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This paper is available on arxiv under CC 4.0 license. Authors: (1)Eason Chen, Carnegie Mellon University; (2) Justa Liang, Bucket Protocol; (3) Ray Huang, Bucket Protocol; (4) Pierce Hung, Bucket Protocol; (5) Damien Chen, Bucket Protocol; (6) Ashley Hsu, Bucket Protocol; (7) Konstantinos Chalkias, Mysten Labs; (8) Stefanos Pleros Mysten Labs. TABLE OF LINKS Abstract and Introduction Background Randomness Practice in Blockchain System Development Transaction Fee Comparison Discussion Conclusion and References 4. SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT In this section, we will begin by describing the implementation of the most basic raffle system, explaining its limitations, and introducing solutions. Then, we will gradually iterate our design to an advanced and production-ready raffle system. Source codes of different designs are at https://github.com/Bucket-Protocol/raffle-paper. 4.1 Basic Raffle System with DRAND The goal of Basic Raffle is to enable the host to randomly select a winner from a group of participants and send the prize to that winner. The design of the Basic Raffle is intuitive and straightforward. As shown in Figure 1, to initiate the random raffle, the host calls the Move smart contract’s create_coin_raffle, which includes three key parameters: Clock, Participants and Prize. Clock is an object on the Sui platform that allows smart contracts to obtain the current time. Participants is an array containing all participants’ addresses. Prize is an object about the reward for the raffle winner The function then performs the following: create_coin_raffle (1) Calculate the DRAND round: The function calculates the current DRAND round according to the current time. (2) Initiate: The function creates a Raffle Object. Raffle Object includes an array of participants, “current DRAND round + N” as the target DRAND round and the prize. N can be set to any number greater than 2, depending on when the creator wants to know the results. (3) : If the prize is a fungible coin, the function converts the prize object to balance and saves it in a field of the Raffle. If the prize is not fungible, the function saves the prize as a sub-object. Lock the prize Then, when the signature of the current DRAND round + N is revealed, anyone can settle the raffle by calling which perform the following steps: settle_coin_raffle, (1) : The function checks the input DRAND signature is valid. Verify (2) : The function first computes a random value based on the DRAND signature and subsequently uses this random value to pick a winner from the participants’ array. It then proceeds to transfer the prize to the selected winner. Execute (3) : The function emits events about the raffle result. Then, clear the participants’ array to release space. Settle The creation and settlement process is illustrated at the first and second in Figure 1. Transaction Block . The has three advantages. Firstly, it fully utilizes DRAND’s capabilities, ensuring that the Raffle’s outcome remains unknown initially while allowing anyone to settle and verify the results. Additionally, the rewards are securely locked within the contract once the Raffle is created, preventing organizers from running multiple Raffles and picking the favorable result, thereby guaranteeing fairness in the process. Lastly, the settlement process involves data clearance and offers a Storage Rebate, creating a strong incentive for anyone to settle the raffle. 4.1.1 Advantages Basic Raffle . However, there are several limitations when considering Basic Raffle for production use. First, Sui limits the size of transaction blocks, permitting an array size input of approximately 400 addresses. Consequently, the creation process will encounter errors if the host intends to include more than 400 participants in the Raffle. Furthermore, there is a size restriction of 250 KB for Sui Objects. Even if the host manages to input a sufficient number of addresses, the Raffle object cannot accommodate more than 7500 addresses. Therefore, it becomes necessary to leverage other features of Sui to accommodate more addresses. 4.1.2 Limitations 4.2 Raffle with Object Table The Object Table feature within Sui enables a parent object to own other objects. functioning in a manner akin to Mapping in Solidity or a Dictionary in Python. As depicted in Figure 2, Object Table empowers a Raffle Object to possess multiple sub-objects, such as several Prize Objects and Participant Address Objects. Under these circumstances, we can establish a mechanism that automatically splits participants and prize addresses into separate sub-objects according to size. When the size surpasses 7,500, a fresh sub-object can be created and put under the Object Table, with its corresponding key added to the Object Table key list. In the case of using a single-tier Object Table, this strategic setup allows a Raffle to accommodate an impressive 7, 500 2 , which equals 56, 250, 000 addresses, a capacity more than sufficient for most practical scenarios. Additionally, it is possible to implement multiple levels of Object Table if even larger quantities are needed. Through the use of Object Table, we have addressed the issue of the number of addresses that an Object can accommodate. This type of Raffle is suitable for situations where users actively join by paying for