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Native preview builds for both Nintendo 64 and Linux are now available for an open source "cryptographic multitool" I proposed last year. Users on Windows, MacOS, etc. can potentially test the N64 version using an emulator. Note: I've only tested it on an emulator myself so far, haven't tried it on a real Nintendo 64 yet.

This is currently being made by developer bowler-bear. Long term future plans include air-gapped wallet functionality and text encryption someday. For now, you can only generate vanity wallet addresses or nostr keys, or use button-mashing or actual dice rolls to generate more random ones. This first preview is a bit rough around the edges. Keep in mind it isn't secure RNG yet, it's just for testing.

Git repo
https://github.com/bowler-bear/retro-crypto

Original proposal
https://bounties.monero.social/posts/168

Built using the libdragon SDK, which is newish and doesn't work in a lot of the oldest / most-used emulators like mupen64. I'll test it on real hardware soon. If anyone else does before me, let me know how it goes. Ares emulator is recommended by libdragon - https://ares-emu.net/

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[–] JayDee@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 day ago

Welp, cryptographic software Nintendo 64 port wasn't on my bingo card, but I respect using retro-hardware emulation as the compatibility layer.