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Here you can find project updates, upcoming events, and breaking news about the drand project.
fastnet sunsetting dates are set
The drand fastnet network is being shut down. This post contains the dates and other important information.
A Notion Widget using drand Public Randomness
Creating a Notion Widget to display the latest Public Randomness from drand!
Post-mortem following testnet outage on 21st of February
The testnet network stopped producing randomness prior to the v2 ceremony, and we break down the reasons why
quicknet is live on the League of Entropy mainnet
Unchained and fast randomness is here to stay 🚀
Treasure Hunting Together: An Exploration of the Beauty of Distributed Key Generation Algorithms
In which we learn more about modern Distributed Key Generation algorithms.
fastnet is being sunset, long live quicknet
After identifying a non-compliance issue with the BLS RFC on G1, we are launching a new RFC compliant quicknet network to replace fastnet.
Announcing the drand Code Walkthroughs
Join the drand core maintainers for a series of 8 sessions on the nuts and bolts of the drand codebase.
drand explainer for beginners
A brief primer on what drand is and how it works
Security Assessment of our tlock scheme
Our tlock implementations were reviewed for security issues and are now production ready!
Randomness Summit Tokyo 2023
A breakdown of what happened at our Randomness Summit in Tokyo
Timelock Encryption is now supported on drand mainnet
Following the launch of a new `fastnet` mainnet network on March 1st, 2023, we are proud to announce general availability of Timelock Encryption!
drand on the FVM - draffle
How to use randomness on the FVM - part 1: a simple raffle app on the FVM using drand
Automata Network Joins the LoE!
Automata becomes the newest member of the League of Entropy. We've asked them why they're motivated by drand and decided to contribute - check what they said!
A guide on how to use drand properly
Join us in discovering how to use drand in your applications.
IPFSForce joins the LoE!
Join us in welcoming IPFSForce as the newest member of the League of Entropy!
drand: 2022 Year in Review & our 2023 Roadmap
2022 came to an end with some noteworthy achievements for the drand team. We took some time to reflect on our achievements and set the scene for 2023. In this blogpost we share the highlights of 2022 and our roadmap for 2023.
Cryptosat takes drand to space
So far, all of the nodes that participate in the League of Entropy’s drand network have been placed on Earth. But this has just changed! Temporarily for now, but hopefully, more permanently in the near future. Read on to find out all the details.
Observing Randomness
Monitoring distributed systems is a challenge. While there are established patterns and solutions for monitoring the most common types of applications, there is usually no silver bullet. In this blog post we outline the challenges that we faced when implementing monitoring for one such system, drand.
drand @ NorthSec
drand was recently presented at the North Sec conference! Here is a brief summary of the event and the drand talk, as well as the answers to a few of the interesting questions we received.
StorSwift joins the League of Entropy
StorSwift becomes the newest member of the League of Entropy. We've asked them why they're motivated by drand and decided to contribute - check what they said!
Multi Frequency Support and Timelock Encryption Capabilities are coming in drand!
The drand team has been hard at work the last couple of months to develop and integrate new and extremely valuable features into the drand codebase: timelock encryption, and multi-frequency support!
The value of drand (continued)
This blog post covers the second set of responses we received from League of Entropy members on our question: What’s the value of drand for your organisation and why do you support it!
The value of drand
We asked the League of Entropy members: “what’s the value of drand for you, and why do you support it?” Check out what they said!
drand celebrates one year as a randomness service!
It's been a year since drand first launched it's mainnet distributed randomness beacon service.
ZenGo becomes the newest member of the League of Entropy
Keyless cryptocurrency wallet ZenGo joins LoE
QRL joins The League of Entropy
The Quantum Resistant Ledger becomes the latest member of the League of Entropy.
drand is hiring!
Protocol Labs is hiring a Project Operator and an Infrastructure Engineer to work on the drand team.
drand news roundup
Summary of blog posts and news items related to the drand v1.0 announcement.
The League of Entropy launches drand v1.0 to become the Internet’s first production-grade, publicly verifiable randomness beacon!
Welcome to the brand new website for the drand project! drand is now in production, providing publicly verifiable randomness as a foundational internet service.