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So it is not possible for a Contract account to be performing native operations like random number generation or API calls – it can do these Get more info things only if prompted by an EOA. This is because https://time.com/nextadvisor/investing/cryptocurrency/stablecoin-re... requires nodes to be able to agree on the outcome of computation, which requires a guarantee of strictly deterministic execution. Remarkably, the thing that takes the longest to degrade is the leaf itself, but it should complete its transformation into dirt in about a year.