My question got buried so I'm going to ask it again, can anybody answer this for me please?
I just read the whitepaper and I don't understand the integration of the Oracle machine into the consensus mechanism.
It says that when there are competing counter claims the consensus mechanism for blocks will be used to answer the oracle. Where / who does the consensus mechanism get the answer from?
Hi Cryptorials,
Here is a document explaining the motivations of the oracle mechanism, and how it connects to the block consensus mechanism.
https://github.com/aeternity/testnet/blob/master/docs/oracle_simple.mdHere I explain the step by step of how the oracle works
https://github.com/aeternity/testnet/blob/master/docs/oracle_design.mdYou are correct to analyze the oracle within the context of the block consensus mechanism. Every game is inside of a bigger game.