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What Is the Risk of Using a Single, Centralized Oracle for a Derivatives Platform?

A single, centralized oracle represents a single point of failure and a high-value target for manipulation. An attacker only needs to compromise that one source to feed false data to the derivatives platform, potentially leading to incorrect liquidations or the draining of protocol funds.

This introduces counterparty risk and severely compromises the decentralization of the platform.

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