About
Flare is an EVM Layer-1 blockchain that enshrines decentralized data acquisition at the protocol level via the Flare Time Series Oracle (FTSO) for price feeds and the Flare Data Connector (FDC) for external data. It positions itself as the blockchain for data, providing oracle services natively to its ecosystem.
Key products
Chains
- Founded
- 2020
- HQ
- Remote
- Stage
- Token (FLR)
- Funding
- Token network
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