About
The Algorand Randomness Oracle service developed, hosted and operated by Applied Blockchain was launched in mainnet on 17th November 2022, and is now the official source of randomness on the Algorand blockchain. It can be seen providing random numbers at regular intervals in the Algorand blockchain explorer here, and these random values are available to be used by any smart contract deployed on the Algorand blockchain, including in games, generative NFTs, lotteries etc. A guide to using the Randomness Oracle can be found here.
Application Name
Algorand’s Randomness Beacon