Author: Inna Golovacheva, agronomist in the world of blockchain, cultivator of on-chain, spreading FUD with the caterpillars of truth.

Do you think that blockchain is just a chart and a token on the exchange? But I will tell you: the real magic is in the data. In what is visible, what is recorded, and what is processed.

And now imagine: you are in the field. You have a farm. A real one. Sun, soil, harvest, tokens... But it operates on two types of equipment: one is a huge tractor that plows the ground, the other is a drone that flies overhead and records video to process everything later. So: the tractor is on-chain, the drone is off-chain.

🚜 What is On-chain data?

This is everything that is permanently recorded on the blockchain. Transactions, balances, contracts, events, tokens, everything that is "in the ground", everything that is "in the registry".

Examples: An address sent 0.5 ETH to another address - this is visible. An NFT was transferred - visible. A contract was invoked - visible. You bought a token for $100 and then sold it for $3 - also visible. Unfortunately. It’s like the tracks of a tractor in the ground. You can't hide it, everything is honest.

🛰 What is Off-chain data?

This is everything that happens OUTSIDE the blockchain but affects it. What is stored somewhere on the side or comes from outside but is then injected into the network through oracles, interfaces, bots, faith, hope, and love.

Examples: The price of ETH in dollars (taken from Binance API), who won the football match (for bets on the blockchain), KYC files, passport photos, selfies with a frog - all of this is off-chain. Personal correspondence in Discord about "send me your address, I’ll drop you a token" - yes, and also off-chain. It’s like a drone: it sees something, captures it, but you have to trust that it’s not photoshopping the field.

📊 Why is this important?

1. On-chain is verifiable. No one can change it. Everything is decentralized, transparent, forever. Like the GPS track of a tractor. You can check when it was sown, where it was plowed, and who drained the liquidity.

2. Off-chain - fast and flexible. You can use more data, spend less on gas. But! It all depends on trust in the source. Do you trust your drone or your neighbor uncle Kolya?

🧯 And where does it get hot?

When off-chain data is fake - you made a decision based on a picture of a harvest from Google. When the oracle is compromised - the network broke because "they said the price is $4000". When you can't tell one from the other and trust off-chain as if it were engraved in stone.

🌽 The finale without beads.

On-chain is a furrow. Off-chain is a satellite. The first is hard but honest. The second is flexible but can lie.

🧑‍🌾 A true crypto-farmer knows that both a tractor and a drone are needed. But you must check yourself. Because sometimes they will show you a field of gold while you are actually standing knee-deep in mudcoin.

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