The randomness command

Currently, the random value returned by the testnet node is same for all blocks.
The storagext-cli getting started page covers the basic flags necessary to operate the CLI and should be read first.

Under the randomness subcommand Randomness related extrinsics are available. This chapter covers the provided commands and how to use them.

get

The get command fetches random value for a specific block height. The returned value is hex encoded.

Parameters

NameDescriptionType
BLOCKBlock heightPositive integer

Example

Fetching random value for block 100.

storagext-cli randomness get 100