The Web3 world is changing at an unsparing rate. One day the emphasis is on scalability, the next it is on automation, artificial intelligence or composability. However, under all the thriving innovations, there always exists an obligatory necessity, i.e. trustworthy data in an opportune manner and in an opportune setting. However complex a decentralised application is, it cannot work properly with distrusted inputs. It is there that oracle infrastructure silently decides on results-and it is there where APRO is orienting itself with a long term vision. #APRO treats the oracle problem in practical and systems view. Rather than oracles being treated in terms of data feeds, APRO regards oracles as a fundamental coordination layer between off-chain reality and on-chain execution. Smart contracts are not adaptable; they are not smart. The success of their operations is solely determined by the quality, timeliness, and readability of data they get. Any latency, non-determinism or lack of transparency in such data is systemic risk throughout the application stack. The design of APRO explicitly addresses those gaps and makes the decentralised systems work with more confidence.
The first feature of APRO is the focus on the relevance of data instead of its volume. Whilst most oracle networks are competing based on the number of feeds that they are supporting, it is often the structure, validation, and context that define the usefulness. APRO focuses more on accuracy and applicability, which are the key qualities of automated strategies and decentralised services and on-chain logic that need to be accurate to real-world conditions and not ambiguous. This is further enhanced by incentive alignment. The network token of APRO, the 0AT, is a coordination tool that promotes accountability by the data providers, validators, and users. Instead of encouraging speed, the system encourages correctness and reliability. Under the conditions of consistency in incentives, the quality of data can enhance itself with time.
The other principle of the APRO architecture is transparency. The building of trust is based on verifiable processes and not promise. APRO provides transparency in data source, processing, and delivery which minimizes uncertainty both to developers and to users. This consistency, over time, establishes reputation, which is an extremely potent resource in Web3 infrastructure, although it is undervalued extensively. In the context of the ever-growing automation and real-time applications, the presence of reliable data pipelines will become absolutely necessary. Oracle networks such as APRO are not tools any longer, but they are also the building blocks of distributed coordination. It is this lack of hype and emphasis on fundamentals that makes APRO increase the bond between off-chain reality and on-chain logic to provide the sort of silent dependability that keeps it relevant in the long term.
