Dodona is designed as a modular oracle service, with each module developed, tested, and deployed independently. The protocol grows one capability at a time, guided by research insights and community feedback.
Each module translates documented historical oracle procedures into modern abstractions, demonstrating the generative potential of the comparative framework beyond human-mediated resolution.
A named, expert resolver provides binding answers to structured queries. Operationalizes the Delphic consultation model with monthly resolution cycles, donation-based access, and reputational accountability. The reference implementation includes a Solidity smart contract, React webapp, and Node.js/Express backend.
Extends Dodona's chain-agnostic design to Bitcoin's Layer 1 through Discreet Log Contracts (DLCs). DLCs allow two parties to create conditional Bitcoin transactions whose payout depends on the outcome published by an oracle, without requiring trust in a third party or exposing funds to a multisig. Dodona's structured query format and index-based resolution are naturally compatible with DLC attestation schemes.
An exploratory design grounded in the historical Delphic sealed-urn procedure. Petitioners commit alternative outcomes on-chain, a randomness source selects one commitment, and the chosen alternative is revealed. Demonstrates framework generativity beyond human resolution.
Price feeds and other automated data services for publicly observable events. Will employ different trust models than human-resolved modules while maintaining chain-agnostic publication.
Further modules to be determined by research outcomes, community needs, and the evolving oracle landscape. Each module will be announced when research indicates a viable path from ancient procedural wisdom to modern implementation.