.

1.4Client Seed Origin & Control

Players have full control over their client seed through the Duel.com fairness UI, allowing them to view, modify, or randomize it at any time before placing bets. The client seed is an input to every HMAC-SHA256 computation — changing it produces a completely different death-point layout. The client seed is browser-generated (Full Pass origin) — the server commits to its seed before the client seed for that epoch is known, making cherry-picking structurally impossible.

8AgNlaGR1fxeiy93
2u03Imtz0NnpNAkl
sl0FFAHA20CUJBSy
td4o47U8ntfUFG6k
pt06Uq7yLDoqWtjI

Result: 121 unique client seeds observed across the primary capture, plus custom player-set seeds in Phase D. Client seeds are player-controlled and vary across all phases and epochs. Full Pass origin confirmed. Evidence: beef-master-6000bets.json, beef-phaseE-450bets.json

1.5Nonce Incrementation

The nonce begins at 0 and increments by 1 for each bet under the same server seed. In Beef, the nonce advances once per round — every bet uses one nonce value, which is shared across all steps within that round. The nonce resets to 0 when the player rotates their seed, starting a new epoch. In this audit we rotated every 50 bets as our chosen sampling cadence for the primary capture (nonces 0–49 per epoch, 121 epochs); Phase E epochs vary in length per sub-phase. Epoch length is not enforced by the casino — players can rotate at any time.

tests/steps/commitment.ts · Step 4 · Verified

1// Step 4: Nonce Audit2for (const [hash, epochBets] of byHash) {3  const sorted = [...epochBets].sort((a, b) => a.seed.nonce - b.seed.nonce);4  const nonces = sorted.map(b => b.seed.nonce);5  const clientSeeds = new Set(sorted.map(b => b.seed.clientSeed));6  if (clientSeeds.size !== 1) {7    hardFailures.push(`Epoch ${shortHash}: ${clientSeeds.size} distinct client seeds`);8  }9  if (nonces[0] !== 0) {10    hardFailures.push(`Epoch ${shortHash}: first nonce is ${nonces[0]} (expected 0)`);11  }12}

Result: 121 primary epochs; 1 epoch with a capture-retry gap (1 missed nonce total), reconstructed from the revealed seed — 0 unverifiable. Nonces increment by exactly 1 per round. Single client seed per epoch for every epoch in the primary capture.

1.6Deterministic Mapping

The RNG algorithm is fully deterministic: given the same server seed, client seed, nonce, and difficulty level, it always produces the exact same death-point SET. The algorithm is a backward Fisher-Yates shuffle with HMAC-SHA256 on a 20-tile grid. The server seed is hex-decoded to 32 raw bytes before use as the HMAC key. HMAC message format: clientSeed:nonce:cursor where cursor starts at 0 for the first shuffle step (i=19). Each step produces a uint32 from a 4-byte HMAC chunk; rejection sampling via the maxFair ceiling ensures bias-free index selection. After 19 steps, positions[0..deathPointsCount-1] (sorted) gives the death-point SET.

Deterministic Mapping — illustrated flow

src/rng.ts · computeDeathPoints · Verified

1export function computeDeathPoints(2  serverSeed: string,3  clientSeed: string,4  nonce: number,5  deathPointsCount: number,6  gridSize = GRID_SIZE,7): number[] {8  const key = Buffer.from(serverSeed, 'hex');9  return computeDeathPointsFromBuffer(key, clientSeed, nonce, deathPointsCount, gridSize);10}

Result: All 6,450 bets with revealed seeds: backward Fisher-Yates recompute matches mines_positions. Zero SET mismatches. No external entropy is mixed into the Beef RNG.

Real Bet Verified:

beef-master-6000bets.json · Round #7722773 · Verified

1// Source: data/beef-master-6000bets.json2// Round ID: 7722773 (Phase A, difficulty=2 MEDIUM, m=3, nonce=1)3// ✅ VERIFIED — death-point set recomputed from revealed server seed4 5{6  "serverSeed": "fcf0584ae26b61deecc138adfc788ef039d69814c172a7d71667b5c9cdc661fb",7  "serverSeedHashed": "b86763e0dc0f362d83e9bf1e6466f9be05434a502b7ea5fd1f96c2873b2bbcfe",8  "clientSeed": "8AgNlaGR1fxeiy93",9  "nonce": 1,10  "difficulty_level": 2,11  "current_step": [0],12  "mines_positions": [1, 9, 15],13  "multiplier": "1.176470588235294118",14  "no_house_edge_multiplier": "1.167058823529411765",15  "amount_won": "0.011670588235294118"16}

Verification:

verify-beef.js · Verified

1// computeDeathPoints("fcf0584a…", "8AgNlaGR1fxeiy93", 1, 3)2 3// Backward Fisher-Yates: 19 steps (i=19 downto 1)4//   Each step: HMAC-SHA256(hexDecode(serverSeed), "8AgNlaGR1fxeiy93:1:{cursor}")5//   cursor = gridSize - 1 - i (starts at 0)6//   Rejection sampling: chunk < maxFair → j = chunk % range; swap7 8// Death-point SET: {1, 9, 15} ✅9// Tile 0 stepped on (not in death-point set) → win ✅10// Multiplier (m=3, k=1): 20 / (20−3) = 20/17 = 1.1765× ✅11// Payout multiplier: 1.1765 × 0.992 = 1.1671× ✅12// Payout: 0.01 × 1.1671 = 0.011671 ✅

1.7Client Seed Influence

To confirm the client seed is a genuine input to the HMAC-SHA256 computation, a sample of bets across all 121 primary epochs was recomputed using a deliberately incorrect client seed ('wrong-client-seed-test'). 597 of 601 bets (99.3%) produced a different death-point set with the wrong client seed — every such outcome proves the client seed is a material input. The 4 collisions occurred in EASY-difficulty rounds (m=1) where the 20-position sample space makes a random collision expected; this is not a defect but a statistical consequence of the single-death-point set having only 20 possible outcomes.

tests/steps/determinism.ts · Step 6 · Verified

1// Step 6: Client Seed Influence2const WRONG_CLIENT = 'wrong-client-seed-test';3for (const [hash, epochBets] of byEpoch) {4  const ss = seedMap.get(hash);5  if (!ss) continue;6  for (const b of epochBets.slice(0, 5)) {7    tested++;8    const dpc     = DEATH_POINTS_BY_DIFFICULTY[b.response.difficulty_level];9    const correct = computeDeathPoints(ss, b.seed.clientSeed, b.seed.nonce, dpc);10    const wrong   = computeDeathPoints(ss, WRONG_CLIENT, b.seed.nonce, dpc);11    if (correct.join(',') !== wrong.join(',')) changed++;12  }13}

Result: 597 / 601 bets (99.3%) across 121 epochs produce different death-point positions with an alternate client seed. Client seed is a genuine, material input. The 4 non-changing cases are expected low-cardinality collisions at EASY difficulty (m=1).

Technical Evidence & Verification5 sections

1.8Evidence Coverage Summary6 checks

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Verification Area	Coverage	Result
Seed hash integrity (Step 1)	131 / 131 revealed seeds hash-verified	Pass
Commitment linkage (Step 2)	All next-seed promotions verified	Pass
Hash consistency (Step 3)	Constant within each of 131 epochs	Pass
Nonce audit (Step 4)	Sequential, 0 gaps, 0 duplicates across 131 epochs	Pass
Death-point recomputation (Step 5)	6,450 / 6,450 exact match	Pass
Client seed influence (Step 6)	Confirmed — client seed alters death-point positions	Pass

1.9Code References7 source files

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File	Purpose
tests/verify.ts	22-step verification pipeline (Steps 1–6 cover S1)
tests/steps/commitment.ts	Steps 1–4: Commit-reveal integrity checks
tests/steps/determinism.ts	Steps 5–6: Death-point recomputation and client seed influence
src/rng.ts	HMAC-SHA256 backward Fisher-Yates (computeDeathPoints, verifyHash)
src/loader.ts	Dataset loading + seed/bet parsing
capture/beef-capture.reference.js	Browser-based data collection script (Phases A–D)
capture/beef-capture-phaseE.reference.js	Multi-step cash-out capture script (Phase E)

1.10Datasets UsedSource artifacts

This audit uses two separate capture datasets for distinct scope coverage:

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Property	Value
File	`data/beef-master-6000bets.json`
Scope	Phases A–D — baseline difficulty coverage, high-variance EXPERT sampling, $10 bet-size invariance (Phase C), custom client seed variation (Phase D). All single-step (k=1) outcomes.
Records	6,000 bets, 125 seed entries, 121 bet-bearing epochs
SHA-256	d654ef7c6195584501e9033202d5acad13a16d89d296baab8befc0240fb36d36

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Property	Value
File	`data/beef-phaseE-450bets.json`
Scope	Phase E — multi-step cash-out validation across k=2, 3, 5 on all 4 difficulty levels. Covers multiplier chain integrity and death-point invariance at k>1.
Records	450 bets, 14 seed entries, 10 bet-bearing epochs
SHA-256	ef39d7f584cdb6d8057e846cdcb9b4ffcc60495bfcce8443d15bb910a9c51001

Fields used: serverSeed, serverSeedHashed, clientSeed, nonce, difficulty_level, mines_positions, current_step, multiplier, no_house_edge_multiplier, amount_won, effective_edge, round_id. The Phase E dataset adds: step_results[], cashed_out, reached_k.

1.11Verified Invariants9 invariants

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Invariant	Result
SHA-256(hexDecode(serverSeed)) = serverSeedHashed for all 121 revealed primary seeds	Pass
Next-seed promotion chain intact for all 125 transitions	Pass
serverSeedHashed constant within epoch for all 121 primary epochs	Pass
Zero nonce duplicates within any epoch	Pass
Single nonce gap across all epochs (capture-retry), reconstructed from revealed seed	Pass
Single client seed per epoch across all 121 epochs	Pass
Same inputs produce same death-point SET for all 6,000 primary bets	Pass
Wrong client seed changes death-point SET in 99.3% of tests (597 / 601)	Pass
Client seed is browser-generated (Full Pass origin)	Pass

1.12Reproduction InstructionsRun locally

Clone the repository, install dependencies, and run the verification suite:

reproduce-s1.sh · 4 lines · Verified

1git clone https://github.com/ProvablyFair-org/duel-beef.git2cd duel-beef && npm install3npm run verify4# Expected output: Steps 1–6 all PASS

Steps 1–6 cover all Seed, Nonce & Determinism checks. Expected output:

[PASS] Step 1  — Seed Hash Integrity
[PASS] Step 2  — Next-Seed Promotion (Commitment Linkage)
[PASS] Step 3  — Hash Consistency Within Epoch
[PASS] Step 4  — Nonce Audit
[PASS] Step 5  — Outcome Recomputation (Death Points)
[PASS] Step 6  — Client Seed Influence

RNG & Entropy Model

Is the randomness genuinely random, or could it be rigged?

This section verifies that Duel.com's Beef random number generation produces cryptographically sound, unbiased outputs using only the disclosed inputs. The RNG uses a backward Fisher-Yates shuffle with HMAC-SHA256 — each shuffle step derives a swap index from a 4-byte HMAC chunk with bias-free rejection sampling via the maxFair ceiling. We independently implemented this algorithm, verified it produces the same results as the live game, and confirmed no hidden inputs can influence outcomes.

Cryptographic Randomness Verification

4 / 4configs verified

What we verified

HMAC-SHA256 produces cryptographically sound, unpredictable output for each shuffle step
Only disclosed inputs affect outcomes — no timestamps, no server-side state, no hidden entropy
Rejection sampling via maxFair ceiling eliminates modulo bias for all ranges (2–20)
Death-point placement follows uniform distribution for all 4 difficulty levels (confirmed over 4M simulated rounds)
Consecutive outcomes are statistically independent — no patterns, no streaks
99.3% of outcomes change with a different client seed (597 / 601 tested bets)

What this means for you

Each death-point placement is generated fairly and cannot be skewed
All 20 grid positions are equally likely to host a death point — no positional bias
No hidden randomness or server-side tricks influence where death points appear
Consecutive bets are not correlated — past results don't affect future outcomes
The algorithm depends only on seeds you can verify

4 / 4configs verified

HMAC-SHA256 produces cryptographically sound, unpredictable output for each shuffle step
Only disclosed inputs affect outcomes — no timestamps, no server-side state, no hidden entropy
Rejection sampling via maxFair ceiling eliminates modulo bias for all ranges (2–20)
Death-point placement follows uniform distribution for all 4 difficulty levels (confirmed over 4M simulated rounds)
Consecutive outcomes are statistically independent — no patterns, no streaks
99.3% of outcomes change with a different client seed (597 / 601 tested bets)

RNG derived only from disclosed inputsPass

HMAC-SHA256(hexDecode(serverSeed), clientSeed:nonce:cursor) — no hidden entropy

Entropy purityPass

No timestamps, external APIs, Math.random, or server-side state

Algorithm independently implementedPass

Independent implementation produces identical death-point SETs for all 6,450 bets

Modulo biasPass

Rejection sampling via maxFair ceiling eliminates bias for all ranges (2–20)

Key encoding verifiedPass

Server seed hex-decoded to bytes (not UTF-8) — confirmed via 6,450-bet recomputation

Serial independencePass

Lag-1 autocorrelation near zero and runs tests pass across all 4 difficulty levels at 1M rounds each

Client seed influencePass

99.3% of outcomes change with an alternate client seed — confirmed across 601 tested bets

✓ Unbiased and Cryptographically Sound

The Beef RNG uses only the disclosed inputs, produces uniform death-point distribution across all 4 difficulty levels, and shows no serial dependence across 4M simulated rounds. The client seed is a genuine input — 99.3% of outcomes change with a different seed.

RNG Pipeline — HMAC-SHA256 → uint32 → rejection sampling → Fisher-Yates swap → death-point SET — illustrated flow

Check	Result	Evidence
RNG derived only from disclosed inputs	Pass	HMAC-SHA256(hexDecode(serverSeed), clientSeed:nonce:cursor) — no hidden entropy
Entropy purity	Pass	No timestamps, external APIs, Math.random, or server-side state
Algorithm independently implemented	Pass	Independent implementation produces identical death-point SETs for all 6,450 bets
Modulo bias	Pass	Rejection sampling via `maxFair` ceiling eliminates bias for all ranges (2–20)
Key encoding verified	Pass	Server seed hex-decoded to bytes (not UTF-8) — confirmed via 6,450-bet recomputation
Serial independence	Pass	Lag-1 autocorrelation near zero and runs tests pass across all 4 difficulty levels at 1M rounds each
Client seed influence	Pass	99.3% of outcomes change with an alternate client seed — confirmed across 601 tested bets

RNG derived only from disclosed inputsPass

HMAC-SHA256(hexDecode(serverSeed), clientSeed:nonce:cursor) — no hidden entropy

Entropy purityPass

No timestamps, external APIs, Math.random, or server-side state

Algorithm independently implementedPass

Independent implementation produces identical death-point SETs for all 6,450 bets

Modulo biasPass

Rejection sampling via maxFair ceiling eliminates bias for all ranges (2–20)

Key encoding verifiedPass

Server seed hex-decoded to bytes (not UTF-8) — confirmed via 6,450-bet recomputation

Serial independencePass

Lag-1 autocorrelation near zero and runs tests pass across all 4 difficulty levels at 1M rounds each

Client seed influencePass

99.3% of outcomes change with an alternate client seed — confirmed across 601 tested bets

✓ Unbiased and Cryptographically Sound

How It Works — RNG & Entropy Model7 sections

2.1RNG Function Implementation

Each Beef bet places m death points on a 20-tile grid using a backward Fisher-Yates shuffle. The algorithm iterates from index 19 down to 1 (19 steps). At each step, an HMAC-SHA256 hash is computed with the hex-decoded server seed as key and clientSeed:nonce:cursor as the message. The first 4-byte chunk below the maxFair ceiling is used: j = chunk % range determines the swap index. After all 19 steps, positions[0..deathPointsCount−1] (sorted ascending) gives the death-point SET.

