Coin Flip
Coin flip with binary flag.
Fair coin flip: heads or tails, with a 1/0 binary flag. Local randomness only—fine for classroom demos, not cryptography.
What Coin Flip does
Fair coin flip: heads or tails, with a 1/0 binary flag. Local randomness only—fine for classroom demos, not cryptography.
This URL is only for Coin Flip (fun · coin flip). Coin flip with binary flag. Other Fun tools on Tool-You look similar in the chrome, so the job definition below is the part that belongs to Coin Flip alone: Fair coin flip: heads or tails, with a 1/0 binary flag. Local randomness only—fine for classroom demos, not cryptography.
How to use Coin Flip
- This Coin Flip page is a small Fun utility (/fun/coin-flip). It is not Dice Roll (Roll an N-sided die.).
- Set the few inputs Coin Flip needs. Path hint: fun · coin flip. Coin flip with binary flag.
- Set only the options that match Coin Flip. Neighbor Yes No Random does something else (Random yes or no.). Tool note: Fair coin flip: heads or tails, with a 1/0 binary flag. Local randomness only—fine for classroom demos, not cryptography.
- Run Coin Flip in this tab. Browser memory still applies: Refresh for a new flip.
- Download or copy the result from Coin Flip. If it is the wrong job, open Dice Roll instead.
When not to use Coin Flip
Skip Coin Flip when a neighbor tool matches better — start with Dice Roll or Yes No Random — or when the description already warns the job will fail. In the tool’s own words: Fair coin flip: heads or tails, with a 1/0 binary flag. Local randomness only—fine for classroom demos, not cryptography.
Questions about Coin Flip
- What does Coin Flip do that other Fun pages on this site do not?
- Fair coin flip: heads or tails, with a 1/0 binary flag. Local randomness only—fine for classroom demos, not cryptography. Short version: Coin flip with binary flag.
- Does Coin Flip upload my file or text to Tool-You servers?
- No. Coin Flip runs in this browser tab. Files stay on the device. Limit note: Refresh for a new flip.
- Should I use Dice Roll instead of Coin Flip?
- Use Coin Flip when you need Coin flip with binary flag. Use Dice Roll when you need Roll an N-sided die. They share a category (Fun) but not the same job.
- What are the limits of Coin Flip?
- Refresh for a new flip. Also: Fair coin flip: heads or tails, with a 1/0 binary flag. Local randomness only—fine for classroom demos, not cryptography.