After so many years, I finally understand a principle: project failures are often not due to issues with the original intention, but rather problems with the incentive model.

APRO's AT token is a practical implementation of this logic. It is not a concept coin for speculation, but a set of hard constraints—turning data supply from "casually provided" into "must be committed." The difference is significant.

First, let's discuss the real dilemma faced by Oracles. Automated financial decisions on the blockchain almost all rely on Oracles: when to trigger liquidation, what the market price is, how to generate randomness in games, how to authenticate the legal facts of RWA... These are all problems that Oracles need to solve. Where is the issue? Under the current model, data providers lack sufficient economic constraints. Whether you provide correct or incorrect data, the incentive structure makes no difference. The design idea of the AT token is to create this "difference."

When the provider's earnings are directly linked to data quality, and incorrect information can lead to actual economic losses, the system's reliability shifts from voluntary compliance to enforced compliance. This isn't flexible, but in the field of financial infrastructure, inflexibility can sometimes be an advantage.