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Component	Detail
Hash function	HMAC-SHA256
Key	`Buffer.from(serverSeed, 'hex')` — 32 bytes
Message	`clientSeed:nonce:cursor`
Extraction	4-byte chunks → `parseInt(hex, 16)` → uint32
Rejection	`value < maxFair` — bias-free ceiling per range
Reduction	`uint32 % range` → swap index j ∈ [0, range)
Shuffle	Backward Fisher-Yates: i=19 downto 1
Output	`positions[0..deathPointsCount−1]` (sorted) → death-point SET

src/rng.ts · computeDeathPointsFromBuffer · Verified

1export function computeDeathPointsFromBuffer(2  keyBuffer: Buffer,3  clientSeed: string,4  nonce: number,5  deathPointsCount: number,6  gridSize = GRID_SIZE,7): number[] {8  if (deathPointsCount >= gridSize) {9    throw new Error(`deathPointsCount (${deathPointsCount}) must be less than gridSize (${gridSize})`);10  }11 12  const positions: number[] = Array.from({ length: gridSize }, (_, i) => i);13 14  for (let i = gridSize - 1; i > 0; i--) {15    const range   = i + 1;16    const maxFair = MAX_UINT32 - (MAX_UINT32 % range);17    let cursor    = gridSize - 1 - i;18 19    while (true) {20      const message = `${clientSeed}:${nonce}:${cursor}`;21      const hmac    = crypto.createHmac('sha256', keyBuffer).update(message).digest('hex');22      let found     = false;23 24      for (let off = 0; off + 8 <= hmac.length; off += 8) {25        const value = parseInt(hmac.substring(off, off + 8), 16);26        if (value < maxFair) {27          const j = value % range;28          [positions[i], positions[j]] = [positions[j], positions[i]];29          found = true;30          break;31        }32      }33 34      if (found) break;35      cursor++;36    }37  }38 39  return positions.slice(0, deathPointsCount).sort((a, b) => a - b);40}

Result: Independent implementation matches all 6,450 live bets with zero SET mismatches. Algorithm coded from the cryptographic specification at duel.com/fairness/verify, not copied from any casino source code.

2.2Entropy Sources

All randomness derives exclusively from the deterministic HMAC-SHA256 function combining three cleanly separated inputs:

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Source	Controlled By	Purpose
Server Seed	Casino	Base randomness (committed via SHA-256 hash before betting)
Client Seed	Player	Player-contributed entropy
Nonce	System	Uniqueness per bet (increments automatically within each epoch)
Cursor	System	Per-step isolation (0 to 18, one per Fisher-Yates step)

No mixed entropy sources detected. Run the same inputs multiple times — results are always identical. Pure HMAC-SHA256 must always produce identical outputs. 6,450/6,450 confirmed.

How we know: 6,450/6,450 bets were recomputed using only the three declared inputs. If any hidden entropy source existed, recomputation would fail. It does not.

Verified absent: No timestamps, no Math.random(), no external APIs, no server-side mutable state. Only: HMAC-SHA256(hexDecode(serverSeed), clientSeed:nonce:cursor)

2.3Modulo Bias Analysis

Each shuffle step's swap index is determined by chunk % range where range varies from 2 to 20 across the 19 Fisher-Yates steps. Modulo bias occurs when 2^32 is not evenly divisible by the range. The algorithm eliminates this bias entirely via rejection sampling: a ceiling maxFair = 0xFFFFFFFF − (0xFFFFFFFF % range) ensures only unbiased chunks are used. Any chunk ≥ maxFair is discarded.

For range = 20 (first step, i=19):
  maxFair = 0xFFFFFFFF − (0xFFFFFFFF % 20)
          = 4,294,967,295 − 15
          = 4,294,967,280  (= 0xFFFFFFF0)

  Rejected values: [4,294,967,280 .. 4,294,967,295] = 16 values
  Rejection rate: 16 / 4,294,967,296 ≈ 3.7 × 10⁻⁹

  Accepted range size: 4,294,967,280 = 214,748,364 × 20
  → each residue 0–19 equally likely (zero bias)

Result: Zero modulo bias confirmed. Rejection sampling via maxFair ceiling ensures uniform swap indices for all 19 Fisher-Yates steps.

For range = 2 (last step, i=1), maxFair = 0xFFFFFFFF − (0xFFFFFFFF % 2) = 0xFFFFFFFE. Only two values (0xFFFFFFFE, 0xFFFFFFFF) are rejected — negligible. For all 19 ranges in the shuffle, the rejection ceiling makes every swap index uniformly distributed. Retries (all 8 chunks rejected in one hash) are astronomically rare — probability (16/2^32)^8 ≈ 4 × 10⁻⁶⁸ for range=20.

2.4RNG Isolation

Each shuffle step within a single bet uses a unique cursor value in the HMAC message (clientSeed:nonce:cursor), ensuring per-step outputs are cryptographically independent. Each bet uses a unique nonce, ensuring per-bet outputs are independent. HMAC-SHA256 is a pseudorandom function — knowing one step's output gives zero information about other steps' outputs. There is no shared state between steps, between bets, or between epochs.

Result: RNG isolation confirmed. No state leakage between shuffle steps, bets, or epochs. Each HMAC call is independently keyed and messaged.

Evidence: The computeDeathPointsFromBuffer implementation in 2.1 confirms this — it is a pure function with no class state, no external calls, and no cross-bet memory. The function takes (keyBuffer, clientSeed, nonce, deathPointsCount) explicitly and returns an array. Same inputs always produce the same output.

2.5Monte Carlo Simulation (4M Rounds)

A 4,000,000-round Monte Carlo simulation (1,000,000 rounds per config, all 4 difficulty-level configurations) verified that the algorithm produces the expected death-point distribution at scale.

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Metric	Value
Average simulated RTP	99.1468%
Average theoretical RTP	99.2000%
Chi-squared (α=0.01)	4/4 configs pass
Bonferroni-corrected (α/4 = 0.0025)	4/4 pass
Serial independence	4/4 pass

src/simulate.ts · simulation parameters · Verified

1// From src/simulate.ts — constants and pinned simulation seeds2const DIFFICULTIES: Array<1|2|3|4> = [1, 2, 3, 4];3const ROUNDS_PER_CONFIG   = 1_000_000;4const NONCES_PER_SEED     = 10_000;5const EPOCH_LENGTH        = 50;6const THEORETICAL_RTP     = 1 - HOUSE_EDGE; // 0.9927const CONVERGENCE_SAMPLES = [1_000, 5_000, 10_000, 50_000, 100_000, 500_000, 1_000_000];8 9// Representative difficulty for Pass 2 — MEDIUM (deathPointsCount=3) gives10// 85% first-step win chance, a good balance of sample size and variance.11const PASS2_DIFFICULTY = 2 as const;12const PASS2_DPC        = DEATH_POINTS_BY_DIFFICULTY[PASS2_DIFFICULTY];

Result: 4M rounds simulated. All 4 configs pass chi-squared and serial independence. Death-point distribution matches uniform expectations across the 20-tile grid.

All 4 configurations pass individual chi-squared tests. Serial independence: 0 failures across 4M rounds.

Methodology: Per-config pinned seeds for reproducibility — one unique (serverSeed, clientSeed) pair per difficulty level, generated once via crypto.randomBytes. Chi-squared goodness-of-fit on death-point frequency across the 20 grid positions. Serial independence tested via lag-1 autocorrelation and Wald-Wolfowitz runs test on the per-round outcome sequence.

2.6Serial Independence

Serial independence ensures consecutive bet outcomes are not correlated — winning or losing on one bet does not affect the next. Two tests were applied to each configuration in the Pass 1 simulation (1,000,000 rounds per config):

Lag-1 autocorrelation: Measures correlation between consecutive outcome sequence values. Expected r ≈ 0 for independent sequences. Threshold: |z| > 3 (where z = r × √n).

Wald-Wolfowitz runs test: Tests whether the sequence of above/below-median outcomes has the expected number of runs. p < 0.01 indicates non-random structure.

src/stats.ts · lag1Autocorrelation · Verified

1export function lag1Autocorrelation(series: number[]): number {2  const n    = series.length;3  const mean = series.reduce((a, b) => a + b, 0) / n;4  let num = 0, den = 0;5  for (let i = 0; i < n - 1; i++) num += (series[i] - mean) * (series[i + 1] - mean);6  for (let i = 0; i < n; i++)     den += (series[i] - mean) ** 2;7  return den === 0 ? 0 : num / den;8}

Result: 0/4 configurations fail serial independence. All lag-1 autocorrelation values are near zero (|r₁| < 0.001), all runs test p-values are above 0.01. Consecutive outcomes are statistically independent.

2.7Worked Example — Full RNG Trace

Real bet from dataset — Round ID 7722773, difficulty=2 (MEDIUM, m=3), nonce 1. Verified from beef-master-6000bets.json:

serverSeed       = fcf0584ae26b61deecc138adfc788ef039d69814c172a7d71667b5c9cdc661fb
clientSeed       = 8AgNlaGR1fxeiy93
nonce            = 1
difficulty_level = 2 (MEDIUM, m=3)
current_step     = [0]

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i	cursor	range	HMAC[:8]	uint32	j	swap
19	0	20	`5ed36ebf`	1,590,914,751	11	pos[19]↔︎pos[11]
18	1	19	`ee6377b7`	3,999,496,119	14	pos[18]↔︎pos[14]
17	2	18	`79caf915`	2,043,345,173	5	pos[17]↔︎pos[5]
16	3	17	`e6d47848`	3,872,684,104	5	pos[16]↔︎pos[5]
15	4	16	`a582f7fe`	2,776,823,806	14	pos[15]↔︎pos[14]

Parity verified: Round #7722773 — death-point SET matches backward Fisher-Yates recomputation exactly. Player stepped on tile 0 (not in death-point set) → win. Multiplier (m=3, k=1): 20 / (20−3) = 20/17 = 1.1765×. Payout: 0.01 × 1.1765 × 0.992 = 0.011671.

Live GameSET = {1, 9, 15}

VerifierSET = {1, 9, 15}

Technical Evidence & Verification5 sections

2.8Evidence Coverage Summary6 checks

3 columns

Verification Area	Coverage	Result
Algorithm implementation (Step 5)	6,000 / 6,000 primary bets	Pass
Key encoding (hex vs UTF-8)	Confirmed via recomputation	Pass
Modulo bias analysis	Rejection sampling: maxFair ceiling for all ranges 2–20	Pass
External entropy non-participation (Step 5)	6,000 / 6,000 reproduced from disclosed inputs alone	Pass
Simulation chi-squared (Step 18)	0 / 4 configs fail at α=0.01	Pass
Serial independence (Step 18)	0 / 4 configs fail (lag-1 + runs test)	Pass

2.9Code References5 source files

2 columns

File	Purpose
src/rng.ts	HMAC-SHA256 backward Fisher-Yates (computeDeathPoints, computeDeathPointsFromBuffer)
src/simulate.ts	Monte Carlo simulation (4M rounds, two-pass)
src/stats.ts	Chi-squared, lag-1 autocorrelation, Wald-Wolfowitz runs test
tests/steps/determinism.ts	Steps 5–6: Death-point recomputation and client seed influence
tests/steps/simulation.ts	Steps 18–19: Simulation integrity verification

2.10Verified Invariants9 invariants

2 columns

Invariant	Result
HMAC-SHA256 output matches live game for all 6,450 bets	Pass
Key is hex-decoded (not UTF-8) — wrong encoding produces wrong death-point SETs	Pass
Rejection sampling eliminates modulo bias for all ranges (2–20)	Pass
No external entropy sources required for death-point computation	Pass
Death-point distribution is uniform across the 20-tile grid for all 4 difficulty levels (1M rounds each)	Pass
Lag-1 autocorrelation near zero for all 4 configs	Pass
Runs test p > 0.01 for all 4 configs	Pass
Per-config simulated RTP converges to 99.2% theoretical	Pass
Client seed change produces different death-point SET in 99.3% of bets (597/601)	Pass

2.11Datasets UsedSource artifacts

Simulation: outputs/simulation-results.json — 4M rounds across 4 difficulty-level configs

Primary dataset: data/beef-master-6000bets.json — 6,000 live bets for death-point SET recomputation (Step 5)

Phase E dataset: data/beef-phaseE-450bets.json — 450 multi-step bets, confirms RNG determinism under multi-step and cash-out flows (Steps 20–22)

Simulation output: outputs/simulation-results.json — Pass 1 (4M rounds, per-config chi-squared and serial tests) + Pass 2 (121 casino seeds × 10K nonces)

Determinism log: outputs/determinism-log.json — per-bet death-point SET verification log (6,000 entries, 0 mismatches, 0 skipped)

2.12Reproduction InstructionsRun locally

Clone the repository, install dependencies, and run the simulation and verification:

reproduce-s2.sh · 4 lines · Verified

1git clone https://github.com/ProvablyFair-org/duel-beef.git2cd duel-beef && npm install3npm run simulate  # 4M-round simulation (~90 sec)4npm run verify    # Steps 5, 18 cover S2

S2-related steps:

[PASS] Step 5  — Outcome Recomputation (Death Points)
[PASS] Step 18 — Simulation Results — Pass 1 Integrity

Verifier Parity

Does the live game actually follow its own rules?

This section validates that the independent verifier produces the exact same death-point set as the live game for every single bet. It also confirms the win condition and that every payout matches Duel's published multiplier formula. Any mismatch would invalidate the fairness guarantee.

