IQ OraQles is a service managed by BrainDAO that allows verified first parties to bring real-world information on-chain. IQ OraQles previously known as Everipedia OraQles was used by The Associated Press to bring publish the 2020 United States Presidential Election race calls on Ethereum for the first time ever.

Development

IQ OraQles is managed by BrainDAO the native DAO of the IQ token. BrainDAO’s mission which is to build a more intelligent future through the IQ token. BrainDAO also developed IQ.wiki, the world’s largest crypto encyclopedia.

History

IQ OraQles software is multi-chain and was used by The Associated Press to publish March Madness tournament data ^[27] on Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, and Polygon. IQ.wiki formerly Everipedia partnered with The Associated Press to bring the results of Super Bowl LV ^[28] , the Georgia senate runoff ^[29] , and the US presidential elections on-chain ^[30] .

US Presidential Election

On November 2020, the Associated Press (AP), the world's most trusted news agency, used IQ OraQles to publish US Presidential Election Results on-chain for the first time ever ^[30] . The Associated Press provided real-time election data for the senate, house, and governor races. The Associated Press signed it themselves with the Ethereum Public Key 0x436ee8cb3a351893b77f8b57c9772daec3a96445 ^[32] and the EOS account associapress ^[31] . The event has been covered in articles by Forbes ^[33] , CoinDesk ^[34] , CoinTelegraph ^[35] , and other publications.

US Senate Election Race

On December 2020, the Associated Press (AP) expanded its partnership with IQ.wiki to bring the US senate election race calls ^[29] on the blockchain through IQ OraQles. The United States Senate elections on January 5, 2021, determined which party controls the United States Senate. IQ.wiki was offering AP’s senate race calls in a trusted and transparent manner through the use of oracles. AP signed the data cryptographically and published results with their Ethereum Public Key 0x436ee8cb3a351893b77f8b57c9772daec3a96445. ^[32] The results published by AP through the IQ OraQle were also available through their partner Chainlink's oracles

Super Bowl LV

The Associated Press used the IQ OraQles software to call the Tampa Bay Buccaneer's historic Super Bowl LV win ^[28] on Ethereum.

March Madness

On March 2021, The Associated Press (AP) announced expanding its collaboration with IQ.wiki into college sports. The Associated Press used the IQ OraQle software to publish March Madness scores ^[27] and schedules on the Ethereum blockchain.