How exchange data became a monopoly and how oracles fix it
Marc Tillmann from Pyth Network explains how trading firms already own their execution data and can legally resell it. By aggregating real trade fills, Pyth creates synthetic price feeds that don't depend on exchange-licensed data - challenging a $10B/year exchange data monopoly.We cover PythNet's architecture as a Solana fork, the pull vs push oracle model, Pyth Lazer pricing, latency infrastructure, Double Zero integration, and oracle integrity staking.
How exchange data became a monopoly and how oracles fix it
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