Live ↔︎ Verifier Parity

6,450 / 6,450bets matched

What we verified

Every bet independently recomputed from seeds — full death-point SET verified, not just the payout
Payout correctness: amount_won = amount × multiplier, exact to 8 decimal places for all 6,450 bets
Multiplier formula produces the correct value for all 4 difficulty-level configurations
Bet amount is not an input to the RNG — death-point layout depends only on seeds and nonce
All five capture phases recomputed identically (baseline difficulty coverage, high-variance EXPERT, elevated stake, client-seed variation, multi-step + cash-out)

What this means for you

The verifier isn't a simulation — it produces the exact same death-point set as the live game
Every bet you play can be independently recomputed by anyone
No hidden logic alters outcomes based on how much you bet or how many tiles you step on
The game engine in production matches the published algorithm exactly

6,450 / 6,450bets matched

Every bet independently recomputed from seeds — full death-point SET verified, not just the payout
Payout correctness: amount_won = amount × multiplier, exact to 8 decimal places for all 6,450 bets
Multiplier formula produces the correct value for all 4 difficulty-level configurations
Bet amount is not an input to the RNG — death-point layout depends only on seeds and nonce
All five capture phases recomputed identically (baseline difficulty coverage, high-variance EXPERT, elevated stake, client-seed variation, multi-step + cash-out)

Parity Verification Flow — seeds → recompute → compare → exact match — illustrated flow

6,450Live Bets Tested

100%Parity Rate

$0.01 & $10Bet Sizes Tested

0Mismatches

Check	Result	Evidence
Death-point SET recomputation	Pass	6,450 / 6,450 exact match — death-point SET verified for every bet
Payout correctness	Pass	All 6,450 bets: amount_won = amount × no_house_edge_multiplier, exact to 8 decimal places
Multiplier formula integrity	Pass	All observed multipliers match C(20,k) / C(20−m,k) × 0.992 for all 4 difficulty-level configurations
Bet-size independence	Pass	Bet amount is absent from the RNG input — death-point layout depends only on seeds and nonce
Config completeness	Pass	All 4 difficulty levels (EASY, MEDIUM, HARD, EXPERT) covered in live data
Multi-step parity	Pass	Phase E: 1,085 step-multiplier pairs verified across 15 distinct (difficulty, k) combos; 450 multi-step bets match recomputed death-point set
Multi-phase coverage	Pass	5 structured phases: baseline difficulty coverage (A), high-variance EXPERT (B), elevated stake (C), client-seed variation (D), multi-step + cash-out (E)

Death-point SET recomputationPass

6,450 / 6,450 exact match — death-point SET verified for every bet

Payout correctnessPass

All 6,450 bets: amount_won = amount × no_house_edge_multiplier, exact to 8 decimal places

Multiplier formula integrityPass

All observed multipliers match C(20,k) / C(20−m,k) × 0.992 for all 4 difficulty-level configurations

Bet-size independencePass

Bet amount is absent from the RNG input — death-point layout depends only on seeds and nonce

Config completenessPass

All 4 difficulty levels (EASY, MEDIUM, HARD, EXPERT) covered in live data

Multi-step parityPass

Phase E: 1,085 step-multiplier pairs verified across 15 distinct (difficulty, k) combos; 450 multi-step bets match recomputed death-point set

Multi-phase coveragePass

5 structured phases: baseline difficulty coverage (A), high-variance EXPERT (B), elevated stake (C), client-seed variation (D), multi-step + cash-out (E)

✓ Live game and verifier fully aligned

All 6,450 bets matched the independent verifier exactly — death-point sets verified across all five capture phases, including 450 multi-step bets with up to 5 steps each. Payout math correct. Multiplier formula confirmed across all 4 difficulty-level configurations.

How It Works — Verifier Parity8 sections

3.1Why Parity Matters

If the verifier produces results that differ from the live game, players cannot trust the verification — the entire provably fair system becomes meaningless. 100% parity is required because even a single discrepancy would indicate either a bug in the verification logic, manipulation in the live game, or inconsistent RNG implementation. Players must be able to take the revealed seeds after gameplay, input them into the independent verifier, and receive the exact same death-point layout they experienced during live play.

3.2Five-Phase Collection Design

Data was collected across five structured phases, each designed to test a specific fairness property. The phases are complementary — together they cover difficulty-level breadth, high-variance edge cases, bet-size invariance, client seed variation, and multi-step cash-out flows.

5 columns

Phase	Bets	Config	Bet Amount	Purpose
A — Baseline difficulty coverage	4,000	4 difficulties (1,000 per config)	$0.01	Verify formula correctness across every difficulty level
B — High-variance EXPERT edge case	1,000	1 config (EXPERT, m=10)	$0.01	Maximum variance; 10 death points on a 20-tile grid (50% first-step win chance)
C — Stake equivalence	200	1 config (MEDIUM, m=3)	$10.00	Confirm bet amount is not an RNG input
D — Client-seed variation	800	4 difficulties (random)	$0.01	16 custom `pfaudit`-prefixed client seeds; confirms seed control is player-side
E — Multi-step & cash-out	450	4 sub-phases across all 4 difficulties, target_k ∈ {2, 3, 5}	$0.01	Multi-step reveal chains, cash-out correctness, death-point invariance at k>1

Total: 6,450 bets across 131 bet-bearing epochs (139 seed entries total). Total wagered: $2,062.50 ($40.00 Phase A + $10.00 Phase B + $2,000.00 Phase C + $8.00 Phase D + $4.50 Phase E).

3.3Death-Point Recomputation (Step 5)

For every bet belonging to an epoch with a revealed server seed, the verifier independently computed the death-point set using computeDeathPointsFromBuffer(key, clientSeed, nonce, deathPointsCount) and compared it (as a SET) to the server-reported mines_positions. The computation uses HMAC-SHA256 backward Fisher-Yates with the hex-decoded server seed as key.

Death-Point Recomputation (Step 5) — illustrated flow

tests/steps/determinism.ts · Step 5 · Verified

1// Step 5: Death-point recomputation2for (const b of bets) {3  const ss = seedMap.get(b.seed.serverSeedHashed);4  if (!ss) { skipped++; continue; }5  const dpc      = DEATH_POINTS_BY_DIFFICULTY[b.response.difficulty_level];6  const key      = Buffer.from(ss, 'hex');7  const computed = computeDeathPointsFromBuffer(key, b.seed.clientSeed, b.seed.nonce, dpc);8  const actual   = [...b.response.mines_positions].sort((a, c) => a - c);9  if (computed.length !== actual.length || !computed.every((v, i) => v === actual[i])) mismatches++;10}

Result: 6,000 / 6,000 primary-dataset bets verified, 0 skipped. Zero SET mismatches. Every computed death-point set matches mines_positions in the dataset. Phase E's 450 multi-step bets additionally verified via Step 21 — see 3.9 Evidence Coverage Summary.

3.4Payout Math (Step 7)

For each of the 6,450 bets, the verifier computed amount × no_house_edge_multiplier and compared the result to the server-reported amount_won. The tolerance is 1×10⁻⁸ — any difference larger than this would indicate the server is applying hidden fees, rounding errors, or incorrect multipliers. Beef's API exposes two multiplier fields: multiplier is the raw ratio C(20,k)/C(20−m,k) without the edge applied, and no_house_edge_multiplier is the actual payout multiplier with the 0.992 edge factor applied. The payout formula uses the latter.

tests/steps/payouts.ts · Step 7 · Verified

1// Step 7: Payout math2for (const b of bets) {3  if (b.response.outcome === 'win') {4    const amt = parseFloat(b.response.amount_currency || b.request.amount);5    const nhe = parseFloat(b.response.no_house_edge_multiplier ?? '0');6    const won = parseFloat(b.response.amount_won);7    if (Math.abs(amt * nhe - won) > 1e-8) payoutErrors++;8  } else {9    if (b.response.amount_won !== '0') payoutErrors++;10  }11}

Result: All 6,000 primary bets + 450 Phase E bets: amount_won = amount × no_house_edge_multiplier within tolerance 1e-8. Zero mismatches. Payout math is exact. Phase E multi-step cash-outs additionally verified by Step 22 (202 cash-outs across k ∈ {2, 3, 5}).

3.5Multiplier Formula Verification (Step 8)

Beef's payout multiplier is derived from the combinatorial ratio C(20,k) / C(20−m,k) × 0.992. Duel's /api/v2/cross-road/config endpoint publishes a pre-computed payout_tables lookup (61 entries across the 4 difficulties) — we independently verified every table entry matches the closed-form formula exactly (max deviation 4.55 × 10⁻¹³). Step 8 verifies that every observed no_house_edge_multiplier on live bets matches the formula with k=1 (the primary dataset's step count) and every multiplier matches the un-edged ratio 20/(20−m). Step 20 extends this to k ∈ {1..5} for Phase E multi-step bets.

2 columns

Metric	Count
Total winning bets checked	4,337
Matching formula at k=1	4,337
Mismatches	0
Multi-step pairs verified (Step 20)	1,085 across 15 distinct (difficulty, k) combos

tests/steps/payouts.ts · Step 8 · Verified

1// Step 8: Multiplier formula (C(20,k)/C(20-m,k) × edge)2for (const b of bets) {3  if (b.response.outcome !== 'win') continue;4  const dpc = DEATH_POINTS_BY_DIFFICULTY[b.response.difficulty_level];5  const k = (b.response.current_step || []).length;   // number of steps completed6  const expRaw = theoreticalMultiplier(dpc, k, 0);7  const actRaw = parseFloat(b.response.multiplier);8  if (Math.abs(expRaw - actRaw) > 1e-6) multErrors++;9 10  const expEdge = theoreticalMultiplier(dpc, k, HOUSE_EDGE);11  const actEdge = parseFloat(b.response.no_house_edge_multiplier ?? '0');12  if (Math.abs(expEdge - actEdge) > 1e-6) multErrors++;13}

Result: Every live payout multiplier matches the formula C(20,k) / C(20−m,k) × 0.992. 4/4 difficulty-level configurations verified at k=1; 1,085 multi-step pairs verified at k > 1 (Step 20). Flat 0.8% house edge across all configs — no scaling edge.

3.6Win Condition Verification (Step 9)

In Beef, the win condition is purely structural: the bet wins if and only if every stepped tile is not in the death-point set. Step 9 verifies this for every bet — for each of the 6,000 primary bets we checked that outcome === 'win' matches every step in current_step[] ∉ mines_positions. For Phase E's multi-step bets, Step 21 extends the check to step sequences up to k=5 — confirming the win condition holds across the full multi-step chain.

3 columns

Scope	Coverage	Verified
Primary dataset (Phase A–D)	6,000 bets, single-step outcomes	6,000 / 6,000
Phase E multi-step win condition (Step 21)	450 multi-step bets, k ∈ {1..5}	450 / 450
Phase E cash-out at k>1 (Step 22)	202 winning bets at k>1	202 / 202

Result: Win condition verified across all 6,450 bets. The live game correctly awards a win iff every stepped tile is not in the cryptographically-determined death-point set. No edge cases, no off-by-one errors, no position-specific logic.

3.7Phase C — Bet-Size Equivalence (Step 10)

Phase C placed 200 bets at $10 on MEDIUM difficulty (m=3) — the same configuration tested at $0.01 elsewhere in the dataset. All 200 death-point layouts were recomputed correctly from revealed seeds. All 165 winning bets' multipliers matched the same C(20,k) / C(20−m,k) × 0.992 formula applied to $0.01 bets in Phase A. Equivalence is proven deterministically — 200/200 exact death-point-set matches.

Result: Phase C: 200 / 200 death-point sets recomputed correctly at $10. All multipliers match the $0.01 formula. Bet amount is not an input to the RNG.

Variance context: Phase C's 200-bet sample at MEDIUM (m=3) has high per-bet variance — the first-step win chance is 17/20 = 85% and the first-step multiplier is 1.1765× × 0.992 = 1.1671×. At N=200, empirical RTP is not a meaningful measure; the theoretical 99.2% RTP is proven analytically in S4.

3.8Worked Example — Full Parity Verification

Real bet from Phase E1 — Round ID 7843993, EASY (m=1), nonce 0, 5 safe steps cashed out. Verified from beef-phaseE-450bets.json:

serverSeed       = 414cf32bb0d5412e2e1f42fa304f4b45601e9715074ed2d436d8569ccaed5844
clientSeed       = zqpIvz4yp068AeIU
nonce            = 0
difficulty_level = 1 (EASY, m=1)
steps            = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]
cashed_out       = true
reached_k        = 5
target_k         = 5

3 columns

Step	Process	Output
1	Backward Fisher-Yates: 19 HMAC-SHA256 calls	Shuffled positions array
2	positions[0..0] (sorted) → death-point SET	{6}
3	Player steps on tiles 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 — none in death-point set	5 safe steps (win)
4	Multiplier chain: C(20,k) / C(20−1,k) for k=1..5 (edge applied at cash-out)	1.0526× → 1.1111× → 1.1765× → 1.2500× → 1.3333× → payout mult 1.3227×
5	Cash-out payout: 0.01 × 1.322667	0.013227 ✅

HMAC-SHA256 recomputation + formula · Verified

1// computeDeathPoints("414cf32b...", "zqpIvz4yp068AeIU", 0, 1)2// 19 Fisher-Yates steps → death-point SET = {6}3//4// Step chain (player steps on tiles 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 — all safe).5// Live step_results multipliers are the raw combinatorial ratio (no edge):6//   k=1: mult = C(20,1) / C(19,1)               = 20/19        = 1.052632×7//   k=2: mult = C(20,2) / C(19,2)               = 190/171      = 1.111111×8//   k=3: mult = C(20,3) / C(19,3)               = 1140/969     = 1.176471×9//   k=4: mult = C(20,4) / C(19,4)               = 4845/3876    = 1.250000×10//   k=5: mult = C(20,5) / C(19,5)               = 15504/11628  = 1.333333×11//12// Cash-out at k=5 applies the 0.8% house edge:13//   no_house_edge_multiplier = 1.333333 × 0.992 = 1.32266714//   Payout: 0.01 × 1.322667                     = 0.01322715//   Live amount_won: 0.013226666... ✅

Parity verified: Round #7843993 — death-point SET, safe-step sequence, multiplier chain, and cash-out payout all match exactly between live game and independent verifier. This example exercises Steps 5, 7, 8, 20, 21, 22 end-to-end.

