True random numbers from atmospheric noise. Used for lotteries, research, and anything that must be fair.
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Update: It will be about 7.00am UTC before we are back. We apologize for the delay. Thank you for your patience.
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Due to popular demand, we are now accepting payments in @Bitcoin - kudos to @BtcpayServer for a great open source #Bitcoin payment gateway! #BTC
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We are affected by an outage at our cloud company, and some of our services are degraded. They are working on the issue, and we expect to be back soon.
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We are back. We apologize for the inconvenience. Thank you to everyone for their patience.
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We are affected by a technical problem at our cloud provider. Currently our Basic and Signed APIs are affected. Further update to follow within 30 minutes.
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Our API is back now, but some historical results are still unavailable. We will be bringing them back as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience.
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Very nice write-up about the importance of high-quality randomness (and the history of Random.org!) by @chrisbaraniuk for @BBC Future 🙌🎲
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Please be aware we only operate services from the RANDOM.ORG domain. Other sites that claim to be operated by us are imposters. If in doubt, email us at contact@random.org
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Most services are back now, but our API is still affected. We are working hard to get it back. Next update in 30 minutes.
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Our cloud provider has recovered from their outage, and we are back. Thank you for your patience.
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Did you know you can explore the Earth using true randomness? Our random geographic coordinate generator will pick a random location on the planet's surface and show it with #OpenStreetMap or #GoogleMaps
random.org/geographic-coordi…
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We're turning 19 today! To celebrate, we're launching our new File Generation Service for up to 20M random values: files.random.org/
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We are currently experiencing a technical problem, but are working on it. Update to follow shortly.
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To survive in an increasingly unpredictable world, we need to train our brains to embrace uncertainty - qz.com/879162/to-survive-in-…
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We found the following article about how to use randomness in your daily life a thoughtful and enjoyable read: numinousinsight.substack.com… - enjoy!
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We are experiencing an outage at our cloud company and are looking into the problem. All our services are affected. Next update in 15 minutes.
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We are turning 17 today! Here is what our first server looked like in 1998 when we were just a geeky lab project :-)
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True random number generation anno 1971
#OnThisDay 1971: Nationwide met ERNIE, the random number machine bestowing prizes to premium-bond holders.
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Randomness has interesting uses for art and music. Our Random Jazz Scale Generator was designed to help students of jazz guitar and was co-designed with Gareth Hougham from our user community: random.org/jazz-scales
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We love this very creative (and very analogue) use of our Random Hex Color Code Generator: instagram.com/reel/CgpG2dJDr…
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"Statistics explained to my cat": Great video that uses
@RandomOrg to explain the Monty Hall problem (English subs):
piped.video/watch?v=K-kUUg4g…
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One of our popular free services is lottery quick pick. Like all our randomizers, it uses true randomness from atmospheric noise and contains no ads or tracking. It supports nearly 500 lotteries from around the world, suggested by our community: random.org/quick-pick
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We were moved by this beautiful video by @MarkRober and his family’s experience of Autism. And it’s always great to see kids having fun with our randomizers.
#ColorTheSpectrum piped.video/watch?v=ybPgmjTR…
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We never cease to be amazed at how creative people are with our services. Here are testimonials from people who use our true randomness for education and learning: random.org/testimonials/educ…
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We have many randomizers that were inspired by suggestions from our community over the years, and they all use true randomness from atmospheric noise. This one will pick a random spot on the planet's surface: random.org/geographic-coordi…
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We are affected by an outage at our cloud company. They are working on the issue. Apologies for the inconvenience.
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You're welcome! The #GameOfThronesFinale seemed pretty random to us too 🧐
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If you want to try this randomizer yourself, you'll find it here: random.org/colors/hex
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We like this @IrishTimes article on #randomness, especially their succinct and accurate explanation of pseudo-random vs true #random numbers. Nice for us to get a mention too! irishtimes.com/news/science/…
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We're excited to launch our new, improved File Archive Service, containing historical true random data generated daily since 2006. Useful especially for simulation, modeling and other research purposes: archive.random.org
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Today, we're launching a new randomizer that lets you place points randomly on a 2D canvas and draw lines between them. We made it on request for artist David Row (davidrow.com), but we’re sharing it with everyone. Enjoy! random.org/points/2d
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We are affected by an outage with our cloud company. They are working on it, and we hope to be back soon.
