The existence of "unstructured" hard languages in $\text{NP}\cap\text{coNP}$ is an intriguing open question. Bennett and Gill (SICOMP, 1981) asked whether $\text{P}$ is separated from $\text{NP}\cap\text{coNP}$ relative to a random oracle, a question that remained open ever since. While a hard language in $\text{NP}\cap\text{coNP}$ can be constructed in a black-box way ... more >>>