In this whitepaper, we articulate a vision for the evolution of Chainlink beyond its initial
conception in the original Chainlink whitepaper. We foresee an increasingly expansive role
for oracle networks, one in which they complement and enhance existing and new
blockchains by providing fast, reliable, and confidentiality-preserving universal connectivity
and off-chain computation for smart contracts. The foundation of our plan is what we call
Decentralized Oracle Networks, or DONs for short. A DON is a network maintained by a …