# Oracle Network
**Domain:** Blockchain infrastructure
**Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node
**Maturity:** Developed
**Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]]
## Definition
An **oracle network** supplies blockchain applications with external data or computation that the underlying ledger cannot verify natively.
## Significance
In tournaments and event contracts, oracle design determines how an off-chain result becomes authoritative on-chain state.
## Sources
- [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]
- [[articles/gamification/The X Ledger|The X Ledger]]
- [Primary or institutional source](https://chain.link/education/blockchain-oracles)
## Routes
[[wiki/Chainlink|Chainlink]] · [[wiki/Event Contract|Event Contract]] · [[wiki/Adjudication|Adjudication]] · [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]