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>>30335990
>so the node knows the data being transmitted, leaving the door open to attack via the node.
This is precisely the argument *against* third party nodes. Third party oracles create an additional attack vector.

>>29883230
>First-party oracles are operated by the API providers themselves. Third-party oracles are not operated by the owners of the data they serve, acting as middlemen between the data source and the blockchain.

>Data feeds depending on third-party oracles require over redundancy at the oracle level. This is because third-party oracles are far less trustworthy than API providers

>Note that this decentralization does not provide any additional security at the data source level. It only serves in decreasing the additional vulnerability caused by using third-party oracles in the first place. This increases gas costs and other costs associated with operation personnel, at the very least.

>Cocoons of a parasitic wasp on a tomato hornworm
first-party vs third-party oracles
>https://medium.com/api3/first-party-vs-third-party-oracles-90356e3cffe5

>>23882293
>First-party oracles are operated by the API providers themselves. Third-party oracles are not operated by the owners of the data they serve, acting as middlemen between the data source and the blockchain.
>https://medium.com/api3/first-party-vs-third-party-oracles-90356e3cffe5

>>23492185
>https://medium.com/api3/first-party-vs-third-party-oracles-90356e3cffe5
you tell me