# Randomness Beacon Explore drand, a distributed service providing randomness to applications > Links below point directly to Markdown versions of each page. Any page can also be retrieved as Markdown by sending an `Accept: text/markdown` header to the page's URL without the `index.md` suffix (for example, `curl -H "Accept: text/markdown" https://cloudflaredoc.ubitools.com/randomness-beacon/`). > > For other Cloudflare products, see the [Cloudflare documentation directory](https://cloudflaredoc.ubitools.com/llms.txt). ## Overview - [Cloudflare Randomness Beacon](https://cloudflaredoc.ubitools.com/randomness-beacon/index.md): 通过 drand 信标访问分布式随机数。 ## 关于 drand - [关于 drand](https://cloudflaredoc.ubitools.com/randomness-beacon/about/index.md): 了解 drand“随机数即服务”项目。 - [背景](https://cloudflaredoc.ubitools.com/randomness-beacon/about/background/index.md): drand 项目的历史和发展。 - [drand 的未来](https://cloudflaredoc.ubitools.com/randomness-beacon/about/future/index.md): drand 随机数信标的未来发展方向。 ## 密码学背景 - [密码学背景](https://cloudflaredoc.ubitools.com/randomness-beacon/cryptographic-background/index.md): 了解 drand 背后的密码学原理。 - [随机数生成](https://cloudflaredoc.ubitools.com/randomness-beacon/cryptographic-background/randomness-generation/index.md): 了解如何使用 BLS 签名生成随机数。 - [设置阶段](https://cloudflaredoc.ubitools.com/randomness-beacon/cryptographic-background/setup-phase/index.md): 了解分布式密钥生成阶段。 ## 用户指南 - [用户指南](https://cloudflaredoc.ubitools.com/randomness-beacon/user-guide/index.md): 使用 drand 随机数的指南。 ## 操作员指南 - [操作员指南](https://cloudflaredoc.ubitools.com/randomness-beacon/operator-guide/index.md): 运行 drand 信标节点的指南。