The oracle problem
- Oracle
- External data
- Integrity
- PLAY
- MANIPULATE
- UNDERSTAND
- INTEGRATE
01 /PLAY · Mission
The blockchain needs to know if it is raining in Bordeaux. It cannot look out of the window.
02 / MANIPULATE — Choose a source, sabotage it, watch the ledger. Then test strategies.
REAL WORLD · Bordeaux
It is raining
Sources
reports: RAIN
reports: RAIN
reports: RAIN
ORACLE
SINGLE SOURCE
LEDGER
✓ INTEGRITY: OK
Recorded: RAIN
Matches reality.
A single point of trust.
Status
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Simplified teaching model — Simplified teaching model. Sources, oracle and ledger are simulated locally; no weather API is called.
03 /UNDERSTAND
What you just observed
Handle the system: the explanation opens after the key moment.
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