# Randomness Beacon

Explore drand, a distributed service providing randomness to applications

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## Overview

- [Cloudflare Randomness Beacon](https://developers.cloudflare.com/randomness-beacon/index.md): Access distributed randomness via the drand beacon.

## About drand

- [About drand](https://developers.cloudflare.com/randomness-beacon/about/index.md): Learn about the drand randomness-as-a-service project.
- [Background](https://developers.cloudflare.com/randomness-beacon/about/background/index.md): History and development of the drand project.
- [Future of drand](https://developers.cloudflare.com/randomness-beacon/about/future/index.md): Future directions for the drand randomness beacon.

## Cryptographic Background

- [Cryptographic Background](https://developers.cloudflare.com/randomness-beacon/cryptographic-background/index.md): Understand the cryptography behind drand.
- [Randomness Generation](https://developers.cloudflare.com/randomness-beacon/cryptographic-background/randomness-generation/index.md): Understand how randomness is generated with BLS signatures.
- [Setup Phase](https://developers.cloudflare.com/randomness-beacon/cryptographic-background/setup-phase/index.md): Learn about the distributed key generation phase.

## User Guide

- [User Guide](https://developers.cloudflare.com/randomness-beacon/user-guide/index.md): Guide for consuming randomness from drand.

## Operator Guide

- [Operator Guide](https://developers.cloudflare.com/randomness-beacon/operator-guide/index.md): Guide for running a drand beacon node.