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Chainlink node operators underpin the Ethereum infrastructure that has enabled the recent DeFi boom.
High gas price spikes still pose a challenge to Chainlink oracles.
The implications of the planned transition from the current node operator model to a staking model should be much more actively debated by the wider Ethereum community.
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