3.0 Getting Started - Developers
This section helps developers build applications that use drand as a source of randomness. For help running your own drand network, see the guides under “For Operators” on the main menu of the site.
The current public League of Entropy drand mainnet API endpoints are:
https://api.drand.sh(HTTPS endpoint, also available over HTTP)https://api2.drand.sh(HTTPS endpoint, also available over HTTP)https://api3.drand.sh(HTTPS endpoint, also available over HTTP)https://drand.cloudflare.com(HTTPS endpoint)https://api.drand.secureweb3.com:6875(HTTPS endpoint)/dnsaddr/api.drand.sh(1st-level libp2p gossipsub relay endpoint)/dnsaddr/api2.drand.sh(1st-level libp2p gossipsub relay endpoint)/dnsaddr/api3.drand.sh(1st-level libp2p gossipsub relay endpoint)
There are two networks on mainnet:
defaultwhich is running the chained scheme with public keys on G1quicknetwhich is running the unchained scheme with public keys on G2
default network chain hash: 8990e7a9aaed2ffed73dbd7092123d6f289930540d7651336225dc172e51b2ce
quicknet network chain hash: 52db9ba70e0cc0f6eaf7803dd07447a1f5477735fd3f661792ba94600c84e971
In order to retrieve randomness from a drand network you should preferentially use the drand client libraries or the drand-client CLI, which support the different mechanisms and perform verification for every value obtained.
Alternatively, you can interact directly with the endpoints. Make sure to manually verify every value:
- HTTP API reference
- PubSub-based randomness distribution
- gRPC API: usually not publicly accessible. A gRPC API is supported by the drand client libraries, the
drand-clientCLI application and the drand application itself (usingdrand get public).
Finally, for development purposes, we recommend also testing your code against our Testnet endpoints. See our dedicated documentation entry about testnet endpoints.