themselves, such as a lottery. An example scenario is as follows: 4.2.1 . Advantages (1) : The host initiates the raffle by locking the prizes within the contract, setting the entry fee, and establishing a deadline using DRAND’s Round. Initiate (2) : Participants submit their entry fees to the contract. The smart contract verifies that the deadline has not been exceeded and the fees are valid. Then, it adds the users’ address to the Address Object within the Object Table fields of the Raffle Object. If the Address Object is full, a new Address Object is created under the Object Table. Participants Join (3) : When the designated time arrives, anyone can settle using DRAND Signatures, and the prizes are sent to the winner’s wallet while the entry fees are transferred to the host’s wallet. Settle . In the above case of the raffle, the block size won’t be an issue as users enter one address at a time. However, if we wish to input many addresses at once, we still have to deal with the block size limitation of only being able to enter 400 addresses in a single attempt. This limitation becomes particularly cumbersome when, for example, users who want to create a raffle with 2000 addresses must go through the signing process five times. This problem can be resolved using the Delegate Object Creation or Zero-Knowledge Proof approach. 4.2.2 Limitations 4.3 Raffle with Delegate Object Creation aims to streamline the process for users with the help of a Delegate Host, enabling them to efficiently input numerous addresses into Raffle Object at the Sui Network with just one wallet operation. The steps of Delegate Object Creation are depicted in Figure 3 and described in the following: Delegate Object Creation (1) When a user wants to create a Raffle, he first sends all addresses to the backend of the Delegate Host. (2) The Delegate Host then batches these addresses and writes them into an Delegated Object using its backend’s Private Key while paying the storage fee. The fee will reflected as a usage fee in the field of Delegated Object. (3) Then, the user can initiate the raffle with the address table in Delegated Object in a single transaction. Moreover, when using the Address Object, the user pays the storage fee and transaction fees to the Delegate Host. When users settle a raffle, they can rebate the storage fee by clearing their data to reclaim most usage fees. Additionally, if users do not use the Delegated Object for certain times, the Delegate Host can proactively remove data from the Delegated Object to rebate the storage fee. The advantage of Delegate Object Creation is that users only need to open their wallet and perform the signature once to create a Raffle with lots of participant addresses. By doing so, all participants’ addresses are stored on the transaction history of Sui Network, allowing every participant to verify their inclusion in the Raffle. 4.3.1 . Advantages The limitation of Delegate Object Creation is the waiting time. At the backend, it typically takes 1 second per transaction to upload 400 addresses. If there are 20,000 addresses, users will experience approximately a 50-second waiting time. Moreover, if users only need to select a few winners from many addresses, this method of writing and clearing addresses is inefficient. Consequently, we have developed another approach using Zero-Knowledge Proofs to quickly create a raffle with many addresses. 4.3.2 . Limitations 4.4 Raffle with Zero-Knowledge Proof Zero-knowledge proof (ZKP) is a cryptography and mathematical technique [13] employed within the realm of blockchain to verify the authenticity of a statement while preserving the confidentiality of the statement’s details. The uses of ZKP in blockchain now extend beyond safeguarding privacy [24] but also encompass optimization in on-chain data storage to enhance efficiency [11]. The most renowned use of ZKP for storage optimization is Ethereum’s Zero-Knowledge rollups (ZK-rollups) [11] with Merkle Tree. Merkle Tree is a cryptography binary tree structure used for data validation [15]. Merkle Tree ensures data integrity and facilitates efficient verification, making it particularly advantageous when handling extensive data while optimizing bandwidth and computational resources. Illustrated in the right side of Figure 4, in Merkle Tree, each leaf node corresponds to a data block within this structure, whereas each non-leaf node stores the hash of its child nodes. The uppermost node above all the leaves is called the Merkle Root. The number of data blocks that a Merkle Tree can accommodate is related to its number of layers. A Merkle Tree with 𝑁 layers can accommodate 2 𝑁 data blocks. To confirm the authenticity of a target data leaf, one only needs to calculate the hash of the target leaf and hash it with the hashes of intermediate Merkle nodes (referred to as the Merkle Proof), then compare the outcome with the Merkle Root to ensure they match. With the implementation of Merkle Tree, ZK-rollups can handle many transactions with a low transaction fee as it only publishes the Merkle Root of these transactions to the Mainnet. A similar mechanism, as illustrated in Figure 4, can also be applied to optimize data storage for the raffle system. The steps for using Merkle Tree to handle participants’ addresses in a ZK-raffle include the following: (1) : Collect and organize the addresses of all participants. Prepare (2) : Generate the Merkle Tree and store it in the backend database. Generate (3) : Create the ZK-raffle by incorporating the Merkle root, prizes, and the count of Merkle leaves. The smart contract then calculates the DRAND round based on the current time. Initiate (4) Employ the DRAND Signature to determine the raffle’s outcome and identify the list of IDs for winners. Settle Raffle: (5) Anyone can use the ID, participant’s address, and Merkle Proofs to claim the prize. The smart contract will check the ID is in the winner list and that the hash of the ID and address with Merkle Proofs is aligned with the Merkle root. After claiming, the ID will be removed from the winner array to avoid double-claiming. Claim Reward: The ZK-raffle offers four notable advantages. Firstly, thanks to the lightweight nature of ZKP, the host can launch a ZK-raffle with lots of participants with low transaction fees since the host only needs to store the Merkle Root on the smart contract to represent numerous addresses. Additionally, because the Merkle Tree generation takes place in the backend, the ZK-raffle can be computed and prepared in an extremely short amount of time. Furthermore, this method eliminates the need for Storage Rebates, reducing the financial burden for the raffle creation and the load on the network 4.4.1 . Advantages ZK-raffle has two limitations. First is its complicated prize distribution process. Each prize distribution involves multiple rounds of hashing calculations with Merkle Proofs, which can be costly when there are many winners. Second, the Merkle Tree’s storage tends to be centralized with a database containing all Merkle Tree and Proofs data. This database is essential for users to confirm and claim their rewards or verify their raffle participation. If the database encounters data custody issues resulting in the loss of Merkle Proofs, all rewards may become locked within the smart contract. 4.4.2 . Limitations 4.5 ZK-raffle with single-key VRF In addition to DRAND Randomness, employing a ZK-raffle with the host’s VRF outputs is a wise choice because they share common limitations, necessitating a centralized host to provide Merkle Proof or single-key VRF to settle the raffle. Moreover, since the Merkle root won’t be cleared after the raffle is settled, it is possible to use the same raffle multiple times. Therefore, they can be integrated to create a fair web3 raffle system, allowing users to draw random prizes fairly Illustrated in Figure 5, implementing a ZK-raffle with Signature Randomness includes the following steps: (1) The host initiates the ZK-raffle smart contract, providing essential parameters such as the Merkle Root, prize count, and public key, while setting the entrance fee at 10 Sui. (2) A user enters the raffle by paying the 10 Sui entrance fee. Subsequently, the raffle smart contract generates a raffle ticket that includes the fee and forwards it to the host. (3) The host settles the raffle ticket by verifying the VRF output (i.e., BLS signature) and computing a random result through the signature. Afterward, by validating the Merkle Proof to confirm that the random result indeed corresponds to the Prize NFT provided by the host, the host received the 10 Sui Entrance Fee while the user received the Prize NFT. A ZK-raffle with host’s VRF offers three significant advantages. Firstly, it is highly lightweight, avoiding data storage issues commonly associated with other versions of raffles. Secondly, it ensures that the host cannot manipulate the probabilities, as anyone can calculate the Merkle Proof to determine their chances of winning the overall prize, making it ideal for prize raffles such as gaming loot-box. Thirdly, it strikes a good balance between centralization and decentralization. While both Merkle Proofs and Signatures require centralized resources, the host must provide these resources to claim the entrance fees from users. Consequently, the host is strongly incentivized to settle the raffle. 4.5.1 . Advantages On the other hand, there exist two limitations. Firstly, since the randomness is generated from a single private key, the owner of that key (typically the host) can produce beacons at their discretion, granting them the ability to manipulate the raffle result in their favor. In the hands of a malicious host or a host 4.5.2 . Limitations compromised by hackers, this private key can be used to exploit this vulnerability, resulting in the drawing of numerous grand prizes and undermining the distribution of prizes. Secondly, if the host refuses to settle the raffle, the users’ entrance fee remains locked within the contract. Nevertheless, this limitation can be mitigated by leveraging the transparent nature of blockchain. We can ensure that the host acts fairly by monitoring the number of unsettled raffle tickets and even giving penalties accordingly. For instance, if the host deliberately avoids settling a particular raffle ticket, it may indicate dishonest behavior, and users can claim their winning once a predetermined time period has passed. This paper is under CC 1.0 license. available on arxiv

