# What about oracles?

**URL:** <https://forum.cardano.org/t/what-about-oracles/17271>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [26 October 2018 14:04 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/what-about-oracles/17271 "2018-10-26T14:04:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![anon97642430](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bbce88/32.png) [@anon97642430](https://forum.cardano.org/u/anon97642430)\
**Post date:** [26 October 2018 14:04 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/what-about-oracles/17271/1 "2018-10-26T14:04:17Z")

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I don’t see any oracles on cardano’s roadmap.

To fully utilize smart contract, it needs to interact with data outside of the blockchain, unfortunately trusting something like oracalize for the data defeat the purpose of trustless smart contract.

is IOHK aware of this issue?

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**Author:** ![ZCryt0Knight](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex023/user_avatar/forum.cardano.org/zcryt0knight/32/9097_2.png) [@ZCryt0Knight](https://forum.cardano.org/u/ZCryt0Knight)\
**Post date:** [26 October 2018 14:38 UTC](https://forum.cardano.org/t/what-about-oracles/17271/2 "2018-10-26T14:38:23Z")

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@bercinho had a great discussion on this with all the infographics. Let’s say IOHK/Emurgo are aware of this… but not sure if it is a priority for them now.

Marlowe needs oracles to work well.