RandomBlocks: A Transparent, Verifiable Blockchain-based System for Random Numbers

1Institute For the Future (IFF), University of Nicosia, Cyprus 2Thriller Web Solutions Ltd, Cyprus 3Intelligent Systems Laboratory (ISLab), Department of Computer Science, Neapolis University Pafos, Cyprus 4Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, Xanthi, Greece 5Department of Electrical Eng., Computer Eng. and Informatics, Cyprus University of Technology

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