Live GameSET = {6}, payout = 0.01323

VerifierSET = {6}, payout = 0.01323

Technical Evidence & Verification5 sections

3.9Evidence Coverage Summary12 checks

3 columns

Verification Area	Coverage	Result
Death-point SET recomputation (Step 5)	6,000 / 6,000 bets — full death-point SET verified	Pass
Payout math (Step 7)	6,000 / 6,000 bets (exact to 8 decimal places)	Pass
Multiplier formula integrity (Step 8)	4,337 winning bets — formula C(20,1)/C(20−m,1)×0.992 matches	Pass
Win condition (Step 9)	6,000 / 6,000 bets — outcome=win iff every stepped tile ∉ mines	Pass
Phase C bet-size invariance (Step 10)	200 / 200 at $10	Pass
Config completeness (Step 11)	All 4 difficulty levels covered	Pass
House edge audit (Step 12)	6,000 / 6,000 bets — `effective_edge` field is not a game-logic input; constant at 0.8, death-point sets and payouts derive from the seed pair and multiplier formula, not the field	Pass
Phase D client-seed variation (Step 17)	800 bets, 16 custom client seeds — 800 / 800 match	Pass
Multi-step multiplier chain (Step 20)	1,085 step-multiplier pairs across 15 (difficulty, k) combos	Pass
Death-point recomputation — Phase E (Step 21)	450 multi-step bets — layout fixed at round start	Pass
Cash-out payout correctness (Step 22)	202 cash-outs across k ∈ {2, 3, 5} (k=2:27, k=3:67, k=5:108)	Pass
Multi-phase coverage	5 phases: A (4,000) + B (1,000) + C (200) + D (800) + E (450)	Pass

3.10Code References5 source files

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File	Purpose
tests/steps/determinism.ts	Step 5: Death-point recomputation
tests/steps/payouts.ts	Steps 7–12: Payout math, multiplier formula, win condition, Phase C equivalence, config completeness, house edge
tests/steps/dataset.ts	Steps 13–17: Phase labels, dataset hash, epoch size, anti-circularity, Phase D client-seed variation
tests/steps/multireveal.ts	Steps 20–22: Multi-step chain, Phase E death-point recomputation, cash-out payout
src/rng.ts	HMAC-SHA256 backward Fisher-Yates, theoreticalMultiplier formula

3.11Datasets UsedSource artifacts

Primary dataset: data/beef-master-6000bets.json — 6,000 live bets across Phases A–D (121 bet-bearing epochs)

Phase E dataset: data/beef-phaseE-450bets.json — 450 multi-step bets across 4 sub-phases (10 epochs)

Game config: /api/v2/cross-road/config — operator payout table (61 entries across the 4 difficulties); every entry matches the closed-form formula C(20,k)/C(20−m,k) × 0.992 (max deviation 4.55 × 10⁻¹³)

Verification output: outputs/verification-results.json — Steps 5, 7–12, 17, 20–22

3.12Verified Invariants11 invariants

2 columns

Invariant	Result
Computed death-point SET matches live mines_positions for all 6,450 bets	Pass
amount_won = amount × no_house_edge_multiplier, exact to 8 decimal places for all 6,450 bets	Pass
Every multiplier matches C(20,k) / C(20−m,k) × 0.992 for all 4 difficulty levels and all k ∈ {1..5}	Pass
Win condition holds: outcome=win iff every stepped tile ∉ death-point set for all 6,450 bets	Pass
Phase C ($10) produces identical death-point sets to $0.01 bets at MEDIUM difficulty	Pass
Phase C multipliers match the $0.01 formula (same config, different bet size)	Pass
No hidden inputs beyond (serverSeed, clientSeed, nonce, difficultyLevel)	Pass
All 4 difficulty levels (EASY, MEDIUM, HARD, EXPERT) present in live data	Pass
Phase D: 800/800 death-point sets verified across 16 custom pfaudit client seeds	Pass
Death-point set fixed at round start — unchanged by step sequence (Phase E, 450 bets)	Pass
Cash-out payouts correct at k > 1 — 202 cash-outs across k ∈ {2, 3, 5}	Pass

3.13Reproduction InstructionsRun locally

reproduce-s3.sh · 4 lines · Verified

1git clone https://github.com/ProvablyFair-org/duel-beef.git2cd duel-beef && npm install3npm run verify4# Expected output: Steps 5, 7–12, 17, 20–22 all PASS

S3-related steps:

[PASS] Step 5  — Outcome Recomputation (Death Points)
[PASS] Step 7  — Payout Math
[PASS] Step 8  — Multiplier Formula (C(20,k)/C(20−m,k) × edge)
[PASS] Step 9  — Win Condition (all stepped tiles not in mines)
[PASS] Step 10 — Phase C Bet-Size Invariance ($10 bets)
[PASS] Step 11 — Config Completeness (4 difficulty levels)
[PASS] Step 12 — House Edge Audit (effective_edge = 0.8%)
[PASS] Step 17 — Phase D — Client Seed Variation
[PASS] Step 20 — Multi-Step Multiplier Chain (Phase E)
[PASS] Step 21 — Death-Point Recomputation (Phase E)
[PASS] Step 22 — Cash-Out Payout Correctness (k>1)

RTP & Payout Logic

Is the house edge what the casino claims?

This section mathematically verifies the flat 0.8% game-engine house edge built into Beef's payout multipliers across all 4 difficulty-level configurations. The key test is anti-circularity: we prove the RTP from first principles using combinatorial cancellation — the win-chance ratio and the payout-multiplier ratio cancel algebraically to produce exactly 0.992, independent of any casino-supplied probability data. We then confirm it against 4 million simulated rounds and test whether the casino pre-selected favourable seeds. The 0.8% figure is the game-engine edge measured from the captured dataset; see 4.2 for how the operator's Zero Edge rakeback and Beef's subsequently updated advertised RTP relate to it.

Return to Player Verification

99.2%theoretical RTP

What we verified

House edge is exactly 0.8% — flat across all 4 difficulty-level configurations and all bet sizes
RTP proven from first principles: winChance × multiplier = 0.992 for every configuration — by algebraic cancellation, not summation
4M-round simulation converges on theoretical RTP (mean 99.147%)
Cherry-pick detection: 121 casino seeds tested — no evidence of seed pre-selection
Bet amount does not influence death-point placement — confirmed at $0.01 and $10

What this means for you

The game-engine house edge on Beef is a flat 0.8%, the same regardless of which difficulty level or bet size you choose
The RTP proof is derived independently — it doesn't rely on trusting the casino
The casino's seeds show no evidence of being chosen to produce favourable early outcomes
Your bet amount doesn't affect where the death points are placed
No scaling house edge — Beef's margin is uniform across all 4 difficulty levels

99.2%theoretical RTP

House edge is exactly 0.8% — flat across all 4 difficulty-level configurations and all bet sizes
RTP proven from first principles: winChance × multiplier = 0.992 for every configuration — by algebraic cancellation, not summation
4M-round simulation converges on theoretical RTP (mean 99.147%)
Cherry-pick detection: 121 casino seeds tested — no evidence of seed pre-selection
Bet amount does not influence death-point placement — confirmed at $0.01 and $10

INDEPENDENT DERIVATION

winChance(m, k) × multiplier(m, k)= 0.992

Combinatorial cancellation · All 4 difficulties · All 61 valid step combinations

99.2%Theoretical RTP (all 4 configs)

99.147%Simulated (4M rounds)

0.8%House Edge (flat)

4/4Configs pass

Check	Result	Evidence
Anti-circularity	Pass	winChance × payoutMult = 0.992 for all 4 configs — proven by algebraic cancellation of (20−m)/20 × 20/(20−m) × 0.992, no casino data used. Extends identically to k > 1
House edge audit	Pass	Flat 0.8% house edge across all 4 difficulty-level configurations — derived from × 0.992 factor in the multiplier formula C(20,k)/C(20−m,k) × 0.992; flat across all bet sizes
Simulated RTP (Pass 1)	Pass	4M rounds, avg RTP = 99.147%, 0/4 chi-squared failures, 0/4 serial independence failures
Cherry-pick detection (Pass 2)	Pass	121 casino seeds tested at MEDIUM (m=3) × 10K nonces — Test A: 0/121 fails, Test B: 4 cherry-pick flags, 0 broad — no evidence of seed pre-selection
Bet-size invariance	Pass	Bet amount is not an input to the RNG — same death-point set distribution at $0.01 and $10. Tested in Phase C (200/200)
Multiplier formula	Pass	C(20,k) / C(20−m,k) × 0.992 independently verified for all 4 configs at k=1 and all 1,085 multi-step pairs at k ∈ {1..5}
Config completeness	Pass	All 4 difficulty levels (EASY, MEDIUM, HARD, EXPERT) covered

Anti-circularityPass

winChance × payoutMult = 0.992 for all 4 configs — proven by algebraic cancellation of (20−m)/20 × 20/(20−m) × 0.992, no casino data used. Extends identically to k > 1

House edge auditPass

Flat 0.8% house edge across all 4 difficulty-level configurations — derived from × 0.992 factor in the multiplier formula C(20,k)/C(20−m,k) × 0.992; flat across all bet sizes

Simulated RTP (Pass 1)Pass

4M rounds, avg RTP = 99.147%, 0/4 chi-squared failures, 0/4 serial independence failures

Cherry-pick detection (Pass 2)Pass

121 casino seeds tested at MEDIUM (m=3) × 10K nonces — Test A: 0/121 fails, Test B: 4 cherry-pick flags, 0 broad — no evidence of seed pre-selection

Bet-size invariancePass

Bet amount is not an input to the RNG — same death-point set distribution at $0.01 and $10. Tested in Phase C (200/200)

Multiplier formulaPass

C(20,k) / C(20−m,k) × 0.992 independently verified for all 4 configs at k=1 and all 1,085 multi-step pairs at k ∈ {1..5}

Config completenessPass

All 4 difficulty levels (EASY, MEDIUM, HARD, EXPERT) covered

✓ RTP Behaves as Advertised

The 99.2% RTP is proven mathematically from combinatorial cancellation — winChance × multiplier = 0.992 for all 4 difficulty-level configurations, and the identity extends unchanged to any step count k. This is a first-principles proof, not a statistical estimate. 4M simulated rounds and cherry-pick detection confirm no anomalies. The house edge is flat at 0.8% — no scaling structure.

How It Works — RTP & Payout Logic8 sections

4.1Anti-Circularity Proof (Step 16)

The anti-circularity proof establishes the 99.2% RTP from first principles without using any casino-supplied probability data. Beef's proof is an algebraic identity rather than a summation — the win chance and payout multiplier both contain the same combinatorial ratio, which cancels exactly.

Note on operator payout tables: Duel's /api/v2/cross-road/config endpoint publishes a pre-computed payout_tables lookup for each difficulty — 19 entries for EASY, 17 for MEDIUM, 15 for HARD, 10 for EXPERT (61 total). We independently verified every table entry matches the closed-form formula C(20,k) / C(20−m,k) × 0.992 exactly (max observed deviation 4.55 × 10⁻¹³ — floating-point epsilon). The anti-circularity proof below establishes RTP from the formula alone; the operator's published table is algebraically bound to the same identity.

Anti-Circularity Proof (Step 16) — illustrated flow

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Component	Formula	Source
Win chance at step k	winChance(m, k) = C(20−m, k) / C(20, k)	Combinatorial — pure math, not from casino
Payout multiplier at step k	multiplier(m, k) = C(20, k) / C(20−m, k) × 0.992	Derived from the same combinatorial ratio
RTP computation	winChance × multiplier (no summation — these are the only two terms that matter)	Independent probability × observed multiplier
Result	= 0.992 for all 4 difficulty levels and all valid k	First-principles proof by exact cancellation

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Difficulty (m)	winChance (k=1)	Multiplier (with edge)	winChance × Multiplier	RTP
EASY (1)	19/20 = 0.950000	20/19 × 0.992 = 1.044211	0.992000000	99.2%
MEDIUM (3)	17/20 = 0.850000	20/17 × 0.992 = 1.167059	0.992000000	99.2%
HARD (5)	15/20 = 0.750000	20/15 × 0.992 = 1.322667	0.992000000	99.2%
EXPERT (10)	10/20 = 0.500000	20/10 × 0.992 = 1.984000	0.992000000	99.2%

Result: All 4 difficulty levels across 61 valid (m, k) combinations: RTP = 99.200000% exactly, by algebraic cancellation — no summation, no convergence. Max observed deviation from 99.2% is 2.22 × 10⁻¹⁶ at (m=3, k=4) — the last bit of a double-precision float. Theoretical RTP proof is non-circular and closed-form.

Anti-Circularity Verification:

tests/steps/dataset.ts · Step 16 · Verified

1// Step 16: Anti-circularity — theoretical RTP2// For each difficulty d (1–4) and each valid step count k (1..GRID_SIZE - m),3// single-stop RTP at step k is:4//   RTP(d, k) = survivalProbability(m, k) × theoreticalMultiplier(m, k, edge)5//             = [C(20-m, k)/C(20, k)] × [(1-edge) × C(20, k)/C(20-m, k)]6//             = (1 - edge) = 0.9927// Independent derivation: no casino-supplied data used.8let maxDeviation = 0;9let worstConfig  = '';10let combosTested = 0;11for (const d of [1, 2, 3, 4] as const) {12  const m = DEATH_POINTS_BY_DIFFICULTY[d];13  for (let k = 1; k <= GRID_SIZE - m; k++) {14    const surv = survivalProbability(m, k);15    const mult = theoreticalMultiplier(m, k, HOUSE_EDGE);16    const rtp  = surv * mult;17    const dev  = Math.abs(rtp - (1 - HOUSE_EDGE));18    combosTested++;19    if (dev > maxDeviation) { maxDeviation = dev; worstConfig = `d=${d} (m=${m}), k=${k}`; }20  }21}

Why this proof is non-circular: winChance(m, k) and multiplier(m, k) are literally reciprocals of the same combinatorial ratio C(20, k) / C(20−m, k), scaled by the edge factor 0.992. They cancel exactly — no summation, no approximation, no "converges to". The identity holds by inspection for every (m, k) pair where k ≤ 20 − m, which means the 99.2% RTP is preserved regardless of how many tiles a player steps on before cashing out.

4.2House Edge Audit (Step 12)

The house edge is implemented by multiplying the no-edge payout multiplier by 0.992 (= 1 − 0.008). For each (mines m, step k) combination, the no-edge multiplier is C(20,k)/C(20−m,k) (pure probabilistic baseline), and the actual paid multiplier is C(20,k)/C(20−m,k) × 0.992. The × 0.992 factor is what produces the flat 0.8% house edge across all 4 difficulty-level configurations and all bet sizes. Step 8 verifies the formula against every winning bet; Step 7 confirms payouts reconcile to it.

Every bet response also carries an effective_edge field. All 6,000 primary bets in the captured dataset read 0.8, and a sample re-fetch of those bets still read 0.8 — expected, because Beef was advertised with a 0.8% house edge (99.2% RTP) at the time the bets were captured. Since capture, Duel has updated Beef's advertised RTP to 100%. On the other audited games, effective_edge is the operator's Zero Edge rakeback signal — tagged at settlement and updated asynchronously to 0 once a rewards queue processes the rebate — and the most reasonable assumption is that Beef now behaves the same way under the 100% advertised RTP. This audit did not capture bets after the RTP change, so that behaviour is untested here and the rakeback layer remains outside scope. What this audit certifies is the game-engine 0.8% house edge, which comes from the × 0.992 multiplier formula and is independent of the effective_edge field. See the audit scope exclusions for the rakeback layer.

Result: Game-engine house edge confirmed flat at 0.8%. The audit verifies this by (i) checking the formula C(20,k)/C(20−m,k) × 0.992 against every winning bet (Step 8), (ii) reconciling payouts to the formula (Step 7), and (iii) confirming the effective_edge field is not a game-logic input — it is constant at 0.8 across all 6,000 primary bets, and death-point sets and payouts derive entirely from the seed pair and the C(20,k)/C(20−m,k) × 0.992 multiplier formula, with no dependence on the field (Step 12). Flat across all 4 difficulty-level configurations — no scaling structure. RTP was 99.2% across the captured dataset, the figure Beef was advertised at when the bets were captured. Duel has since updated Beef's advertised RTP to 100%; the operator-side rakeback layer that would bring net edge to 0% was not exercised by this capture and is outside the audit's scope.

Variance note: Beef is a high-variance game at high difficulty levels — EXPERT (m=10) has winning multipliers that compound rapidly (1.984× at k=1, 61.03× at k=5, 183,277.95× at full traversal k=10) but with win probabilities dropping from 50% at k=1 to 0.00054% at k=10. Empirical RTP from small samples will deviate significantly from the 99.2% theoretical. The anti-circularity proof in 4.1 is the authoritative RTP evidence.

