The Chainlink ecosystem grew exponentially in 2021. In this post, we explore the seven key pillars of growth from the past year.

Dive into some of the many possibilities enabled by Chainlink Keepers for decentralized smart contract automation.

Oracle computation uses oracle networks to perform off-chain computation on behalf of smart contracts while anchoring to blockchains for trust minimization.

The Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) is an open-source global standard for decentralized inter-blockchain messaging, data, and token movements.

Chainlink Keepers brings low-cost, verifiable off-computation to dApps to automate smart contract functions in a highly reliable and decentralized manner.

An overview of the explicit staking model from the Chainlink 2.0 Whitepaper, which will increase the cryptoeconomic security of Chainlink’s decentralized oracle networks.

Chainlink Keepers provides developers with a fully decentralized service for securely and cost-efficiently automating smart contract functions.

This post is an update of “44 Ways to Enhance Your Smart Contract With Chainlink,” originally published on May 17, 2019. Decentralized Finance, External Payments, Gaming and Randomness, Insurance, Enterprise Systems, Supply Chain, Utilities, Authorization and Identity, Government, Other. Fundamentally, contracts define the terms and obligations