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by __s 3095 days ago
Discussion: https://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/9076/using-a-hash...

& http://xoroshiro.di.unimi.it makes reference to how on x86 cpus with AES one could get a very fast prng similar to how you're implying

As a change of 1 bit in an input ideally flips half the bits of the output for a cryptographic hash, this scheme should work

See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna_(PRNG)