The Chainlink Bible — Ultimate Guide
5 min readNov 13, 2021
Updated: January 7, 2024
Chainlink is the industry-standard decentralized computing platform powering the verifiable web. Chainlink has enabled over $9 trillion in transaction value by providing financial institutions, startups, and developers worldwide with access to real-world data, offchain computation, and secure cross-chain interoperability across any blockchain. Chainlink powers verifiable applications and high-integrity markets for banking, DeFi, global trade, gaming, and other major sectors.
In short, Chainlink makes smart contracts actually useful.
In this blog, I have compiled some of the best resources across the Internet that explain what Chainlink is and how it powers the Web3 economy. Regardless if you are hearing about Chainlink for the first time or are a long term community member, there is something to learn.
Chainlink Blog
Entry-Level
- What Is Chainlink? A Beginner’s Guide
- What Is the Blockchain Oracle Problem?
- What Is a Chainlink Node Operator?
- Hybrid Smart Contracts Explained
Services
- CCIP Officially Launches on Mainnet
- Chainlink Data Streams Launch on Mainnet
- Introducing Chainlink Functions
- How Chainlink Price Feeds Secure DeFi
- Chainlink Keepers (Automation) Is Now Live On Mainnet
- Chainlink VRF: On-chain Verifiable Randomness
- Chainlink Proof of Reserve: Bringing Transparency to DeFi Collateral
Capital Markets
- How Chainlink Unlocks the Full Capabilities of Tokenization for Capital Markets
- Cross-Chain Settlement of Tokenized Assets Using CCIP (ANZ Bank)
- Bringing Capital Markets Onchain With DTCC and Chainlink
- The Three Requirements of Tokenized Real-World Assets (RWAs) Solved by Chainlink
- How Chainlink Proof of Reserve Accelerates Stablecoin Adoption in Capital Markets
Network Architecture
- Blockchains and Oracles: Similarities, Differences, and Synergies
- Chainlink Achieves Major Scalability Upgrade With Off-Chain Reporting
- Chainlink’s Blockchain Agnostic Design
- Oracle Computation: Data Delivery and Off-Chain Computation
- How Chainlink Supports Any Off-Chain Data Resource and Computation
Economics
- Sustainable Oracle Economics Are Critical to the Success of Web3
- Chainlink Staking v0.2 Upgrade and Launch Details
- Chainlink Economics 2.0: One-Year Update
- Introducing Chainlink BUILD: Supercharging dApp Growth Through Cross-Ecosystem Incentives
- Introducing SCALE: Sustainable Chainlink Access for Layer 1 and 2 Enablement
- Chainlink Staking: Long-Term Goals, Roadmap, and Initial Implementation
- Sustainably Growing the Chainlink Network
- Explicit Staking in Chainlink 2.0: An Overview
Network Security
- The Five Levels of Cross-Chain Security
- Chainlink CCIP’s Defense-In-Depth Security and the Risk Management Network
- Data Quality for DeFi Smart Contracts
- The 3 Levels of Data Aggregation in Chainlink Price Feeds
- The Ultimate Guide to Blockchain Oracle Security
- Flash Loans and the Importance of Tamper-Proof Oracles
Use Cases
- 77+ Smart Contract Use Cases Enabled By Chainlink
- Liquidity Indicators: Improving Risk-Management in DeFi
- Volatility Oracles: Unlocking New DeFi Risk Management Strategies
- Chainlink x Coinbase Cloud NFT Floor Price Feeds
- Chainlink ETH Staking APR Feeds
- 5 Ways To Build Cross-Chain Applications With CCIP
- 5 Ways To Use Chainlink Functions in Your dApps
- 35+ Blockchain RNG Use Cases Enabled by Chainlink VRF
- Smart Contract Automation Use Cases Unlocked by Chainlink Keepers
- Using Chainlink Proof of Reserve to Unlock Cross-Chain Liquidity
- Chainlink for Enterprises: The Gateway to All Blockchains
- Creating a Highly Scalable and MEV-Resistant DeFi Ecosystem
- How DECO Enables Undercollateralized DeFi Lending
Quarterly Product Updates
