[kevinnk]

You need a TLS connection to get the NIST beacon, which requires a seeded rng. That seems like a chicken and egg problem.

[londons_explore]

As long as this data was signed by NIST, and we trusted NIST, there should be no need for TLS.

[inetknght]

except that you would need to download the _entire_ random number sequence blockchain history instead of, say, specific parts. Otherwise, the specific parts you download would be known and therefore part of your randomness would be known.