4.3Full RTP Table — All 4 Configurations

All 4 difficulty-level configurations produce the same theoretical RTP of 99.200%. The simulated RTP varies per config due to sampling variance, particularly for high-difficulty configurations where the rare but large winning multiplier dominates the RTP calculation.

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Config	Theoretical RTP	Simulated RTP	Deviation
EASY (m=1)	99.200%	99.194%	−0.006%
MEDIUM (m=3)	99.200%	99.161%	−0.039%
HARD (m=5)	99.200%	99.148%	−0.052%
EXPERT (m=10)	99.200%	99.084%	−0.116%

Result: Mean simulated RTP: 99.147% across all 4 configs. All 4 configurations pass chi-squared and serial independence. No anomalies detected.

Variance note: EXPERT (m=10) shows the largest per-config deviation because the game has compounding multipliers that grow hypergeometrically with k — the full-traversal payout at k=10 is 183,277.95× but has a win probability of only 1/184,756 per round. A single unusually-timed full-traversal win shifts the observed mean meaningfully. Low-difficulty configs converge closely to 99.2% because wins are frequent and the per-bet variance is low.

4.4Simulation Pass 1 — Fresh Seeds (Step 18)

Section 4.1 proves RTP = 99.2% mathematically. But does the game engine actually produce that in practice? To find out, we simulated 4 million rounds locally using the same RNG algorithm and independent auditor-generated seeds. If the simulated payouts converge on 99.2%, the implementation matches the math.

Simulation Pass 1 — Fresh Seeds (Step 18) — illustrated flow

Chi-squared test: Compares observed death-point frequencies to expected uniform frequencies across the 20 grid positions. 0/4 fail at uncorrected α=0.01. 0/4 fail at Bonferroni α/4 = 0.0025.

Serial independence: Lag-1 autocorrelation measures correlation between consecutive outcome-sequence values. Runs test checks for non-random run structure. 0/4 configs fail either test.

RTP convergence: Avg simulated RTP = 99.147% vs 99.200% theoretical. Deviation of −0.053% is well within expected sampling variance at this sample size.

src/simulate.ts · Pass 1 core loop · Verified

1// Pass 1 — Fresh random seeds2// 1,000,000 rounds × 4 difficulty configs = 4,000,000 total3// Per-config pinned seeds for reproducibility (S7)4const difficulty = DIFFICULTIES[ci];5const dpc        = DEATH_POINTS_BY_DIFFICULTY[difficulty];6const theoWin    = survivalProbability(dpc, 1);       // P(safe step 1) = (20 - m) / 207const mult       = theoreticalMultiplier(dpc, 1, HOUSE_EDGE);8const theoRTP    = theoWin * mult;                     // should be 0.9929 10const seedPair  = SIM_SEEDS[ci];11const keyBuffer = Buffer.from(seedPair.server, 'hex');12 13for (let nonce = 0; nonce < ROUNDS_PER_CONFIG; nonce++) {14  const deaths = computeDeathPointsFromBuffer(keyBuffer, seedPair.client, nonce, dpc);15  for (const pos of deaths) positionFreq[pos]++;16 17  const revealTile = nonce % GRID_SIZE;18  const deathSet   = new Set(deaths);19  const won        = !deathSet.has(revealTile);20 21  if (won) { totalWins++; totalPayout += mult; }22  winSequence[nonce] = won ? 1 : 0;23}

Result: 4M rounds. Avg simulated RTP: 99.147%. 0/4 chi-squared failures. 0/4 serial independence failures. Death-point distribution is uniform across the 20-tile grid.

What is a Monte Carlo simulation? Instead of proving fairness with algebra alone, we simulate millions of real game rounds. Each round computes a death-point set from scratch using the same HMAC-SHA256 backward Fisher-Yates pipeline as the live game, steps on a tile, and records whether the bet won and what it paid. We record payouts, then compare the aggregate return to the theoretical 99.2%. If they match, the math holds in practice — not just on paper.

4.5Cherry-Pick Detection — Pass 2 (Step 19)

Could the casino have chosen server seeds that produce worse outcomes for players? Pass 2 takes every server seed the casino actually used in the primary dataset and simulates 10,000 rounds per seed at a representative difficulty (MEDIUM, m=3) to check whether any of them are statistically biased against players.

Test A — Overall distribution: Does any individual seed produce a win-rate distribution across 10,000 nonces that deviates from the expected 85% binomial? 0/121 fail at α=0.01 — well under the ⌈N×0.01⌉=2 threshold. Binomial p-value for the aggregate: 1.000 (no signal).

Test B — Early vs late window: Does any seed produce statistically better outcomes in the early nonces (0–49, where real players bet) compared to later nonces (50–9,999)? 4/121 flags, all early-only (no seed shows late-window deviation). Threshold is 2×⌈N×0.05⌉=14 flags, so 4 passes with substantial headroom. Binomial p-value for the aggregate: 0.860 (no signal).

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Test	Result
Seeds tested	121 (primary-dataset revealed seeds)
Nonces per seed	10,000
Difficulty used	MEDIUM (m=3, ~85% win chance — above chi-squared minimum)
Test A fails (chi² at α=0.01)	0 / 121 PASS (threshold ≤2; binomial p=1.000)
Test B cherry-pick flags	4 / 121 PASS (threshold ≤14 = 2×⌈N×0.05⌉; expected ~6.0 under H₀)
Broad flags (early AND late deviate)	0 / 121 PASS (any broad flag = investigate)

tests/steps/simulation.ts · Step 19 · Verified

1// Step 19: Pass 2 Cherry-Pick Test2const pass2      = sim.pass2_casino_seeds;3const N          = pass2.seeds_tested;4const flags      = pass2.test_b_cherry_pick_flags;5const testA      = pass2.test_a_chi2_fails_at_alpha01;6const expCP      = Math.ceil(N * 0.05);7const threshold  = expCP * 2;8 9let broadFlags = 0;10let earlyOnly  = 0;11for (const r of pass2.results) {12  if (r.cherry_pick_flag) {13    if (r.earlyP < 0.05 && r.lateP < 0.05) broadFlags++;14    else earlyOnly++;15  }16}17 18const verdict = flags <= threshold && broadFlags === 0 ? 'PASS' : 'FLAG';

Result: PASS. Test B: 4/121 cherry-pick flags — under the 14-flag threshold (2 × ⌈N×0.05⌉) and well below the H₀ mean of 6.0. All 4 are early-only; 0 broad flags (the stronger cherry-pick signal). No evidence of seed pre-selection.

Why is this included? Cherry-pick detection is a standard part of our audit methodology, designed primarily for casinos where the default client seed is server-assigned (Conditional Pass origin). Duel.com generates the default client seed in the player's browser (Full Pass origin), and players can set their own custom client seed at any time. Cherry-picking is structurally impossible here. Pass 2 is included as a confirmatory empirical check alongside the structural guarantee.

4.6Bet-Size Invariance (Step 10)

Phase C placed 200 bets at $10 on MEDIUM difficulty (m=3) — the same configuration tested at $0.01 elsewhere in the dataset. All 200 death-point layouts were recomputed correctly from revealed seeds using the same HMAC-SHA256 backward Fisher-Yates path. All 165 winning bets' multipliers matched the same C(20,k) / C(20−m,k) × 0.992 formula applied to $0.01 bets. Bet amount is not an input to the RNG and does not affect the death-point distribution.

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Metric	Phase A ($0.01)	Phase C ($10)
Bets	4,000 (all 4 difficulties, 1,000 per config)	200 (MEDIUM, m=3)
Bet amount	$0.01	$10.00
Death-point recomputation	4,000 / 4,000	200 / 200
Multiplier formula	C(20,k)/C(20−m,k) × 0.992	C(20,k)/C(20−m,k) × 0.992
RNG path	HMAC-SHA256 Fisher-Yates	HMAC-SHA256 Fisher-Yates

Result: Equivalence proven deterministically. Same RNG, same multiplier formula, same death-point distribution regardless of bet amount.

4.7Informational Items (Not Scored)

These items are reported for transparency but are not scored audit steps. They provide context on the empirical RTP observed during data collection. At the per-phase sample sizes in this audit, empirical RTP is not a meaningful measure of fairness — the anti-circularity proof in 4.1 is the authoritative evidence. Expect large per-phase deviations; any RTP test at N ≤ 5,000 is underpowered for Beef's variance envelope.

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Item	Value	Context
Phase A empirical RTP	99.088%	4,000 bets at $0.01 (4 difficulties, 1,000/config) — broadest coverage
Phase B empirical RTP	101.978%	1,000 bets at $0.01 (EXPERT, m=10) — max-variance edge case
Phase C empirical RTP	96.282%	200 bets at $10 (MEDIUM, m=3) — elevated stake
Phase D empirical RTP	98.630%	800 bets at $0.01 (random difficulty) — 16 custom client seeds
Phase E empirical RTP	108.650%	450 multi-step bets at $0.01 across all 4 difficulties, k ∈ {2, 3, 5}

4.8Worked Example — Payout Verification

Real bet from Phase E1 — Round ID 7843993, EASY (m=1), nonce 0, 5 safe steps cashed out at k=5. Verified from beef-phaseE-450bets.json:

serverSeed       = 414cf32bb0d5412e2e1f42fa304f4b45601e9715074ed2d436d8569ccaed5844
clientSeed       = zqpIvz4yp068AeIU
nonce            = 0
difficulty_level = 1 (EASY, m=1)
steps            = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]
k                = 5

Step 1 — Death-point computation: computeDeathPoints(serverSeed, clientSeed, 0, 1) → 19 Fisher-Yates steps → death-point SET = {6}

Step 2 — Win check: Player stepped on tiles [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]. None are in {6} → win at k=5

Step 3 — Multiplier derivation: C(20, 5) / C(20−1, 5) × 0.992 = 15504/11628 × 0.992 = 1.322667×

Step 4 — Payout: 0.01 × 1.322667 = 0.013227

3 columns

Step	Process	Output
1	Backward Fisher-Yates: 19 HMAC calls	death-point SET = {6} ✅
2	Win check: all stepped tiles ∈ death-point set?	{0,1,2,3,4} ∩ {6} = ∅ → win
3	Multiplier: C(20,5)/C(19,5) × 0.992	1.322667×
4	RTP check: winChance × multiplier	C(19,5)/C(20,5) × C(20,5)/C(19,5) × 0.992 = 0.992
5	Payout: 0.01 × 1.322667	0.013227 ✅

RTP proof for EASY (m=1), k=5 · Verified

1// EASY (m=1), k=5 — anti-circularity proof2// winChance(1, 5) = C(19,5) / C(20,5) = 11628/15504 = 0.75 (survive 5 steps)3// multiplier(1, 5, 0.008) = C(20,5) / C(19,5) × 0.992 = 15504/11628 × 0.992 = 1.3226674 5// RTP = winChance × multiplier6//     = 0.75 × 1.3226677//     = 0.992000000 (99.2%) ✅8 9// Algebraic cancellation (exact, not an estimate):10//     C(20-m, k) / C(20, k) × C(20, k) / C(20-m, k) × 0.99211//   = 1 × 0.99212//   = 0.992

Parity verified: Round #7843993 — death-point SET, win condition, multiplier chain, and cash-out payout all match. RTP for EASY at k=5 = 99.200% proven from algebraic cancellation, independent of any casino data.

Live GameSET = {6}, win, payout = 0.013227

VerifierSET = {6}, win, payout = 0.013227

Technical Evidence & Verification5 sections

4.9Evidence Coverage Summary7 checks

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Verification Area	Coverage	Result
Anti-circularity (Step 16)	4 difficulties × 61 valid (m, k) combos — RTP = 99.2% exactly (max deviation 2.22 × 10⁻¹⁶)	Pass
House edge audit (Step 12)	Derived from × 0.992 factor in multiplier formula — verified against 6,000 winning bets (Step 8)	Pass
Multiplier formula (Step 8)	4,337 winning bets + 1,085 multi-step pairs	Pass
Simulation Pass 1 (Step 18)	4M rounds, 0/4 chi-squared, 0/4 serial	Pass
Simulation Pass 2 (Step 19)	121 seeds, Test A 0/121, Test B 4/121, 0 broad	Pass
Bet-size invariance (Step 10)	200 / 200 Phase C at $10	Pass
Multi-step RTP preservation (Steps 20, 22)	1,085 step-multiplier pairs + 202 cash-outs across k ∈ {2, 3, 5}	Pass

4.10Code References7 source files

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File	Purpose
tests/steps/dataset.ts	Step 16: Anti-circularity proof (algebraic identity)
tests/steps/payouts.ts	Steps 8, 10, 12: Multiplier formula, bet-size invariance, house-edge audit
tests/steps/simulation.ts	Steps 18–19: Simulation integrity and cherry-pick detection
tests/steps/multireveal.ts	Steps 20, 22: Multi-step multiplier chain, cash-out payout correctness
src/simulate.ts	Monte Carlo simulation (4M rounds, two-pass)
src/stats.ts	chiSquaredTest, lag1Autocorrelation, runsTest
src/rng.ts	theoreticalMultiplier, survivalProbability — closed-form formulas

4.11Datasets UsedSource artifacts

Simulation output: outputs/simulation-results.json — Pass 1 (4M rounds, 1M per config × 4 configs) + Pass 2 (121 seeds × 10K nonces)

Operator payout table: /api/v2/cross-road/config — pre-computed multiplier lookup (61 entries across the 4 difficulties); every entry matches the closed-form formula C(20,k)/C(20−m,k) × 0.992 (max deviation 4.55 × 10⁻¹³)

Primary dataset: data/beef-master-6000bets.json — Phase C bet-size invariance and empirical-RTP context

Phase E dataset: data/beef-phaseE-450bets.json — multi-step RTP preservation evidence

4.12Verified Invariants12 invariants

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Invariant	Result
winChance × multiplier = 0.992 for all 4 difficulty levels at k=1 (non-circular)	Pass
Identity extends to all valid k > 1 by the same cancellation (61 combos total)	Pass
Flat 0.8% house edge — derived from `× 0.992` factor in `C(20,k)/C(20−m,k) × 0.992`; `effective_edge` field is not a game-logic input — constant at 0.8 across all 6,000 primary bets, no dependence on the field	Pass
Formula C(20,k) / C(20−m,k) × 0.992 matches all 4,337 winning-bet multipliers	Pass
Operator payout table (61 entries) matches closed-form formula (max deviation 4.55 × 10⁻¹³)	Pass
Simulated RTP average = 99.147% across 4M rounds	Pass
0/4 configs reject at Bonferroni α/4 = 0.0025	Pass
0 serial independence failures (lag-1 + runs test)	Pass
No evidence of seed pre-selection across 121 casino seeds (Pass 2)	Pass
Phase C ($10) death-point sets match Phase A ($0.01) algorithm	Pass
Bet amount absent from RNG input by construction	Pass
Multi-step RTP preserved at k ∈ {1..5} (1,085 pairs, 202 cash-outs)	Pass

4.13Reproduction InstructionsRun locally

reproduce-s4.sh · 5 lines · Verified

1git clone https://github.com/ProvablyFair-org/duel-beef.git2cd duel-beef && npm install3npm run simulate  # 4M simulation + cherry-pick test (~90 sec)4npm run verify    # Steps 8, 10, 12, 16, 18, 19, 20, 22 cover S45cat outputs/simulation-results.json

S4-related steps:

[PASS] Step 8  — Multiplier Formula (C(20,k)/C(20−m,k) × edge)
[PASS] Step 10 — Phase C Bet-Size Invariance ($10 bets)
[PASS] Step 12 — House Edge Audit (effective_edge = 0.8%)
[PASS] Step 16 — Probability Independence (Anti-Circularity)
[PASS] Step 18 — Simulation Results — Pass 1 Integrity
[PASS] Step 19 — Simulation Results — Pass 2 Cherry-Pick Test
[PASS] Step 20 — Multi-Step Multiplier Chain (Phase E)
[PASS] Step 22 — Cash-Out Payout Correctness (k>1)

Fairness Integrity Testing

Does the implementation maintain fairness under non-standard conditions?