- Chainlink Product Update: Q4 2023
- Chainlink Product Update: Q3 2023 (Discord Q&A)
- Chainlink Product Update: Q2 2023 (Discord Q&A)
- Chainlink Product Update: Q1 2023 (Discord Q&A)
Yearly Wrap-up/Lookahead
- Chainlink 2024 Outlook | Sergey Nazarov on Building the Global Standard
- The Chainlink Network in 2023
- Three Years on Mainnet (2022)
- The Year in Chainlink 2021: 7 Pillars of Momentum
Crypto Deep-Dives
- What Crypto Is Really About
- Cryptographic Truth: Trust-Minimized Computing and Record-Keeping
- Trust-Minimized Applications: The New Standard
- Blockchain Scalability: Execution, Storage, and Consensus
Sergey Nazarov
Research and Reports
Whitepapers
- ChainLink: A Decentralized Oracle Network
- Chainlink 2.0: Next Steps in the Evolution of Decentralized Oracle Networks
- DECO: Liberating Web Data Using Decentralized Oracles for TLS
- Chainlink Off-chain Reporting Protocol
- Mixicles: Simple Private Decentralized Finance
- Town Crier: An Authenticated Data Feed for Smart Contracts
External Reports
- Swift unlocks potential of tokenisation with successful blockchain experiments (Swift)
- Bridging the Governance Gap: Interoperability for blockchain and legacy systems (World Economic Forum)
- Managing Climate Change in the Energy Industry With Blockchains and Oracles (Tecnalia)
- Establishing a Digital Euro (Internet Economy Foundation)
Press Releases
- Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Joins Chainlink Labs as a Strategic Advisor
- Chainlink Labs Brings on Co-Creator of Diem, Renowned Stanford Cryptographer as Technical Advisors (Christian Catalini & Dan Boneh)
- Chainlink Labs Announces Key Executive Hires (Dahlia Malkhi & Mike Derezin)
- Chainlink Labs Welcomes New Chief Product Officer (Kemal El Moujahid)
- Chainlink’s Total Value Secured (TVS) Surpasses $75 Billion
- Chainlink Awarded as Technology Pioneer by World Economic Forum
ChainLinkGod
External Podcast
- The Bull Case for $LINK (Chainlink) | Bankless (2023)
- The Bull Case For Chainlink W/ ChainLinkGod & Fishy Catfish | Steady Lads (2023)
- The Chainlink End Game: CCIP, Link Restaking, and Competition | Bell Curve (2023)
- CHAINLINK Will Be Bigger Than Amazon! | Kyle Chasse (2023)
- Path To a Trillon Dollar Market Cap | Revelo Intel Podcast (2023)
- The Past, Present and Future of ChainLink w/ ChainLinkGod | Strange Water Podcast (2023)
- State of the Nation #45 — Chainlink 2.0 with ChainLinkGod | Bankless (2021)
The CLG Podcast
- Chainlink Unchained with Sergey Nazarov
- Chainlink Economics 2.0: A New Era of Value Capture for Oracles
- Exploring the Chainlink 2.0 Whitepaper
- Diving Into the World of Blockchains, Chainlink, and Hybrid Smart Contracts
- Chainlink Oracle Services: An Overview
- Cryptoeconomic Security in the Chainlink Network
- Chainlink Price Feeds: An Overview With ChainLinkGod
- How Oracles Go Beyond Data Delivery: Off-Chain Computation
Chainlink Blog
- Tokenized Real-World Assets (RWAs): Scaling DeFi to a Global Level
- Why Nobody Really Uses Web3… Yet
- What Everyone Gets Wrong About Blockchains
External Content
SmartContent
Deep-dive
Economics
- The Purpose and Value of Cryptocurrency and Tokens
- How dApp Value Capture Will Distribute Across Decentralized Infrastructure
- Defining Total Value Secured (TVS) In Decentralized Oracle Networks
Network Design
- Chainlink’s Network Effect Creates More Secure and Lower Cost Oracles for Everyone
- Chainlink: Low-Level Infrastructure for Inter-Oracle Competition
- Connect To All Blockchain Environments Through A Single Chainlink Integration
Services
For more information on all things Chainlink, follow me on Twitter @ChainLinkGod and my podcast The CLG Podcast where I break down the information asymmetry on all things blockchains, oracles, and smart contracts.
