Drand (pronounced "dee-rand") is a distributed randomness beacon daemon written in Golang. The need for digital randomness is paramount in multiple digital applications ([e]voting, lottery, ...

Eeny, meeny, miny, mo, catch a tiger by the toe – so the rhyme goes. But even children know that counting-out rhymes like this are no help at making a truly random choice. Perhaps you remember when ...

Abstract: In our more and more connected and open World randomness has become an endangered species. We may soon not have anything private, all out communication, interaction with others becomes ...

Abstract: We design a protocol based on blockchain, which produces unpredictable, unbiased and publicly verifiable randomness. We use the properties of blockchain to enlarge the scale of participation ...

So, you’re curious about how things like lotteries or secure online systems get their random numbers? It’s not as simple as just rolling a dice. We’re going to look into a system called the NIST ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Very little in this life is truly random. A coin flip is ...

Randomness is incredibly useful. People often draw straws, throw dice or flip coins to make fair choices. Random numbers can enable auditors to make completely unbiased selections. Randomness is also ...

Key generators are a foundational technology in cryptography to keep enterprise communication and systems secure. Threat actors are attempting to predict patterns of conventional key generators to ...

At JPMorgan Chase headquarters, a quiet quantum coup: the bank just beat Big Tech to a breakthrough in certified randomness—marking a rare win for Wall Street in the race to make quantum computing ...