From cced3bf9ee9cc9c51e72c85b06aa14ba44ddbb22 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jakub Sztandera <kubuxu@protocol.ai>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 17:45:03 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Randomize seed

Signed-off-by: Jakub Sztandera <kubuxu@protocol.ai>
---
 cmd/lotus-shed/election.go | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cmd/lotus-shed/election.go b/cmd/lotus-shed/election.go
index bc053dea4..ffe30d163 100644
--- a/cmd/lotus-shed/election.go
+++ b/cmd/lotus-shed/election.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package main
 import (
 	"encoding/binary"
 	"fmt"
+	"math/rand"
 
 	"github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/chain/types"
 	lcli "github.com/filecoin-project/lotus/cli"
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ var electionRunDummy = &cli.Command{
 		},
 		&cli.Uint64Flag{
 			Name:  "seed",
-			Value: 4,
+			Value: 0,
 		},
 	},
 	Action: func(cctx *cli.Context) error {
@@ -46,7 +47,11 @@ var electionRunDummy = &cli.Command{
 
 		ep := &types.ElectionProof{}
 		ep.VRFProof = make([]byte, 32)
-		binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(ep.VRFProof, cctx.Uint64("seed"))
+		seed := cctx.Uint64("seed")
+		if seed == 0 {
+			seed = rand.Uint64()
+		}
+		binary.BigEndian.PutUint64(ep.VRFProof, seed)
 
 		i := uint64(0)
 		for {