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Raizlabs Raizlabs is a mobile app development company which works with a wide range of clients, from start-ups to the Fortune 500 company. The company has 12 years’ experience offering the full spectrum of services in app creation — strategy, design, development and publishing, taking your app idea from its very beginning to its completion. Raizlabs deliver both hybrid apps and native for all the major players, and a particular strength of theirs is analyzing and working with geolocation data. Arctouch Arctouch is a San Francisco based web design and development company with a team of 50+ employees, and software development expertise to create iOS, Android and Xamarin apps. The company also develops bots for conversational platforms such as Amazon Alexa and Facebook Messenger. Arctouch is focused on enterprise software development and aim to help businesses to be better connected with their customers via mobile apps and IoT devices. Eight Bit Studios Eight Bit Studios is a mobile app developer. Company’s portfolio includes work for both large brands such as Hasbro and New Balance as well as smaller start-ups and Chicago-based institutions. Eight Bit Studios provides one with UX/UI design (with personal development, site maps and user flows), front- and back-end development, native and hybrid apps in HTML5 and of course Chicago-born Ruby on Rails. ScienceSoft Founded in 1989, ScienceSoft is an international software development and consulting company that offers embraces the full cycle of mobile development: business analysis, UI/UX design, mobile application development, delivery to market, mobile technologies consulting and testing. The company partnered with Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, Magento, ServiceNow, Episerver and more tech leaders to ensure that its customers will benefit from steady reliability and originality across solutions. Currently, ScienceSoft is recognized with 3 Gold Microsoft Competencies in Application Development, Collaboration and Content along with Data Analytics. In 2018, ScienceSoft has been featured in a report by Forrester as one of the selected vendors for Application development and delivery services. Y Media Labs Founded in 2009, Y Media Labs is an interactive digital agency specializing in mobile solutions. Today, its process envisions the mobile client — connected, always on, and on-the-go. The company creates digital products and experiences that have a lasting impact on people’s lives and its customers’ businesses. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, YML combines world-class strategy, creativity and technology to create lasting impact for clients like The Home Depot, PayPal, The North Face, State Farm, First Republic Bank, eBay, and Apple. Its work has been featured by Apple, Business Insider, TechCrunch, Forbes and Mashable among others. Softeq Founded in 1997, Softeq is a full-cycle software development company with one of its main focuses being mobile application development. The company develops custom software and hardware solutions for startups, small businesses, medium enterprises, and large corporation irrespective of their industry. This mobile product development provider offers both application- and hardware-level engineering services. Softeq’s team has hands-on experience in machine learning and AI, and employs AR and VR technologies to reinforce clients’ app functionality with advanced features. hedgehog lab Headquartered in Newcastle upon Tyne, hedgehog lab is a software company that focuses on developing mobile applications. Its team architects, designs, and builds mobile applications for platforms like the iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Windows Phone and Symbian.ompa. Also, the company offers a range of services in Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality development. Mubaloo Mubaloo is a mobile development and consulting company, having worked across multiple sectors developing innovative mobile strategies and intelligent digital products. Mubaloo provides business transformation consultancy for businesses and the project management, design, integration, development and testing of mobile apps. Its team helps to transform business processes, staff productivity and customer engagement, all through the use of mobile and location-based technologies. Mubaloo’s clients include Intelliflo, SEI, Aviva, AXA, MTRCrossrail, Maersk, RAC, Hargreaves Lansdown, London’s Air Ambulance, EE, Scania, UNITE and Zurich. Apadmi Founded in 2009, Apadmi is a mobile application development company based in Manchester. The company develops applications for iOS, Android and Windows Phone devices as well as web design, and strategy. Apadmi Mubaloo has worked across multiple sectors developing innovative mobile strategies and intelligent digital products and produced apps for UK companies and organizations such as the British Museum, BBC iPlayer and The Guardian. ELEKS ELEKS Software is an international company that provides custom software engineering and consulting services. Its development offices, consisting of approximately 1000 professionals in Eastern Europe, is strengthened by a local presence in the U.S., EU, and the UK. Since 1991, the company has been helping businesses innovate and build advanced software products that matter, leveraging technologies such as Data Analytics, the IoT, mobile, and wearable. Its award-winning solutions have significantly contributed to the success of customers, including Fortune 500 companies, and are recognized as a valuable part of international best practices. GBKSOFT GBKSOFT is a software