Pull vs Push Oracles: Understanding Oracle Delivery Models in DeFi
Pull vs Push Oracles: Understanding Oracle Delivery Models in DeFi
🤔 Oracle Wars Heat Up
Price oracles are fundamental to DeFi security, with two main delivery models:
Push Oracles: Update prices at set intervals or price deviations
- Can create price discrepancies across blockchains
- Enable potential cross-chain arbitrage opportunities
Pull (On-Demand) Oracles: Update prices only when invoked
- More gas efficient - users pay only when needed
- Maintain price uniformity across chains
- Eliminate cross-chain arbitrage risks
The Chainlink data standard supports both models, while networks like Pyth specifically utilize Pull Oracle architecture for enhanced efficiency and security.
Price oracles are critical to securing tens of billions of dollars with DeFi markets, but there are multiple ways data can land onchain. Explore the difference between push-based and pull-based oracles and how the Chainlink data standard supports both ↓ chain.link/education-hub/…
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