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Blockchain oracles are critical intermediaries that enable smart contracts to access real-world data, bridging the gap between on-chain and off-chain environments. Smart contracts, self-executing agreements on blockchains, cannot directly fetch external data like market prices, weather conditions, or sports outcomes due to their deterministic nature. Oracles solve this by retrieving, verifying, and delivering data from APIs, IoT devices, or other sources, ensuring reliability through decentralized consensus or trusted providers. This functionality expands smart contract use cases in DeFi, supply chain, and insurance
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