---
slug: "Oracle"
name: "Oracle"
type: "Protocols"
layer: "Society"
ref: "Oracle#cd16"
sema_id: "sema:Oracle#mh:SHA-256:cd1654cf7f025dc5e571546d808a995cdeee2a566ed84dcf0278017dd56ddd64"
tags: ["Society","Protocols"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json
url: https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Oracle/
related: ["HeldRelease"]
---

# Oracle

Cryptographic truth source

Layer: Society · Category: Protocols

## Mechanism

A trusted entity that injects off-chain truth (Reality) into the system by cryptographically signing data. It resolves conditions in [HeldRelease](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/HeldRelease.md) and verifies outcomes for prediction markets.

## Invariants

- Non-Interference: The Oracle reports on reality but does not alter it.
- Consistency: Answers to the same query at the same time must be identical.

## Failure modes

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## Caution

Single trust point — one signed answer settles escrow and market outcomes irreversibly, so a corrupt oracle redirects funds; require corroboration or a dispute window.

## Builds on

- [HeldRelease](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/HeldRelease.md) (Society; References)

## Used by

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## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Oracle#mh:SHA-256:cd1654cf7f025dc5e571546d808a995cdeee2a566ed84dcf0278017dd56ddd64`
- Ref: `Oracle#cd16`
- Supersedes:
  - `sema:Oracle#mh:SHA-256:0dffb25a0d877e3d718f2546a595eb574d5733d86ed71f1f37462955db421249`
  - `sema:Oracle#mh:SHA-256:1537b697dabd1dcda5ae750a5e90a58fe151c322522f511a0b0c26ceb38d6ca3`
  - `sema:Oracle#mh:SHA-256:32ff9960b130bb765f24046c85fcc3fc3f8d6dabef21da9e0804280cc626023f`
  - `sema:Oracle#mh:SHA-256:161827ddd788c11d6b2409919de665622f1c1586e932a2d60d05ca486072d7ff`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Oracle/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/#Oracle)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/Oracle.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.pages.dev/bootstrap/index.json)