Last week, a friend was liquidated on a certain lending platform. The market was actually quite stable, but suddenly the oracle fed an outrageous price, directly wiping out his position. When he filed a complaint, he realized—no one could clearly explain where that price came from. He chuckled and said, "It seems that the most money-burning part of the chain isn't really the Gas fee, but the cost of these 'unclear' data."



After hearing this story, I finally understood that the real risk in blockchain isn't whether the code has bugs, but that— the data itself might be fake.

Do you remember the childhood game "Chinese Whispers"? A sentence is whispered around a circle, and by the end, it’s completely changed. Nowadays, blockchain applications are pretty much stuck at this point—smart contract logic might be flawless, but the data fed into it has long been unrecognizable.

Let's review some of our most frustrating losses. Are there cases like these: the market doesn't move at all, yet the liquidation level is directly breached by some inexplicably low price? During cross-chain operations, the price data from Chain A and Chain B don't match, causing assets to be stuck or systems to misjudge? The prediction market clearly won, but the results are announced as "disputed," and the rewards never arrive?

These issues seem diverse, but at their core, they all stem from the same problem—key decisions on the chain rely on those mysterious, untraceable, unaccountable "black box data" sources.

Traditional oracles are a bit like mailmen—they deliver the message, and that's it. It doesn't matter what the content is. If we could truly achieve full traceability across the entire chain, verify every step, and hold each part accountable—from data source all the way to contract execution—that would be the real solution to this problem.
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MEVHunter_9000vip
· 01-07 23:01
Oracles are a ticking time bomb; sooner or later, this black box will blow up. Only gamblers still dare to feed prices into Uniswap.
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NFTDreamervip
· 01-05 08:01
Oracles are just ridiculous. The promised decentralized result data is even more of a black box than centralized ones.
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gas_guzzlervip
· 01-05 08:00
Oracles are really the biggest black box on the entire chain. My friend was also scammed, and he's still angry and cursing about it. The data fed in is a pile of crap; no matter how good the code is, it can't save the situation. This is the real ticking time bomb of DeFi. The problem isn't with the chain itself, but entirely with these "uncertain" data sources. I just want to know when truly transparent and traceable oracles will appear. Honestly, current oracles have no accountability at all; anyone can pass the buck. It's always the same—when there's no market movement, your positions are gone. We've been talking about traceability for so many years, but why is it still just pie in the sky? After losing money a few times, I really have no confidence in this stuff anymore. Fake data makes everything pointless; no matter how secure the contracts are, it can't change anything. That's why I'm becoming more cautious and lazy about engaging in leveraged products.
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GamefiEscapeArtistvip
· 01-05 07:59
Oracles are indeed a cancer; I've been scammed by them too, and appeals are like shouting into the air. --- Honestly, the worst part is "data errors" because no one takes responsibility. --- The passing message analogy is perfect. That's exactly how it is on the chain now; no one can clarify anything. --- Cross-chain is the easiest to get caught. When A and B chains have inconsistent prices, it gets cleared immediately—this is the real hidden trap. --- Oracles are like roulette in modern casinos; you can't see through the mechanism inside. --- My friend also experienced this. The market clearly didn't move, but suddenly a bizarre price crushed the short position, and no one responded to the complaint. --- That's why I now avoid lending products—they're too easily manipulated by black box data. --- A full-chain traceability sounds good, but we'll have to wait forever; right now, oracles are still a mess. --- The most ridiculous thing is that if the prediction market wins but the result is "disputed," they won't pay out. Who can stand that?
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