drand (League of Entropy)
FreeLiveLast verified 29 Sept 2026
Verifiable random values from a distributed threshold beacon, published every few seconds by round.
Example request
curl -s 'https://api.drand.sh/public/latest'
Free tier, in plain English
Free and keyless public endpoints with several mirror hosts. Each round is signed and can be verified independently.
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