Aug 16, 2022Multi-party VRF v2 upgradesUnbiased, multinode, secure and verifiable randomness on Solana Over the past two months we’ve been upgrading our VRF oracle on Solana, dealing with edge-cases and supporting the developers building their projects. What’s new? multi-party environment — randomness is fulfilled by multiple nodes and is based on byzantine quorum anchor compatibility performance and…2 min read2 min read
Jun 15, 2022ORAO VRF at Solana Hacker House, Austin TXHot, humid and sunny Austin. For a few months now we were planning to announce our VRF service for Solana and the Hacker House event was spot on. Amazing event planning — from catered food and drinks to equipment which was only missing your laptop (and the travel adapter you…Austin3 min readAustin3 min read
Published inCoinmonks·Mar 13, 2022A Russian Ruble OracleOver the past 2 weeks one had to be completely disconnected from the outside world to not know what’s happening in Ukraine and how the world came together to sanction the Russian Federation, a country led by Vladimir Putin. 2022 started with fear of inflation and central banks announcing and…Russia3 min readRussia3 min read
Mar 3, 2022The Crypto Pricing Oracles 3.0In the crypto world oracles are fundamental to every web 3.0 dApp. Previously, we’ve covered general oracles, explored how these data streams will expand the opportunities available on the blockchain and explained some of the use-cases. With crypto pricing oracles the story is a bit different. Almost everything on the…3 min read3 min read
Dec 13, 2021Latest updatesIt’s been about 2 weeks since our last announcement and we are happy to provide some updates. Over the past three months we’ve been working on two groups of oracles for the Solana blockchain. This time we’ll dive a little deeper into the first group, the general data oracles. The…Oracle2 min readOracle2 min read
Nov 15, 2021Creating Project-specific Oracles in MinutesIn our last article we introduced ORAO’s very own flight insurance dApp on the Solana devnet as a proof of concept. The purpose of the demonstration was to show how ORAO’s general data focus allows for decentralized use cases that will shake up DeFi and allow for new innovation in…Orao3 min readOrao3 min read
Oct 31, 2021Proof of Concept: The ORAO Flight Insurance dAppIn March this year, in our very first article, we brought up the usecase of decentralized insurance. We explained how, using ORAO’s Predefined Data Protocols, it would be possible to create a smart contract for flight insurance. …Orao3 min readOrao3 min read
Oct 17, 2021Privacy Preserving Oracle FeedsAs we explored in our article on Encryption and Scalability, ORAO has chosen to prioritize development for chains that already scale, and allow for cheap encryption. This allows for a more sustainable data marketplace by enabling data providers to control who can get access to the data they provide. …Orao3 min readOrao3 min read
Sep 19, 2021Encryption and ScalabilityAs we draw nearer to the completion of the mainnet, we are deciding in what order to integrate the first few chains into the ORAO network. …Orao3 min readOrao3 min read
Sep 4, 2021A Deepdive into ORAO’s Data Rating SystemOne of the central pillars of ORAO’s oracle platform is the proactive rating system, which judges the trustworthiness of data as it comes in, rather than only looking at past performance. …Orao5 min readOrao5 min read