switchboard

# Switchboard Oracle Protocol - Complete Integration Guide The definitive guide for integrating Switchboard - the fastest, most customizable, and only permissionless oracle protocol on Solana. ## What is Switchboard? Switchboard is a permissionless oracle protocol enabling developers to bring custom data on-chain with industry-leading performance: - **Price Feeds** - Real-time asset pricing with pull-based efficiency - **Oracle Quotes** - Sub-second latency without on-chain storage (90% cost reduction) - **Surge** - WebSocket streaming with sub-100ms latency - **VRF Randomness** - Cryptographically secure verifiable random functions - **Prediction Markets** - Market-based forecasting data ### Key Statistics - Secures **$1B+** in on-chain volume - Used by Kamino, Jito, MarginFi, Drift Protocol - **2-5ms latency** with Surge pricing - **90% cost reduction** vs traditional oracles ## Core Principles | Principle | Description | |-----------|-------------| | **Speed** | 2-5ms with Surge, 400ms standard - industry-leading for DeFi | | **Cost Efficiency** | Pull-based feeds eliminate constant streaming costs | | **Permissionless** | Deploy feeds instantly without approvals | | **Security** | TEE (Trusted Execution Environments) prevent data manipulation | ## Integration Approaches ### 1. Oracle Quotes (Recommended) Direct oracle-to-program data flow without on-chain storage: - Sub-second latency - 90% cost reduction - No write locks (parallel reads) - Stateless design ### ...