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The Problem with Oracles

Many systems rely on trusted entities to attest to off-chain data:

Examples include:

DeFi price feeds

computation verification

reputation or credit scoring systems

data aggregation

The problem is simple:

You must trust the oracle.

If the oracle lies, the system fails.

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