Coin
flip
The oldest decision-maker there is, minus the coin. A cryptographically fair 50/50 every flip, with a running tally, because streaks are half the fun.
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Fairer than a real coin
Physical coin flips aren't quite 50/50, research on human flipping found a measurable bias toward the side that starts facing up (around 51%), driven by the physics of the toss. This flip has no physics: a cryptographic random bit, exactly 50/50, every time.
Streaks are normal: expect them
After five heads, the next flip is still exactly 50/50,
the coin has no memory, and neither does this one.
The session tally above will drift from a perfect split constantly and drift back, that wobble is what real randomness looks like. A tally that stayed pinned at 50/50 would be the suspicious one.
Beyond two options
Multiple coins turn the flip into a mini-experiment (three coins: only a 1-in-8 chance of all heads). For decisions with more than two options, the random picker chooses from any list, and the dice roller covers 4 to 100 sides.
Coin flip FAQ
Yes, each flip is one cryptographically random bit, giving exact 50/50 odds. Physical flips have been measured at roughly 51/49 toward the starting face, so this is arguably fairer than a real coin.
Because streaks are what genuine randomness produces, a run of 6+ is more likely than not in 100 flips. Each flip remains 50/50 regardless of history; expecting tails to be 'due' is the gambler's fallacy.
Yes, up to 10 per press, each an independent fair flip, with the tally tracking everything since the page loaded.
No, nothing is stored anywhere, so refreshing resets the count. Every session starts clean and private.