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LINK · Oracle network
The latest available Chainlink reference is $11.08 on LINK/USD at Coinbase Exchange. It is a read-only market observation, not an executable quote.
A token used in an oracle network that supplies external data to smart contracts.
Chainlink began as an Ethereum-based oracle network intended to connect smart contracts with external data and systems.
Chainlink appears in this directory for research, not as an endorsement. Its oracle network design should be judged through the documented network, supply, control, and failure model rather than through the LINK unit price alone.
The displayed LINK reference is the latest available observation from Coinbase Exchange for LINK/USD. It belongs to that venue, quote asset, and timestamp; Chainlink has no single official global price.
An executable LINK order can differ after spread, depth, slippage, fees, payment method, and location. The market label above shows which currency or asset defines the observed price.
Inspect data sources, aggregation, node operators, staking or incentive design, application configuration, contract controls, and host-chain settlement.
Chainlink uses a crypto network or token system with project-specific transaction and settlement rules.
For LINK, supply changes according to project-specific protocol, treasury, staking, or distribution rules.
Core teams, validators, token holders, foundations, issuers, and service providers may each retain different powers.
The documented LINK role includes network fees, settlement, governance, incentives, or application access depending on the project.
For Chainlink, material risks include concentrated control, technical failure, changing issuance, limited liquidity, regulatory action, and volatile demand.
Confirm the current LINK software or contract, the supply mechanism, parties with upgrade or administrator authority, dependencies such as validators, issuers or bridges, and liquidity in the exact LINK/USD market. Leave any unsupported field unanswered instead of filling it with a market-cap ranking or social claim.
Chainlink began as an Ethereum-based oracle network intended to connect smart contracts with external data and systems.
Independent oracle node operators collect and report data; LINK is a token on host networks rather than a standalone base-layer currency.
Security depends on oracle selection, aggregation, data sources and application configuration, not only the token contract.
Short answers to the things readers usually need before using a market number.
The current Bitcoin.now reference is based on LINK/USD from Coinbase Exchange. It updates from public market data and is informational only.
Independent oracle node operators collect and report data; LINK is a token on host networks rather than a standalone base-layer currency.
Concentrated control, technical failure, changing issuance, limited liquidity, regulatory action, and volatile demand.
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