How do phases stay distinct?
Each phase in a roulette round is separated from the others by the output it produces and the function it performs. No two phases share a function, and no phase produces an output that another phase also generates. This functional separation is what keeps the round structured rather than fluid. The bet window accepts submissions. Lock confirmation validates them. Spin execution applies the seed. Settlement processes the result. Each operation belongs to one phase and one phase only. btc+roulette rounds are built on this separation model, where each phase occupies a distinct position in the sequence and performs its operation without overlap with the phase before it or the one that follows. The boundary between phases is not a pause. It is a handoff point where one phase passes its completed output, and the next opens against it.
What marks each phase boundary?
Phase boundaries are marked by completion conditions rather than by time intervals running alongside the round. A phase does not end because a clock expired. It ends because its function produced a defined output. The bet window boundary is marked by the frozen queue being passed to lock confirmation. The lock confirmation boundary is marked by the validated record being passed to the spin stage. The spin execution boundary is marked by the recorded outcome being passed to settlement. Each boundary exists at the point where one phase finishes producing, and the next begins consuming.
This output-to-input structure means phase boundaries are not arbitrary divisions within the round. Each one sits precisely where the function of one phase ends and the function of the next begins, making the separation between phases a structural property of the round rather than a timing convention applied to it from outside.
Phase separation mechanics
The mechanics that keep phases separated operate through three fixed rules that apply across every rotation:
- No phase opens before the preceding phase has passed its output forward within the fixed transition interval.
- No phase extends beyond its completion condition to delay the opening of the phase that follows.
- No output from a closing phase carries into the round beyond the receiving phase it was produced for.
These rules prevent phase overlap at the boundary points where separation is most at risk. A phase that extends beyond its completion condition would compress the phase that follows. A phase that opens before receiving its input would process an incomplete dataset. The three rules together keep each phase contained within its designated interval and separated cleanly from those on either side of it.
Separation across consecutive rounds
Phase separation holds not just within individual rounds but across consecutive ones. The reset sequence between rounds re-establishes the separation between the final phase of one cycle and the opening phase of the next. Settlement outputs are clear before the following bet window opens. The timing reference resets. The buffer interval runs in full. Without this reset, the boundary between consecutive rounds would blur. The closing round’s outputs would sit in the same active state as the opening round’s inputs, and the separation that keeps each phase distinct within a round would fail at the point where two rounds meet. The reset sequence is therefore not a structural afterthought.
Phase separation in online bitcoin roulette rounds is maintained through output-defined boundaries, fixed separation rules at transition points, and a reset sequence that keeps consecutive rounds as structurally distinct from each other as the phases within them.