Sections 1–4 prove the game is mathematically fair. Section 5 proves the implementation maintains integrity under non-standard conditions. We applied 16 fairness integrity tests covering nonce integrity, seed commitment, outcome determinism, cross-player isolation, and payout integrity (including Beef-specific multi-step game-state checks). All 16 tests passed, including one Beef-specific multi-step state integrity test.

Fairness Integrity Testing

16pass

What we verified

Nonce tampering — can the sequence be forced, replayed, or skipped?
Seed injection — can server or client seed fields be overridden via API?
Outcome replay — can a completed bet be replayed for duplicate payouts?
Cross-player isolation — can one player's seeds or outcomes affect another's?
Payout tampering — can multiplier or payout values be injected client-side?
Parameter limits — can invalid difficulty levels or grid sizes be submitted?
Beef-specific — can the same tile be stepped on twice to advance the multiplier?

What this means for you

Across the 16 tests we ran, no API path allowed outcomes to be altered, replayed, or injected — by player or casino
Once a bet is placed, the death-point layout cannot be changed or replayed
Each bet is cryptographically unique and isolated
Your results are independent of every other player
The server rejects malformed, out-of-range, and duplicate requests

16pass

Nonce tampering — can the sequence be forced, replayed, or skipped?
Seed injection — can server or client seed fields be overridden via API?
Outcome replay — can a completed bet be replayed for duplicate payouts?
Cross-player isolation — can one player's seeds or outcomes affect another's?
Payout tampering — can multiplier or payout values be injected client-side?
Parameter limits — can invalid difficulty levels or grid sizes be submitted?
Beef-specific — can the same tile be stepped on twice to advance the multiplier?

4 / 4Nonce Integrity

5 / 5Seed Commitment

2 / 2Outcome Determinism

2 / 2Player Isolation

3 / 3Payout Integrity

Category Coverage

Nonce Integrity4/4

Seed Commitment5/5

Outcome Determinism2/2

Player Isolation2/2

Payout Integrity3/3

Check	Result	Evidence
Nonce integrity	Pass	Sequential, server-controlled, no duplicates across 121 primary epochs (1 capture-retry gap reconstructed from revealed seed)
Seed commitment integrity	Pass	Locked at bet acceptance, unique per epoch — 121/121 primary epochs verified
Outcome determinism	Pass	Identical inputs produce identical death-point sets — 6,450/6,450 confirmed including multi-step
Round & player isolation	Pass	Per-user seeds, serial independence confirmed (0/4 fail in 4M-round simulation)
Payout integrity	Pass	Parameter limits enforced (4/4 invalid difficulty rejected); injected payout fields ignored (0 honoured); post-settlement step injection blocked

Nonce integrityPass

Sequential, server-controlled, no duplicates across 121 primary epochs (1 capture-retry gap reconstructed from revealed seed)

Seed commitment integrityPass

Locked at bet acceptance, unique per epoch — 121/121 primary epochs verified

Outcome determinismPass

Identical inputs produce identical death-point sets — 6,450/6,450 confirmed including multi-step

Round & player isolationPass

Per-user seeds, serial independence confirmed (0/4 fail in 4M-round simulation)

Payout integrityPass

Parameter limits enforced (4/4 invalid difficulty rejected); injected payout fields ignored (0 honoured); post-settlement step injection blocked

✓ All Fairness Guarantees Verified

16 fairness integrity tests: all 16 pass, including one Beef-specific multi-step state integrity test.

How It Works — Fairness Integrity Testing2 sections

5.1Framework Overview

Testing follows the ProvablyFair.org Fairness Integrity Framework — a structured methodology derived from real, historically observed failures in provably fair systems. Five categories target specific fairness properties, with Payout Integrity extended to cover Beef's multi-step reveal and cash-out surface. Scope boundary: S5 tests whether fairness guarantees hold under non-standard API interaction. Platform-level implementation testing falls outside standard certification.

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Category	Tests	What It Catches
Nonce Integrity	4	Sequence gaps, server-side nonce manipulation, session continuity
Seed Commitment	5	Mid-epoch seed changes, seed reuse, predictable seed generation
Outcome Determinism	2	Non-deterministic outputs, outcome replay, cash-out manipulation
Player Isolation	2	Cross-round correlation, cross-user outcome dependence
Payout Integrity	3	Parameter enforcement, server-side computation, duplicate-step idempotency

5.2Severity Framework & Hard Fail Criteria

Findings are classified by severity. Hard fail criteria — any one triggers a NOT PROVABLY FAIR verdict.

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Severity	Meaning	Action
PASS	Test passed — no issue detected	None
N/A	Test not applicable to this game type	None
FLAG	Anomaly detected, documented for transparency	Disclosed
HARD FAIL	Fairness guarantee cannot be confirmed	Certification blocked until remediated

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Condition	Consequence
Nonce gap or duplicate within epoch	Outcome sequence integrity broken
Server seed changed mid-epoch	Commit-reveal guarantee broken
Death-point recomputation mismatch	Undisclosed inputs affecting placement
Client seed not used in HMAC	Player has no influence on outcomes
Death-point set changes during step sequence	Per-step manipulation possible
Duplicate step advances payout multiplier	Multi-step state corruption

Hard fail criteria: Any single hard fail = NOT PROVABLY FAIR. The audit cannot proceed past a hard fail without operator remediation and re-verification.

16 tests · 16 pass

Nonce Integrity4/4

FI-NONCE-001Pass

Each bet increments the nonce sequentially with no gaps, repeats, or resets — preventing the server from skipping unfavourable outcomes

S1, Step 4 — 6,000 bets across 121 primary epochs verified. 1 capture-retry gap (1 missed nonce) reconstructed from revealed seed, 0 unverifiable. Single client seed per epoch.

FI-NONCE-002Pass

Nonce progression is server-controlled — the client cannot inject, skip, or replay a nonce value via the API

S1, Step 4 — server controls nonce assignment. Client bet requests do not include a nonce field.

FI-NONCE-003Pass

Submitting an invalid or out-of-sequence nonce does not produce a game outcome — the server rejects the request

API probe — 7 adversarial nonce values (−1, 0, 999999999, 'abc', INT32_MAX, INT32_MAX+1, 9e18) injected into beef-start requests. All 7 silently ignored; server assigned valid sequential nonces. Continuity preserved (baseline 9 → post-test 17); no stack traces leaked.

FI-NONCE-004Pass

Nonce sequence continues correctly after disconnect/reconnect — no reset to zero mid-epoch

S1, Step 4 — 121 primary epochs + 10 Phase E bet-bearing epochs, all with nonces starting from 0 and incrementing monotonically. No cross-session resets detected.

Seed Commitment5/5

FI-SEED-001Pass

Empty, null, or invalid client seeds are handled deterministically — the server enforces input requirements

API probe — 6/7 invalid client seeds rejected (empty, null, special chars, emoji, CJK, whitespace-only). Oversized seed (>1000 chars) accepted — permissive but safe (long entropy). All Beef bets after each rejection remained functional; no stack traces leaked.

FI-SEED-002Pass

Once a bet is accepted, the seed pair is locked for the epoch — no mid-epoch mutation of server or client seed is possible

S1, Steps 3 & 6 — serverSeedHashed constant within all 121 primary epochs; client seed influence confirmed at 99.3% (597/601 tested bets produced different death-point sets with alternate client seed).

FI-SEED-003Pass

Each epoch uses a unique server seed — no seed is reused across epochs or sessions

S1, Step 1 — 131 distinct bet-bearing epochs across primary + Phase E datasets (121 primary + 10 Phase E), 121 revealed primary seeds hash-verified, 0 reuse detected.

FI-SEED-004Pass

No shared seed pool across users — each player's seeds are independently generated and isolated

API probe — 10 concurrent seed rotations on Account A and 10 on Account B. Zero hash collisions across 20 rotations; all hashes within each account distinct. Full account isolation confirmed.

FI-SEED-005Pass

Server seeds show no correlation with timestamps, sequential patterns, or other predictable inputs

API probe — 10 rotations spaced 5 seconds apart over ~51 seconds. All 10 server seed hashes distinct; no two shared 6+ leading hex characters. Time-correlated derivation ruled out.

Outcome Determinism2/2

FI-OUTCOME-001Pass

Given identical inputs (serverSeed, clientSeed, nonce, difficultyLevel), the game always produces the same death-point set — verified across all 6,450 live bets including 450 multi-step bets with target_k ∈ {2, 3, 5} across all 4 difficulties

S3, Steps 5 & 21 — 6,000/6,000 primary bets (Step 5), 450/450 Phase E death-point recomputation (Step 21). 0 SET mismatches across both steps.

FI-OUTCOME-002Pass

A completed bet cannot be replayed to generate a duplicate payout — death-point set is cryptographically fixed at bet time and cash-out payouts are deterministically bound to the formula

S3, Steps 21 & 22 — death-point layout fixed at round start (unchanged by step sequence across 450 multi-step bets); 202 multi-step cash-outs at k ∈ {2, 3, 5} verified: multiplier = C(20,k)/C(20−m,k), payout = amount × mult × 0.992, 0 errors. The server cannot re-credit a finished bet because the death-point set, step count, and multiplier are all determined by the seed triple at bet time.

Player Isolation2/2

FI-ISO-001Pass

RNG state is fully independent across rounds — no carry-over from one bet to the next. Each nonce produces a fresh HMAC-SHA256 computation

S2, Step 18 (simulation Pass 1) — serial independence tested at 1M rounds/config across all 4 difficulty levels: mean |r₁| < 0.001, 0/4 configs fail lag-1 autocorrelation, 0/4 fail Wald-Wolfowitz runs test.

FI-ISO-002Pass

One player's seeds, nonces, and outcomes cannot be observed or influenced by another player — complete cross-user isolation

Follows from seed uniqueness (FI-SEED-003) — if each user has a unique server seed, outcomes are isolated by construction. Confirmed by FI-SEED-004 — zero hash collisions across 20 cross-account rotations.

Payout Integrity3/3

FI-PAYOUT-001Pass

Game parameters cannot exceed defined limits — only valid difficulty levels (1–4) and the 20-tile grid are accepted

API probe — 4/4 invalid difficulty values rejected with HTTP 422 (0, −1, 9999, 'abc'). Both valid controls (difficulty=1, 2) and recovery bet accepted. No out-of-range values silently coerced.

FI-PAYOUT-002Pass

Multiplier and payout fields in the API request are ignored — the server computes all values from the combinatorial formula, not from client-supplied values

API probe — 6 injected fields (multiplier='9999', mines_positions, is_win, win_amount, payout_multiplier, death_points) all silently ignored. Server computed death point positions and payout values independently from the seed pair on every request. noInjectionHonoured=true.

FI-BEEF-STATE-001Pass

Stepping on the same grid position twice does not advance the payout multiplier — the server must reject duplicate steps or return an idempotent response (Beef-specific multi-step state integrity)

API probe — game started, first step taken (multiplier 1.0526…), round cashed out, then a step request targeting the now-settled round rejected with HTTP 404. Multiplier did not advance from first-step value; no double-step vulnerability observed. multiplierAdvanced=false.

Technical Evidence & Verification4 sections

5.3Coverage Summary16 checks

4 columns

Test ID	Category	Verification Source	Status
FI-NONCE-001	Nonce	S1, Step 4 (data-driven)	Pass
FI-NONCE-002	Nonce	S1, Step 4 (data-driven)	Pass
FI-NONCE-003	Nonce	API probe	Pass
FI-NONCE-004	Nonce	S1, Step 4 (data-driven)	Pass
FI-SEED-001	Seed	API probe	Pass
FI-SEED-002	Seed	S1, Steps 3 & 6 (data-driven)	Pass
FI-SEED-003	Seed	S1, Step 1 (data-driven)	Pass
FI-SEED-004	Seed	API probe	Pass
FI-SEED-005	Seed	API probe	Pass
FI-OUTCOME-001	Determinism	S3, Steps 5 & 21 (data-driven)	Pass
FI-OUTCOME-002	Determinism	S3, Steps 21 & 22 (data-driven)	Pass
FI-ISO-001	Isolation	S2, Step 18 (simulation)	Pass
FI-ISO-002	Isolation	Structural — seed uniqueness	Pass
FI-PAYOUT-001	Payout	API probe	Pass
FI-PAYOUT-002	Payout	API probe	Pass
FI-BEEF-STATE-001	Payout	API probe	Pass

Method breakdown: 9 tests verified via verification suite steps and structural analysis, 7 tests verified via direct API probes against the running game. The Beef-specific game-state test (FI-BEEF-STATE-001) covers the multi-step step/cash-out surface and is grouped under Payout Integrity alongside the standard parameter-enforcement and field-injection tests. All 16 tests pass.

5.4Additional Integrity Evidence (S1–S4)8 records

3 columns

Property	Source	Finding
121/121 seed hashes verified	S1, Step 1	Commit-reveal chain intact
125/125 next-seed promotions	S1, Step 2	Seed rotation chain intact
6,000/6,000 exact parity (primary) + 450/450 Phase E	S3, Steps 5 & 21	No post-RNG conditional logic, death-point set fixed at round start
Anti-circularity proven (algebraic)	S4, Step 16	0.8% house edge from first principles
4 cherry-pick flags / 121 seeds (0 broad)	S4, Step 19 (Pass 2)	No seed pre-selection bias
99.3% client seed influence (597/601)	S1, Step 6	Player entropy is genuine
202 cash-outs verified at k ∈ {2, 3, 5}	S3, Step 22	Multi-step payout integrity intact
1,085 step-multiplier pairs verified across 15 (difficulty, k) combos	S3, Step 20	Multi-step multiplier chain correct

5.5Scope & LimitationsScope note

This certification covers the 16 fairness integrity tests listed above — the minimum required to verify that the provably fair implementation holds up under non-standard conditions, including one Beef-specific multi-step state integrity test under Payout Integrity. This is not a penetration test. It focuses specifically on the provably fair implementation — not the operator's broader platform security.

Standard scope: The 16 tests above are our standard Beef fairness integrity matrix. The base list is applied to every game we audit, with per-game adaptations where a test does not apply (and additions where multi-step game state requires extra coverage — Beef includes FI-BEEF-STATE-001 for post-settlement step rejection, which is not applicable to single-step games).

No infrastructure testing: Server security, network-level protections, and operational controls are not tested. These fall under platform-level security, not game-level fairness.

Point-in-time: Results apply to the game configuration and codebase at the time of audit. Post-audit changes require re-certification.

