# Oracles and Pricing Feeds

BitStock integrates decentralized oracle systems to provide real-time equity pricing data for interface rendering, pre-trade estimation, and valuation context—but critically, not for execution. The protocol relies on Chainlink to source pricing information for publicly traded U.S. stocks, including last traded prices, daily ranges, and market status signals. These feeds are utilized solely for improving frontend transparency, enhancing the user’s ability to preview market conditions and understand the indicative USDC requirements for a potential purchase.

However, all asset acquisition and liquidation prices within BitStock are determined by real-time execution through regulated broker-dealer infrastructure, entirely independent of any on-chain oracle. This strict separation ensures that oracle fluctuations, latency, or manipulation cannot influence final trade outcomes or user settlement states. The oracle layer functions as an informational service—not a source of price truth within the system’s financial logic.

To maintain reliability, fallback providers and deviation guards are embedded within the off-chain monitoring layer, allowing UI components to suspend non-binding price displays in case of oracle failure or divergence. Price snapshots may also be logged for transparency and audit reconciliation, but never govern fund movement or ownership resolution.

This architecture reflects BitStock’s principle of isolating core economic state changes from probabilistic or externally-sourced inputs, preserving the integrity of real-world asset mapping while still providing users with the real-time visibility expected in decentralized financial interfaces.

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