Chainlink (LINK) is a pioneer in providing decentralized oracle networks that allow smart contracts to securely and seamlessly connect with off-chain data. This helps developers create more efficient and secure applications and has attracted crypto industry leaders such as AAVE, Brave, and Synthetix into the Chainlink ecosystem. Oracles are perhaps the most important but least understood services in the cryptocurrency space. They provide smart contracts with mission-critical data needed to execute transactions properly on the blockchain. Proof-of-Stake secures the Chainlink network. They introduced staking to the protocol
