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What are blockchain oracles and what are common oracle security risks?

Answer

Oracles feed off-chain data to smart contracts. Risks: - Manipulated price feeds - Low-liquidity markets - Timing and update delays Mitigate using decentralized oracle networks, sanity checks, TWAPs, and circuit breakers. Treat oracle inputs as untrusted and validate assumptions.

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