5.6Reproduction InstructionsRun locally

Data-driven tests (9 of 16): Fully reproducible from the open-source repo. These tests run against the captured dataset and produce deterministic results.

API probe tests (7 of 16): Verified by issuing live adversarial requests against the running game. Per-test evidence (HTTP status codes, server-assigned nonces, seed hashes, server-computed multipliers, death-point decisions) is retained in our private adversarial-testing archive and summarised in the integrity test review document. The testing harness itself is kept private to avoid handing exploit primitives to players.

reproduce-s5-data.sh · 4 lines · Verified

1git clone https://github.com/ProvablyFair-org/duel-beef.git2cd duel-beef3npm install4npm run verify

Expected output (S5-related steps):

[PASS] Step 1  — Seed Hash Integrity              → FI-SEED-003
[PASS] Step 3  — Hash Consistency Within Epoch    → FI-SEED-002
[PASS] Step 4  — Nonce Audit                      → FI-NONCE-001, 002, 004
[PASS] Step 5  — Outcome Recomputation (Death Pts)→ FI-OUTCOME-001
[PASS] Step 6  — Client Seed Influence            → FI-SEED-002
[PASS] Step 18 — Simulation Pass 1                → FI-ISO-001
[PASS] Step 20 — Multi-Step Multiplier Chain      → FI-OUTCOME-001 (multi-step)
[PASS] Step 21 — Death-Point Recomputation (E)    → FI-OUTCOME-001, 002
[PASS] Step 22 — Cash-Out Payout Correctness (k>1)→ FI-OUTCOME-002

API Probe Tests (completed):

fi-api-probes.sh

1[PASS] FI-NONCE-003      — Invalid nonce handling      → 7/7 invalid nonces ignored (HTTP 200)2[PASS] FI-SEED-001       — Invalid client seed handling → 6/7 rejected; oversized accepted3[PASS] FI-SEED-004       — Cross-user seed pool check  → 0/20 collisions across 2 accounts4[PASS] FI-SEED-005       — Seed timing analysis        → 10 distinct hashes, no time correlation5[PASS] FI-PAYOUT-001     — Invalid difficulty handling → 4/4 boundary violations rejected (HTTP 422)6[PASS] FI-PAYOUT-002     — Field injection handling    → 0 injections honoured7[PASS] FI-BEEF-STATE-001 — Post-settlement step probe  → step on settled round rejected (HTTP 404)

API probes: All 7 API probe tests completed. Per-test evidence — requests, server responses, HTTP status codes, server-assigned nonces and seed hashes, multiplier values — is retained in our private adversarial-testing archive and summarised in the integrity test review document. The testing harness itself is kept private to avoid publishing exploit primitives; per-test evidence is available to operators and regulators on request.

Player Verification

Can a player verify their own bets without trusting anyone?

Every Beef outcome can be independently reproduced using publicly disclosed inputs. No hidden variables, no private backend data. If your calculated death-point layout matches the game result, the bet was provably fair. This section walks you through the process — and provides an independent verification tool built from the same code used in this audit.

Independent Result Verification

4 Stepsto verify any bet

Key principles

Every Beef outcome can be independently reproduced
No hidden variables — no private backend data
If your computed death-point SET matches the game result, the bet was provably fair
Most players can verify directly through the Duel.com fairness UI

What you need

Server Seed — revealed after seed rotation (casino entropy)
Client Seed — your player-controlled seed
Nonce — the bet number in sequence (ensures uniqueness; increments within each epoch)
Difficulty Level — the difficulty you chose for the round (EASY, MEDIUM, HARD, or EXPERT). Higher difficulty means more obstacles and higher payouts per step survived.

4 Stepsto verify any bet

Every Beef outcome can be independently reproduced
No hidden variables — no private backend data
If your computed death-point SET matches the game result, the bet was provably fair
Most players can verify directly through the Duel.com fairness UI

From Bet to Independent Verification — 4-step flow — illustrated flow

Server SeedRevealed after rotation

Client SeedPlayer-controlled input

NonceRecorded bet sequence

Difficulty LevelEASY, MEDIUM, HARD or EXPERT

1
Place a Beef Bet
Choose your difficulty level (EASY, MEDIUM, HARD, or EXPERT) and place a bet. The platform locks the death-point layout for the lane ahead using the provably fair algorithm before you take a step.
2
Open the Fairness Modal
Open the Provably Fair modal on the game page. You'll see the active client seed, the hashed server seed, and your current nonce. Rotate the seed pair to unlock the revealed plaintext server seed for your previous bets.
3
Open Past Bet to Reveal Seed
Open Transactions and click a past Beef round. The per-bet modal shows the revealed plaintext server seed alongside the bet ID, client seed, and nonce.
4
Recompute & Confirm
Click Verify in the per-bet modal to open the Provably Fair page with the seeds pre-populated. The page recomputes the death-point sequence inline as step-by-step multipliers — if the sequence matches your live game result, the bet was provably fair.

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PROVABLYFAIR.ORG

Verify with the audit code

Independent verification using the implementation behind this report.

Open independent verifier

DUEL.COM

Built-in verification

The operator’s own verification page. This tool is controlled by Duel.com.

Open Duel verifier

Visual Walkthroughstep-by-step

6.1Step 1: Place a Beef Bet

Choose your difficulty level (EASY, MEDIUM, HARD, or EXPERT) and place a bet. The platform locks the death-point layout for the lane ahead using the provably fair backward Fisher-Yates shuffle. The server has already committed to the outcome before you clicked — you just don't know where the death points are until you step on a tile.

Duel.com Beef — lane with difficulty selector and step multipliers. Death-point placement is locked before you take a step.

6.2Step 2: Open the Fairness Modal

Open the Provably Fair modal on the game page. You'll see the active client seed, the hashed server seed (the casino's pre-commitment), and your current nonce. Below those, you can set the new client seed that will become active after rotation. Click 'Rotate seed' to retire the active seed pair and start a new one — this is what unlocks the revealed plaintext server seed for your previous bets in Step 3.

Provably Fair modal — active client seed, hashed server seed, nonce, customisable new client seed, next pair pre-commitment, and Rotate seed action.

6.3Step 3: Open Past Bet to Reveal Seed

Open Transactions and click a past Beef round. The per-bet modal shows the revealed plaintext server seed alongside the bet ID, client seed, and nonce. The pre-committed hash from Step 2 must match SHA-256 of this revealed seed:

Server Seed (revealed) — plaintext value the casino committed to before your bet. Hash it to confirm it matches the pre-commitment.

Client Seed — your player-controlled entropy input.

Nonce — the sequential bet counter for this seed pair.

Per-bet transaction modal — revealed plaintext server seed, client seed, and nonce for the round.

6.4Step 4: Recompute & Confirm

Click Verify in the per-bet modal to open the Provably Fair page with the seeds pre-populated. The page recomputes the death-point sequence from the disclosed inputs and renders the Game Result inline as the step-by-step multipliers, with the death point marked. If the recomputed sequence matches your live game result — the same multipliers up to the same death point — the bet was provably fair. The casino committed to the outcome before you bet, you contributed entropy via your client seed, and the result is mathematically reproducible by anyone.

Provably Fair page — seeds populated from the per-bet modal, recomputed step multipliers and death point rendered inline matching the live game result.

Manual Verification (Advanced)6 sections

6.6Why Manual Verification Matters

True provably fair verification means you don't trust any casino-provided tool. Manual verification allows you to run calculations on your own machine, eliminate any possibility of a tampered verifier, and understand exactly how results are generated.

6.7How the Algorithm Works (Plain English)

Before you play, the server locks the death-point layout using four ingredients:

The server's secret seed — committed by publishing its hash before you bet
Your client seed — generated by your browser, unknown to the server
The nonce — a counter that makes each bet unique
The difficulty level — EASY, MEDIUM, HARD, or EXPERT (determines death-point count: 1, 3, 5, or 10)

These ingredients are combined with HMAC-SHA256 (a cryptographic function) to perform a backward Fisher-Yates shuffle of a 20-tile grid. The first N positions of the shuffled array — where N is the death-point count for your difficulty — become the death-point positions. Because the server committed to its seed before you bet, and your client seed is generated in your browser, neither party can predict or influence the outcome. Once the shuffle is done, the death-point layout is cryptographically locked — stepping on tiles in any order, or cashing out at any point, does not change which tiles are death points.

6.8Casino Verifier vs ProvablyFair.org Verifier4 records

Two verification tools are available. Both should produce identical results — if they don't, something has changed.

3 columns

	Duel.com Verifier	ProvablyFair.org Verifier
Source	Casino-controlled	Independent (audit codebase)
Access	duel.com/fairness/verify	audit.provablyfair.org/casino/duel/tools/verify-bets
Trust model	Requires trusting the casino	Open-source, version-controlled
Monitoring	No change detection	Mismatches detected if casino changes logic

6.9JavaScript Verification Script

Copy and run this in Node.js to verify any Beef bet:

verify-beef.js · Standalone Node.js

1const crypto = require('crypto');2 3const GRID_SIZE  = 20;4const MAX_UINT32 = 0xFFFFFFFF;5 6const DEATH_POINTS_BY_DIFFICULTY = {7  1: 1,   // EASY8  2: 3,   // MEDIUM9  3: 5,   // HARD10  4: 10,  // EXPERT11};12 13function computeDeathPoints(serverSeed, clientSeed, nonce, difficultyLevel) {14  const deathPointsCount = DEATH_POINTS_BY_DIFFICULTY[difficultyLevel];15  const key = Buffer.from(serverSeed, 'hex');16  const positions = Array.from({ length: GRID_SIZE }, (_, i) => i);17 18  for (let i = GRID_SIZE - 1; i > 0; i--) {19    const range   = i + 1;20    const maxFair = MAX_UINT32 - (MAX_UINT32 % range);21    let cursor    = GRID_SIZE - 1 - i;22 23    while (true) {24      const message = `${clientSeed}:${nonce}:${cursor}`;25      const hmac    = crypto.createHmac('sha256', key).update(message).digest('hex');26      let found     = false;27 28      for (let off = 0; off + 8 <= hmac.length; off += 8) {29        const value = parseInt(hmac.substring(off, off + 8), 16);30        if (value < maxFair) {31          const j = value % range;32          [positions[i], positions[j]] = [positions[j], positions[i]];33          found = true;34          break;35        }36      }37 38      if (found) break;39      cursor++;40    }41  }42 43  return positions.slice(0, deathPointsCount).sort((a, b) => a - b);44}45 46function verifyHash(serverSeed, serverSeedHashed) {47  const hash = crypto48    .createHash('sha256')49    .update(Buffer.from(serverSeed, 'hex'))50    .digest('hex');51  return hash === serverSeedHashed;52}53 54// Replace with your values55const serverSeed = 'YOUR_SERVER_SEED';56const serverSeedHashed = 'YOUR_SERVER_SEED_HASH';57const clientSeed = 'YOUR_CLIENT_SEED';58const nonce = 0;59const difficultyLevel = 2;  // 1=EASY, 2=MEDIUM, 3=HARD, 4=EXPERT60 61console.log('Hash check:', verifyHash(serverSeed, serverSeedHashed) ? 'PASS' : 'FAIL');62console.log('Death points:', computeDeathPoints(serverSeed, clientSeed, nonce, difficultyLevel));

6.10Python Verification Script

The same verification in Python (standard library only):

verify-beef.py · Standalone Python

1import hashlib, hmac2 3GRID_SIZE  = 204MAX_UINT32 = 0xFFFFFFFF5 6DEATH_POINTS_BY_DIFFICULTY = {7    1: 1,   # EASY8    2: 3,   # MEDIUM9    3: 5,   # HARD10    4: 10,  # EXPERT11}12 13def compute_death_points(server_seed, client_seed, nonce, difficulty_level):14    death_points_count = DEATH_POINTS_BY_DIFFICULTY[difficulty_level]15    key = bytes.fromhex(server_seed)16    positions = list(range(GRID_SIZE))17 18    for i in range(GRID_SIZE - 1, 0, -1):19        range_val = i + 120        max_fair  = MAX_UINT32 - (MAX_UINT32 % range_val)21        cursor    = GRID_SIZE - 1 - i22 23        while True:24            message = f'{client_seed}:{nonce}:{cursor}'.encode()25            h = hmac.new(key, message, hashlib.sha256).hexdigest()26            found = False27 28            for off in range(0, len(h) - 7, 8):29                value = int(h[off:off+8], 16)30                if value < max_fair:31                    j = value % range_val32                    positions[i], positions[j] = positions[j], positions[i]33                    found = True34                    break35 36            if found:37                break38            cursor += 139 40    return sorted(positions[:death_points_count])41 42def verify_hash(server_seed, server_seed_hashed):43    computed = hashlib.sha256(bytes.fromhex(server_seed)).hexdigest()44    return computed == server_seed_hashed45 46# Replace with your values47server_seed = 'YOUR_SERVER_SEED'48server_seed_hashed = 'YOUR_SERVER_SEED_HASH'49client_seed = 'YOUR_CLIENT_SEED'50nonce = 051difficulty_level = 2  # 1=EASY, 2=MEDIUM, 3=HARD, 4=EXPERT52 53print('Hash check:', 'PASS' if verify_hash(server_seed, server_seed_hashed) else 'FAIL')54print('Death points:', compute_death_points(server_seed, client_seed, nonce, difficulty_level))

6.11Evidence Screenshots3 records

2 columns

Evidence	Description
E02	Fairness page overview — "What is Provably Fair?" and "How it works" sections
E03	Fairness verification tool — Beef selected, showing game-specific verification inputs (server seed, client seed, nonce, difficulty level)
E11	Client seed rotation response — server echoes client-submitted seed, does not assign

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How it works

1
Place a Beef Bet
Choose your difficulty level (EASY, MEDIUM, HARD, or EXPERT) and place a bet. The platform locks the death-point layout for the lane ahead using the provably fair algorithm before you take a step.
2
Open the Fairness Modal
Open the Provably Fair modal on the game page. You'll see the active client seed, the hashed server seed, and your current nonce. Rotate the seed pair to unlock the revealed plaintext server seed for your previous bets.
3
Open Past Bet to Reveal Seed
Open Transactions and click a past Beef round. The per-bet modal shows the revealed plaintext server seed alongside the bet ID, client seed, and nonce.
4
Recompute & Confirm
Click Verify in the per-bet modal to open the Provably Fair page with the seeds pre-populated. The page recomputes the death-point sequence inline as step-by-step multipliers — if the sequence matches your live game result, the bet was provably fair.

Visual Walkthroughstep-by-step

6.1Step 1: Place a Beef Bet

Duel.com Beef — lane with difficulty selector and step multipliers. Death-point placement is locked before you take a step.

6.2Step 2: Open the Fairness Modal

Provably Fair modal — active client seed, hashed server seed, nonce, customisable new client seed, next pair pre-commitment, and Rotate seed action.

6.3Step 3: Open Past Bet to Reveal Seed

Server Seed (revealed) — plaintext value the casino committed to before your bet. Hash it to confirm it matches the pre-commitment.

Client Seed — your player-controlled entropy input.

Nonce — the sequential bet counter for this seed pair.

Per-bet transaction modal — revealed plaintext server seed, client seed, and nonce for the round.

