Umee, a cross-chain borrowing & lending platform constructed on the Cosmos SDK, introduced at present the event of Orion, the primary decentralized worth oracle native to the Cosmos blockchain ecosystem.
The worth oracle will enable functions to precisely decide the worth of a Cosmos IBC (Inter-Blockchain Communication) asset at any given time, which is essential to the graceful and safe operation of community functions.
Constructed on the Umee blockchain, Orion will be certain that interchain DeFi apps are capable of entry real-time worth information from each on-chain and off-chain sources.
Till now, Cosmos builders have solely had entry to restricted worth data, which has usually been concentrated in smaller feeds on choose protocols. This could make real-time asset costs imprecise and pose a risk if any of the restricted worth feeds are overwhelmed or breached.
As a decentralized oracle service, Orion will tackle these vulnerabilities and shortcomings by utilizing a permissionless set of validators that gather and combination worth information. The protocol will synchronize worth data between chains whereas computing volume-weighted common costs through a commit-reveal schema that penalizes validators for submitting incorrect information.
“We’re excited to spearhead the trouble to construct out the crucial infrastructure for a decentralized worth feed that may be utilized by everybody throughout the Cosmos ecosystem. Orion solves a key downside and can make the Cosmos ecosystem even safer for customers and extra enticing for builders and builders.”
– Brent Xu, Founder & CEO of Umee
