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>High value smart contracts (e.g. derivatives) need real world data from off-chain in order to execute. You need software called an oracle to fetch said data, parse it, and feed it to contracts of the blockchain. All oracles now are centralized, thereby negating all the advantages that come a decentralized blockchain. Chainlink is the only decentralized oracle project.
>The LINK token itself is an ERC20 utility token. Nodes on this decentralized oracle network will be rewarded with it for serving up data to contracts on chain. It will also be staked in nodes for use as collateral/penalty in the case that it feeds a contract bad data.
Probably the most overlooked breadcrumb is that Lawyers are working on making smart contracts legally binding. In order to due so they are showing the legitimacy of decentralized oracles. Imagine, if smartscontract are to be legally binding if the input data came from decentralized oracles. If this happens Chainlink will be attached to every smartcontract powering the smartcontract economy.
$1000 EOY