development and consulting company headquartered in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is specializing in building custom web and mobile applications. GBKSOFT’s portfolio lists over 700 software development projects. In 2014, the company released Defend Ukraine, a mobile game dedicated to the armed conflict in the east of Ukraine, that went viral with over 1 million downloads. In 2016, GBKSOFT created App Idea Crush Test, a project that allows for testing app ideas before a development process is commenced. Appster Founded in 2011, Appster is an Australian app development agency, that develops mobile, web and wearable apps for startups, public figures and enterprises. The company states its ambition is to be the world’s first ideas company. Its vision is to create an unprecedented development hub for the greatest software ideas and innovations in the world. The company has opening offices in 42 countries, with current staffed offices in USA, Australia and India. 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Github Motion to dismiss Court Filing, retrieved on January 26, 2023 is part of . You can jump to any part in this filing . This part is 12 of 26. HackerNoon’s Legal PDF Series here ARGUMENT II. PLAINTIFFS FAIL TO STATE A DMCA CLAIM. C. Plaintiffs Have Not Plausibly Alleged That GitHub Or Microsoft Intentionally Or Knowingly Removes Or Alters CMI Under § 1202(b). Plaintiffs’ claims under § 1202(b)(1) and (3) fail for an independent reason. Section 1202(b)(1) prohibits a defendant from “intentionally remov[ing] or alter[ing] [CMI],” see Compl. ¶ 148, while § 1202(b)(3) bars “distribut[ing] … copies of works … knowing that [CMI] has been removed or altered,” see Compl. ¶ 154. These provisions require the active step of removal or alteration of CMI in connection with an identical copy of the work. But all the Complaint alleges is the passive non-inclusion of CMI with a proffered snippet that may incidentally match a portion of a work. That is not enough. This result flows directly from § 1202’s text. The terms “remove” and “alter” both connote active conduct. To remove is “to move by lifting, pushing aside, or taking away or off” or “to get rid of.” Webster’s Third New International Dictionary 1921 (1993). To alter is “to cause to become different.” Id. at 63. As explained above, CMI is defined as information “conveyed in connection with copies … of a work”—that is, in or directly connected with “the body of or the actual work itself.” See Mills v. Netflix, Inc., No. CV 19-7618, 2020 WL 548558, at *3 (C.D. Cal. Feb. 3, 2020). To remove or alter CMI, then, is to engage in active conduct to get rid of or change CMI that would otherwise naturally accompany a copy of the work from which the CMI is allegedly removed or altered. See Falkner v. Gen. Motors LLC, 393 F. Supp. 3d 927, 938-39 (C.D. Cal. 2018). Courts have consistently held this line. They have rejected § 1202(b) claims based on mere “framing” of a photograph in a way that does not include CMI, id.; excerpting lecture notes and study questions from textbooks without reproducing CMI, Faulkner Press, L.L.C. v. Class Notes, L.L.C., 756 F. Supp. 2d 1352, 1356, 1359 (N.D. Fla. 2010); copying “aspects” of architectural works but “omitting” the plaintiff’s CMI, Design Basics, LLC v. WK Olson Architects, Inc., No. 17 C 7432, 2019 WL 527535, at *5 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 11, 2019); Frost-Tsuji Architects v. Highway Inn, Inc., No. CIV. 13-00496 SOM, 2015 WL 263556, at *3 (D. Haw. Jan. 21, 2015), aff’d, 700 F. App’x 674 (9th Cir. 2017); or incorporating the underlying content from the original copy into some different form or distinct work without CMI, Kelly, 77 F. Supp. 2d at 1122 (thumbnail versions of images). Courts have recognized § 1202(b) claims only for active conduct in connection with identical copies of a work—like a defendant cropping a “gutter credit” from an otherwise identical photo, e.g., Murphy v. Millennium Radio Grp. LLC, 650 F.3d 295 (3d Cir. 2011), or deleting CMI from within identical content that was excerpted. E.g., Bounce Exchange, Inc. v. Zeus Enter. Ltd., No. 15cv3268, 2015 WL 8579023, at *2-3 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 9, 2015) (CMI actively removed from lines of software code). Plaintiffs allege only that Copilot “has not been trained” to actively identify and reproduce any CMI that may or may not be present. Compl. ¶ 56. And rather than alleging removal of CMI connected with an identical copy of any work, their claims are based on mere code suggestions that may match small snippets of code contained in other works. Indeed, as Plaintiffs acknowledge, Copilot’s suggestions are not copied from any particular source, but generated based on patterns it has “seen the most,” Compl. ¶ 73. Plaintiffs therefore cannot state a claim that CMI is actively removed from any work. Continue Reading . Here About HackerNoon Legal PDF Series: We bring you the most important technical and insightful public domain court case filings. This court case 4:22-cv-06823-JST retrieved on September 11, 2023, from is part of the public domain. The court-created documents are works of the federal government, and under copyright law, are automatically placed in the public domain and may be shared without legal restriction. documentcloud.org

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