The Lava Lamps That Help Keep The Internet Secure

EducationTom Scott•811.1K Views

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Based on historical trends, videos like this resonate strongly with viewers interested in education content, particularly audiences who engage through likes and repeat watches rather than comments alone.

With 28.1K likes relative to 811.1K views, this video demonstrates above-average engagement efficiency for its category.

Editorial Analysis

At the headquarters of Cloudflare, in San Francisco, there's a wall of lava lamps: the Entropy Wall. They're used to generate random numbers and keep a good bit of the internet secure: here's how.\n\nThanks to the team at Cloudflare - this is not a sponsored video, they just had interesting lava lamps! There's a technical rundown of the system on their blog here: https://blog.cloudflare.com/lavarand-in-production-the-nitty-gritty-technical-details\n\nEdited by Michelle Martin, @mrsmmartin\n\nI'm at http://tomscott.com\non Twitter at http://twitter.com/tomscott\non Facebook at http://facebook.com/tomscott\nand on Snapchat and Instagram as tomscottgo

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28.1K Likes

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