# UNI should become an oracle token

**URL:** <https://gov.uniswap.org/t/uni-should-become-an-oracle-token/11988>\
**Category:** Requests for Comment\
**Created:** [May 11, 2021, 11:09pm UTC](https://gov.uniswap.org/t/uni-should-become-an-oracle-token/11988 "2021-05-11T23:09:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Naught](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ba8739/32.png) [@Naught](https://gov.uniswap.org/u/Naught)\
**Post date:** [May 12, 2021, 1:22am UTC](https://gov.uniswap.org/t/uni-should-become-an-oracle-token/11988/2 "2021-05-12T01:22:27Z")

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Uniswap as a highly secure oracle system is much needed; and is a great idea. I am trying to grasp how UNI will be used in the model. My hope is it does not require extensive hardware requirements like running a full node. To be an oracle reporter is to be a holder of UNI, or does it require also being a Liquidity Pooler (with locked up funds) to gain UNI incentives or potential slashing in the case of maliciousness?

Is being an oracle a passive or active experience? I.e is the oracle in the center (like the treasury) passively running and token holders vote as a whole occasionally during a price dispute, or is each UNI token holder or LP’er actively reporting specific paired pricing constantly. How is off-chain currency data aggregated with UNI oracles?

I am in support of an improvement that allows token holders to become more engaged in the Ethereum ecosystem.

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