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[pc]

"order"
this word means "command" or "sequence" in the OP ?

"sequence" in this case

[btswildpig]

"order"
this word means "command" or "sequence" in the OP ?

[bytemaster]

I am looking for a shuffle algorithm for delegates that has the following inputs:

vector<delegate_id>   prev_delegate_order
vector<delegate_id>   top_101_delegates_sorted_by_vote
sha256                        random_seed

I need to calculate the "next_delegate_order" such that the minimum distance between the same delegate is N/2 the number of delegates while maximizing the entropy and mixing.

This algorithm should be implemented in c++ using int64_t as the delegate ID.    I am looking for the best algorithm based upon the consensus on this thread.

Go!