Assess & plan
Entropy Data Collection Planner
Generate a practical collection checklist for sequential, restart and conditioning datasets — without uploading any entropy data.
The plan is generated in your browser. No dataset is collected here — QRNG.io never receives your entropy data — and your operating-condition notes stay on this page.
Your setup
These notes are never submitted — they only appear in the plan shown on this page.
Why collection shape matters
Entropy estimation is only as meaningful as the data behind it. Sequential datasets expose dependencies between successive samples; restart datasets reveal whether a source produces correlated or predictable output across power cycles; conditioner datasets allow a non-vetted conditioning component to be assessed directly. Each dataset answers a different question, which is why the collection plan separates them.
Primary sources
- NISTFinal2018-01SP 800-90B: Recommendation for the Entropy Sources Used for Random Bit Generation
NIST lists identified errata to be corrected in a future update/revision.
- NIST CMVPCurrent2026Entropy Validation Documents
Use for validation-process descriptions, not as a shortcut to claim certification.