$1.5 billion: The cost of cutting London-Tokyo latency by 60ms

Mon Mar 26 12:57:15 UTC 2012

On Mon, 26 Mar 2012 12:16:53 +0200, Tei said:

> I imagine a easier solution.  Use a random number generator in both
> sides, with the same seed.  Then use a slower way to send "packets
> re-sync" that will contain the delta from the generated number, to the
> real actual number.

Congrats. You've just re-invented the crytpo method called "xor with a
pseudorandom bitstream".  And no, it doesn't minimize your round-trip
latency at all.

> I suppose this speeds are needed for some "fast speed transaction",
> that are leeching money from the background noise on the market.

Unfortunately, you are correct on that point.
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