Have you ever thought about it—when you pour millions into a rare NFT or stake a large sum in a liquidity mining pool, what are you really betting on? The integrity of the code? The value of the artwork? None of these are entirely correct. Ultimately, you are betting on trust—trust that the prices recorded on the blockchain are not manipulated, trust that the rarity data has not been tampered with, trust that your collateral positions are accurately calculated.



The problem is: the blockchain itself is essentially an "information island." It has no awareness of what’s happening in the real world. All external data entering or leaving must rely on oracles as intermediaries to relay information. It sounds straightforward, but consider this—what if this "messenger" starts lying?

The emergence of the APRO project is the result of several engineers being frightened by this problem and deciding to do better. For the past four years, they have been exploring a more thorough solution. Instead of trying to perfect the thousandth "trustworthy relay," they aim to fundamentally transform trust itself.

Currently, the oracle space seems to have a consensus, but the founders of APRO have identified a critical loophole: traditional oracles are essentially "obedient parrots." If an exchange quotes "100," they simply send "100" to the chain. They never stop to ask— is this data normal? Has it been temporarily manipulated by a short-term trader? Beyond pure numbers, what about data that requires real proof, like a PDF of a property deed—can they understand that?

If the data being relayed is fake, then DeFi, GameFi, and even the future AI economy built on the chain are all just building castles on sand. This is the situation APRO aims to end—preventing data falsification at the source through technical means.

Their approach is not to keep refining a "reliable information channel," but to equip the data itself with verification mechanisms. In other words, to have data undergo multiple layers of screening before entering the blockchain. It’s not about trusting what a certain oracle says, but about enabling data to prove its own authenticity. This shift fundamentally changes the rules of the game.
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GreenCandleCollectorvip
· 21h ago
Oracles are indeed a hidden risk; we've been talking about trust, but no one has truly addressed the fundamental issue.
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SocialFiQueenvip
· 01-04 23:50
Really? That's where the pain point lies—the oracle is the part most susceptible to manipulation.
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OnchainDetectivevip
· 01-04 23:48
This wave indeed hits the sore spot... According to on-chain data, cases of oracle manipulation are no longer new, it's just that no one dares to speak openly. The idea of self-verifying data authenticity is interesting, but the key still depends on who comes to verify the verification mechanism itself... Isn't this just another "trust" game? Speaking of which, from Chainlink's pricing anomalies to the recent bizarre fluctuations in those liquidity pools, it's obvious that this path must be fundamentally transformed by someone.
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LeverageAddictvip
· 01-04 23:47
Basically, it's a gambler's game. Once data falsification happens, it's all over.
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DaoDevelopervip
· 01-04 23:40
ngl the oracle problem's been keeping me up too... but honestly? data self-verification via merkle proofs hits different than just trusting another middleman
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LiquidatedThricevip
· 01-04 23:24
The oracle is just a photo editing software, a different coat of paint but the same old trick.
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