# Switchboard

> The Everything Oracle

Switchboard delivers real-world data to smart contracts through permissionless oracle infrastructure, enabling customizable data feeds and verifiable randomness across blockchains.

Switchboard operates a permissionless oracle network enabling decentralized applications to access real-world data through customizable feeds, verifiable randomness generation, and oracle aggregation capabilities. The protocol supports community governance through SWTCH token staking and provides sub-100ms latency data delivery via Switchboard Surge streaming technology.

- Type: Company
- Sector: Data & Analytics
- Status: Active
- Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/Switchboard

## Products

- [Switchboard V2 Push](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Switchboard): Switchboard was architected to be permissionless and allow users to create and manage their own Switchboard network. Each chain can support many oracle queues, which can have varrying levels of security and trust assumptions. (Oracle, Inactive/Support Ended, Main Product)
- [Switchboard Oracle Network](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Switchboard): Switchboard Oracle Network provides permissionless oracle infrastructure through on-demand data feeds with customizable sources, verifiable randomness generation via trusted execution environments, and multi-oracle aggregation combining Chainlink, Pyth, and Switchboard V2 feeds. The system delivers sub-100ms latency through Surge WebSocket streaming and implements Oracle Quotes for gas-efficient on-chain integration without write locks or account creation requirements. (Oracle, Live, Main Product)

## Assets

- [Switchboard (SWTCH)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/Switchboard): SWTCH is the governance token of the Switchboard oracle network. It is staked to create voting power and participate in protocol decisions. Holders stake their tokens to mint svSWTCH, which represents their staked position and grants voting rights, while oracle operators require svSWTCH delegation to validate data feeds and earn rewards from network activity. (Governance)

## Links

- [Main](https://switchboard.xyz)
- [Documentation](https://docs.switchboard.xyz)
- [Terms of Service](https://storage.googleapis.com/switchboard-static/files/Switchboard_Terms_of_Use_20231107.pdf)
- [Privacy policy](https://storage.googleapis.com/switchboard-static/files/Switchboard_Privacy_Policy_20231107.pdf)
- [Media Kit/branding](https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1wadPZiqZK59Y5ZKeA0E5Fh66-E9mcfZe)
- [Twitter / X](https://x.com/switchboardxyz)
- [Discord](https://discord.gg/Switchboard)
- [GitHub](https://github.com/switchboard-xyz)
- [LinkedIn](https://linkedin.com/company/switchboardxyz)
- [YouTube](https://youtube.com/@SwitchboardFoundationGroup)

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- [TGS Field Descriptions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-field-descriptions.md): Schema field definitions for The Grid's data model
- [TGS JSON Structure](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/tgs-json-structure.md): Data model structure and relationships
- [Product Type Definitions](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-definitions.md): Definitions for each product type
- [Product Type Classification](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/references/product-type-classification.md): Guide for classifying products into types
- [Grid MCP Guide](https://github.com/The-Grid-Data/workspace-public/blob/main/grid-search/skills/grid-query/references/grid-mcp-guide.md): How to query The Grid programmatically via MCP