Building Random, Fair, and Verifiable Games on Blockchain. Raffle smart contract designs on Sui Network

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2310.12305v3
• Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2023 21:33:54 GMT
• Title: Building Random, Fair, and Verifiable Games on Blockchain. Raffle smart contract designs on Sui Network
• Authors: Eason Chen, Justa Liang, Ray Huang, Pierce Hung, Damien Chen, Ashley Hsu, Konstantinos Chalkias, Stefanos Pleros
• Abstract summary: This paper aims to provide insights into designing a fair, verifiable, and efficient smart contract game on blockchain. We explore efficient methods for implementing randomness on smart contracts, including DRAND committee-based decentralized random beacons and single private-key-based verifiable random functions (VRF) Our findings provide valuable guidance for future researchers and developers in building random, fair, and verifiable games with smart contracts.
• Score: 10.410456199908587
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: Randomness plays a pivotal role in modern online gaming, but disputes have arisen over the accuracy of stated winning chances, resulting in legal issues and financial setbacks for gaming companies. Fortunately, blockchain-based games offer a solution to the transparency and fairness issue regarding randomness. Furthermore, emerging blockchain technology like Sui Network enhances the efficiency of smart contracts by eliminating traditional web3 barriers, such as inefficiencies and expensive transaction fees. This unlocks the potential for extensive decentralized gaming applications. This paper aims to provide insights into designing a fair, verifiable, and efficient smart contract game on blockchain by the example of building raffles on the Sui Network. We explore efficient methods for implementing randomness on smart contracts, including DRAND committee-based decentralized random beacons and single private-key-based verifiable random functions (VRF). Then, progress from basic to comprehensive smart contract design. We addressed limitations in developing blockchain games in general, such as data input and storage space constraints. We propose corresponding solutions, encompassing the utilization of Object Tables, Delegate Object Creation, and Zero-Knowledge Proofs (ZKP) to optimize storage and input efficiency. After testing our designs, we found that the transaction fees for DRAND beacons and private-key-based VRFs are similar. Moreover, Object Tables incur higher overall transaction fees, while the ZKP setup fee is cheap but becomes very expensive during the verification process. Moreover, we identified suitable designs for different application scenarios by comparing the pros and cons of different smart contract implementations. Our findings provide valuable guidance for future researchers and developers in building random, fair, and verifiable games with smart contracts.

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