6.4Step 4: Recompute & Confirm

Provably Fair page — seeds populated from the per-bet modal, recomputed step multipliers and death point rendered inline matching the live game result.

ProvablyFair.org Beef Verifier Duel.com Built-in Verifier

Technical evidence

6.6Why Manual Verification Matters

6.7How the Algorithm Works (Plain English)

Before you play, the server locks the death-point layout using four ingredients:

The server's secret seed — committed by publishing its hash before you bet
Your client seed — generated by your browser, unknown to the server
The nonce — a counter that makes each bet unique
The difficulty level — EASY, MEDIUM, HARD, or EXPERT (determines death-point count: 1, 3, 5, or 10)

6.8Casino Verifier vs ProvablyFair.org Verifier4 records

Two verification tools are available. Both should produce identical results — if they don't, something has changed.

3 columns

	Duel.com Verifier	ProvablyFair.org Verifier
Source	Casino-controlled	Independent (audit codebase)
Access	duel.com/fairness/verify	audit.provablyfair.org/casino/duel/tools/verify-bets
Trust model	Requires trusting the casino	Open-source, version-controlled
Monitoring	No change detection	Mismatches detected if casino changes logic

6.9JavaScript Verification Script

Copy and run this in Node.js to verify any Beef bet:

verify-beef.js · Standalone Node.js

1const crypto = require('crypto');2 3const GRID_SIZE  = 20;4const MAX_UINT32 = 0xFFFFFFFF;5 6const DEATH_POINTS_BY_DIFFICULTY = {7  1: 1,   // EASY8  2: 3,   // MEDIUM9  3: 5,   // HARD10  4: 10,  // EXPERT11};12 13function computeDeathPoints(serverSeed, clientSeed, nonce, difficultyLevel) {14  const deathPointsCount = DEATH_POINTS_BY_DIFFICULTY[difficultyLevel];15  const key = Buffer.from(serverSeed, 'hex');16  const positions = Array.from({ length: GRID_SIZE }, (_, i) => i);17 18  for (let i = GRID_SIZE - 1; i > 0; i--) {19    const range   = i + 1;20    const maxFair = MAX_UINT32 - (MAX_UINT32 % range);21    let cursor    = GRID_SIZE - 1 - i;22 23    while (true) {24      const message = `${clientSeed}:${nonce}:${cursor}`;25      const hmac    = crypto.createHmac('sha256', key).update(message).digest('hex');26      let found     = false;27 28      for (let off = 0; off + 8 <= hmac.length; off += 8) {29        const value = parseInt(hmac.substring(off, off + 8), 16);30        if (value < maxFair) {31          const j = value % range;32          [positions[i], positions[j]] = [positions[j], positions[i]];33          found = true;34          break;35        }36      }37 38      if (found) break;39      cursor++;40    }41  }42 43  return positions.slice(0, deathPointsCount).sort((a, b) => a - b);44}45 46function verifyHash(serverSeed, serverSeedHashed) {47  const hash = crypto48    .createHash('sha256')49    .update(Buffer.from(serverSeed, 'hex'))50    .digest('hex');51  return hash === serverSeedHashed;52}53 54// Replace with your values55const serverSeed = 'YOUR_SERVER_SEED';56const serverSeedHashed = 'YOUR_SERVER_SEED_HASH';57const clientSeed = 'YOUR_CLIENT_SEED';58const nonce = 0;59const difficultyLevel = 2;  // 1=EASY, 2=MEDIUM, 3=HARD, 4=EXPERT60 61console.log('Hash check:', verifyHash(serverSeed, serverSeedHashed) ? 'PASS' : 'FAIL');62console.log('Death points:', computeDeathPoints(serverSeed, clientSeed, nonce, difficultyLevel));

6.10Python Verification Script

The same verification in Python (standard library only):

verify-beef.py · Standalone Python

1import hashlib, hmac2 3GRID_SIZE  = 204MAX_UINT32 = 0xFFFFFFFF5 6DEATH_POINTS_BY_DIFFICULTY = {7    1: 1,   # EASY8    2: 3,   # MEDIUM9    3: 5,   # HARD10    4: 10,  # EXPERT11}12 13def compute_death_points(server_seed, client_seed, nonce, difficulty_level):14    death_points_count = DEATH_POINTS_BY_DIFFICULTY[difficulty_level]15    key = bytes.fromhex(server_seed)16    positions = list(range(GRID_SIZE))17 18    for i in range(GRID_SIZE - 1, 0, -1):19        range_val = i + 120        max_fair  = MAX_UINT32 - (MAX_UINT32 % range_val)21        cursor    = GRID_SIZE - 1 - i22 23        while True:24            message = f'{client_seed}:{nonce}:{cursor}'.encode()25            h = hmac.new(key, message, hashlib.sha256).hexdigest()26            found = False27 28            for off in range(0, len(h) - 7, 8):29                value = int(h[off:off+8], 16)30                if value < max_fair:31                    j = value % range_val32                    positions[i], positions[j] = positions[j], positions[i]33                    found = True34                    break35 36            if found:37                break38            cursor += 139 40    return sorted(positions[:death_points_count])41 42def verify_hash(server_seed, server_seed_hashed):43    computed = hashlib.sha256(bytes.fromhex(server_seed)).hexdigest()44    return computed == server_seed_hashed45 46# Replace with your values47server_seed = 'YOUR_SERVER_SEED'48server_seed_hashed = 'YOUR_SERVER_SEED_HASH'49client_seed = 'YOUR_CLIENT_SEED'50nonce = 051difficulty_level = 2  # 1=EASY, 2=MEDIUM, 3=HARD, 4=EXPERT52 53print('Hash check:', 'PASS' if verify_hash(server_seed, server_seed_hashed) else 'FAIL')54print('Death points:', compute_death_points(server_seed, client_seed, nonce, difficulty_level))

6.11Evidence Screenshots3 records

2 columns

Evidence	Description
E02	Fairness page overview — "What is Provably Fair?" and "How it works" sections
E03	Fairness verification tool — Beef selected, showing game-specific verification inputs (server seed, client seed, nonce, difficulty level)
E11	Client seed rotation response — server echoes client-submitted seed, does not assign

✓ Any Player Can Reproduce Beef Results

Only disclosed inputs are used. Identical inputs always produce identical output.

Reproducibility & Artifacts

Can anyone independently reproduce every finding in this audit?

This section consolidates the open-source repository, datasets, output artifacts, and reproducibility posture of the audit. Every finding, every statistic, every pass/fail result can be independently reproduced by anyone with a computer and an internet connection. The repository is the credential — not this report.

Open-Source Audit Repository

05530eecommit audited

Repository Details

GitHub: ProvablyFair-org/duel-beef
Commit: 05530ee044c2b2170e2c66554b124c5733953d22
Game: Beef (duel-beef)
Public Verifier: audit.provablyfair.org/casino/duel/tools/verify-bets

Prerequisites

Node.js 18+
npm 8+
Git
TypeScript (installed via npm)

05530eecommit audited

GitHub: ProvablyFair-org/duel-beef
Commit: 05530ee044c2b2170e2c66554b124c5733953d22
Game: Beef (duel-beef)
Public Verifier: audit.provablyfair.org/casino/duel/tools/verify-bets

github.com/ProvablyFair-org/duel-beef

Commands to Reproduce

Installs TypeScript, ts-node, and cryptographic dependencies. npm test runs mocha (21 unit tests), then the 4M-round simulation, then the 22-step verification pipeline.

1git clone https://github.com/ProvablyFair-org/duel-beef.git2cd duel-beef3npm install4 5# Run entire audit end-to-end (21 unit tests + simulation + verification)6npm test

1npx ts-node tests/verify.ts

Expected output

1[PASS] Step 1  — Seed Hash Integrity2[PASS] Step 2  — Next-Seed Promotion (Commitment Linkage)3[PASS] Step 3  — Hash Consistency Within Epoch4[PASS] Step 4  — Nonce Audit5[PASS] Step 5  — Outcome Recomputation (Death Points)6[PASS] Step 6  — Client Seed Influence7[PASS] Step 7  — Payout Math8[PASS] Step 8  — Multiplier Formula (C(20,k)/C(20−m,k) × edge)9[PASS] Step 9  — Win Condition (all stepped tiles not in mines)10[PASS] Step 10 — Phase C Bet-Size Invariance ($10 bets)11[PASS] Step 11 — Config Completeness (4 difficulty levels)12[PASS] Step 12 — House Edge Audit (effective_edge = 0.8%)13[PASS] Step 13 — Phase Labels14[PASS] Step 14 — Dataset Hash15[PASS] Step 15 — Epoch Size16[PASS] Step 16 — Probability Independence (Anti-Circularity)17[PASS] Step 17 — Phase D — Client Seed Variation18[PASS] Step 18 — Simulation Results — Pass 1 Integrity19[PASS] Step 19 — Simulation Results — Pass 2 Cherry-Pick Test20[PASS] Step 20 — Multi-Step Multiplier Chain (Phase E)21[PASS] Step 21 — Death-Point Recomputation (Phase E)22[PASS] Step 22 — Cash-Out Payout Correctness (k>1)23 2422 passing, 0 flags, 0 hard failures

Simulates 1,000,000 rounds for each of the 4 difficulty-level configurations (4M total). Runtime ~90 seconds. Output written to outputs/simulation-results.json and outputs/rtp-convergence.html.

1npx ts-node src/simulate.ts

Audit Reproducibility Pinning

Git Commit: 05530ee044c2b2170e2c66554b124c5733953d22
Node Version: v18+ (tested on v22.x)
Primary Dataset: data/beef-master-6000bets.json (6,000 bets, 121 epochs)
Phase E Dataset: data/beef-phaseE-450bets.json (450 bets, 10 epochs)
Primary Dataset Hash (SHA-256): d654ef7c6195584501e9033202d5acad13a16d89d296baab8befc0240fb36d36
Phase E Dataset Hash (SHA-256): ef39d7f584cdb6d8057e846cdcb9b4ffcc60495bfcce8443d15bb910a9c51001
Audit Date: April 2026
Audit ID: PF-2026-DL06

Output Artifacts5 files generated

3 columns

File	Contents	Size
verification-results.json	Steps 1–22 results, per-step pass/fail with evidence	~6KB
simulation-results.json	4M-round RTP, chi-squared, cherry-pick detection (Pass 1 + Pass 2)	~60KB
determinism-log.json	Per-bet death-point recomputation log (6,450 entries, 0 mismatches)	<1KB
chi-squared-results.json	Per-config chi-squared statistics and p-values	~1KB
rtp-convergence.html	Interactive RTP convergence chart (self-contained HTML)	~5KB

Repository Structure

duel-beef/
├── src/
│   ├── rng.ts                  → HMAC-SHA256 backward Fisher-Yates (20-tile grid)
│   ├── simulate.ts             → Monte Carlo — 1M rounds/config × 4
│   ├── stats.ts                → Chi-squared, autocorrelation, runs test
│   ├── loader.ts               → Dataset loader + SHA-256 hash guard
│   └── types.ts                → Type definitions
├── tests/
│   ├── verify.ts               → 22-step verification pipeline
│   ├── steps/
│   │   ├── commitment.ts       → Steps 1–4: Commit-reveal integrity + nonce audit
│   │   ├── determinism.ts      → Steps 5–6: Death-point recomputation + client seed
│   │   ├── payouts.ts          → Steps 7–12: Payout math + multiplier + Phase C + house edge
│   │   ├── dataset.ts          → Steps 13–17: Dataset integrity + anti-circularity + Phase D
│   │   ├── simulation.ts       → Steps 18–19: Simulation integrity + cherry-pick
│   │   ├── multireveal.ts      → Steps 20–22: Phase E multi-step + cash-out verification
│   │   ├── statistical.ts      → Informational: RTP, serial, chi-squared
│   │   └── context.ts          → Shared context + pass/fail helpers
│   └── beef/
│       └── BeefTests.ts        → 21 unit tests (Mocha)
├── data/
│   ├── beef-master-6000bets.json    → 6,000 primary bets (4 phases, 121 epochs)
│   └── beef-phaseE-450bets.json     → 450 multi-step bets (10 epochs)
├── outputs/                    → Generated by npm test
│   ├── verification-results.json → Steps 1–22 pass/fail
│   ├── simulation-results.json  → 4M rounds, per-config RTP + cherry-pick
│   ├── determinism-log.json     → Per-bet death-point recomputation log
│   ├── chi-squared-results.json → Distribution test results
│   └── rtp-convergence.html     → Interactive RTP convergence chart
├── evidence/
│   ├── E01–E04 *.png            → Game UI, provably-fair panel, fairness page captures
│   └── client-seed-origin.png   → Client seed origin evidence
├── capture/
│   ├── beef-capture.reference.js         → Browser bet capture script (primary dataset)
│   └── beef-capture-phaseE.reference.js  → Browser bet capture script (Phase E multi-step)
├── results/                    → Merged capture working directory
├── README.md
├── MANIFEST.md
├── package.json
├── tsconfig.json
└── .mocharc.yml

Step-to-Section Cross-Reference22 verification steps mapped

3 columns

Step	Test Name	Report Section
1	Seed Hash Integrity	S1
2	Next-Seed Promotion (Commitment Linkage)	S1
3	Hash Consistency Within Epoch	S1
4	Nonce Audit	S1, S5
5	Outcome Recomputation (Death Points)	S1, S2, S3
6	Client Seed Influence	S1, S2
7	Payout Math	S3, S4
8	Multiplier Formula (C(20,k)/C(20−m,k) × edge)	S3, S4
9	Win Condition (all stepped tiles not in mines)	S3
10	Phase C Bet-Size Invariance ($10 bets)	S3, S4
11	Config Completeness (4 difficulty levels)	S3
12	House Edge Audit (effective_edge = 0.8%)	S4
13	Phase Labels	S3
14	Dataset Hash	S7
15	Epoch Size	S1, S3
16	Probability Independence (Anti-Circularity)	S4
17	Phase D — Client Seed Variation	S1, S2, S3
18	Simulation Results — Pass 1 Integrity	S2, S4
19	Simulation Results — Pass 2 Cherry-Pick Test	S4
20	Multi-Step Multiplier Chain (Phase E)	S3
21	Death-Point Recomputation (Phase E)	S3, S5
22	Cash-Out Payout Correctness (k>1)	S3, S4, S5

reproduce-audit.sh

1# Clone and setup2git clone https://github.com/ProvablyFair-org/duel-beef.git3cd duel-beef4git checkout 05530ee044c2b2170e2c66554b124c5733953d225npm install6 7# Run full audit (22 verification steps + 4M simulation)8npm test9 10# Or run individual components11npm run verify    # 22-step verification pipeline12npm run simulate  # 4M-round simulation (4 configs × 1M)13 14# View generated reports15cat outputs/verification-results.json16cat outputs/simulation-results.json

audit.provablyfair.org/casino/duel/tools/verify-bets

This is an open-source audit. Every finding, dataset, and line of verification code is publicly accessible. You don't need to trust us or the casino. Clone the repo, run the tests, and verify every claim yourself.

✓ Fully Reproducible

All audit results can be independently reproduced using the pinned commit, datasets, and commands above. The dataset hashes ensure you're running against the same 6,450 bets.