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We are back with most services. Some historical records of drawings and giveaways will take a little while longer to come back.
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The solution is taking longer than expected, but we are doing everything we can. Next update in 30 minutes.
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We are experiencing a technical issue that is causing some clients to receive errors. We are working on the problem.
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A Cloudflare resolver issue is affecting large parts of the Internet, including RANDOM.ORG. Cloudflare is working on it: cloudflarestatus.com/
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We really enjoyed Heather McCalden's beautiful article about true randomness in the Financial Times today. And thanks for mentioning us! ft.com/content/a660aee2-06c4… via @ft
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We're extending the free beta for our API until the end of September 2018. Happy randomizing! api.random.org/
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We experienced a request flooding earlier today, which caused intermittent outages, but we are back now. Thank you for your patience.
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Advisory: We are scheduling essential maintenance on Friday, 19 June 2020 from 2.00-5.00am UTC. More info: random.org/maintenance/2020-…
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Our cloud company has made some progress on their issue, and we are doing all we can to come back as quickly as possible. Next update in 30 mins.
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We decided to help out TSA, so we wrote a web app for them. It uses true randomness based on atmospheric noise: random.org/tsa
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This issue has been resolved, but we are continuing to monitor the situation. Thank you for your patience.
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An oldie but goldie way to generate true randomness: radioactive decay! A similar approach has been used by @Fourmilab since 1996: ccn.com/zcash-touts-nuclear-…
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Scheduled maintenance starting shortly. More information here: random.org/maintenance/2020-…
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We are affected by a service degradation at our cloud company, but they are working on it. Thank you for your patience.
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We're extending the free beta for our API till the end of May 2018... Enjoy! api.random.org/
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Advisory: We expect about 10 mins of additional downtime later today in order to complete a fix to the issue encountered yesterday. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience caused.
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We are affected by an outage with our cloud company but are expecting to be back within 30 minutes. Thank you for your patience.
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We are currently experiencing a request flooding. Please bear with us while we are working on the problem.
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We're extending the free beta for our API until the end of December 2018. Happy randomizing! api.random.org/
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The service degradation has been resolved, but we will keep monitoring the situation. As always, you can reach us at contact@random.org
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Thanks for your support -- much appreciated! nitter.app/brainopener/status/823…
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Update: We are still working on this problem. Our apologies for the inconvenience. Next update in one hour.
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Thanks for bearing with us during the outage we experienced with our cloud company today. We apologize for any inconvenience.
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As of today, we have discontinued support for TLS 1.1. We can see a small number of clients are still using it. If one of these is yours, you will need to update it. Any problems, you can reach us at contact@random.org
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We have now left the beta phase for our Core API and will convert all remaining Beta Keys to Developer Keys on 4 February 2020 (1/4)
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Google's image recognition algorithms wired in a feedback loop generate hallucinatory dreamscapes from #random noise theguardian.com/technology/2…
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We are extending the duration of all beta API keys until the end of April 2019 - happy randomizing! 3/3
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Pareidolia is the human brain's ability to find patterns in randomness, even when those patterns don't mean anything: fromquarkstoquasars.com/pare…
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Happy Xmas! We're extending the public beta for our new API till 30 June 2016, tell us what you think -- api.random.org/
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Nice idea, but it would be even better to seed with numbers not seen or used by others - our API can do that: api.random.org
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We have identified the problem and are working on a solution. Next update in 15 minutes.
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Cloudflare announces the problem has been fixed: cloudflarestatus.com/
Thank you for your patience.
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We're back, this time for good. Our cloud company has apologized and provided a fix for their issue. Happy randomizing!
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This attack shows (once again) how important high-quality randomness is to security and how careful you need to be when generating it.
Attack on Old ANSI Random Number Generator schneier.com/blog/archives/2…
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9 great tools for your business to step up its online security, courtesy of @CertiKit -- certikit.com/security-measur…
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Nice use of randomness! Thanks for sharing :-)
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Advisory: We are scheduling essential maintenance on 16 February 2023, more info: random.org/maintenance/2023-…
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Today, we are raising the maximum number of entries in giveaways held with our Multi-Round Giveaway Service from 2,500 to 3,000. Happy randomizing! giveaways.random.org
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We recommend that you upgrade your Beta Keys to production keys prior to 4 February 2020; here is how: api.random.org/migration#s3 (4/4)
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