Oracles
May 16, 2023
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The Oracle Problem
One of the major issues with blockchain technology and smart contracts is the inability to naturally connect to external data sources. As most world data remains off-chain, blockchain networks are facing an uphill battle in generating real-world applications. The second part of the problem is blockchains need to be able to trust the validity of off-chain data and know it hasn’t been tampered with.
Oracles alleviate the oracle problem by bridging the gap between the off-chain and on-chain worlds. Put differently, Oracles are digital entities tha...