Oracles (Stork)

Stork is the primary oracle integration for Horizen Chain. It is a pull oracle that delivers price data and other off-chain data feeds at sub-second latency, designed for use cases like perpetuals, lending protocols, and any application that requires fast, verifiable market data.

Unlike push oracles (which maintain feeds on-chain at all times), Stork operates on a consumer-driven model: feeds are not posted to the chain continuously. Instead, your application fetches the latest signed data off-chain and pushes it on-chain exactly when needed. This makes it highly cost-efficient: you only pay for the data updates your protocol actually uses.

How Stork Works on Horizen

Contract Addresses

Network	Stork Contract Address
Mainnet Horizen	0xacC0a0cF13571d30B4b8637996F5D6D774d4fd62
Testnet Horizen	0xacC0a0cF13571d30B4b8637996F5D6D774d4fd62

Both mainnet and testnet share the same Stork contract address on Horizen. Source: docs.stork.network/resources/contract-addresses/evm.

Integration Steps

Step 1: Fetch Data via the Stork REST API

Before pushing anything on-chain, fetch the latest signed price data from Stork's off-chain API. Each response contains a signed payload ready to be submitted directly to the on-chain contract.

API endpoint:

GET https://rest.jp.stork-oracle.network/v1/prices/latest?assets=<ASSET_ID>

Full REST API reference: docs.stork.network/api-reference/rest-api

Available asset IDs (e.g. BTCUSD, ETHUSD) are listed in the Stork Asset ID Registry.

Step 2: Push Data On-Chain

Once you have the signed payload, submit it to the Stork contract on Horizen using updateTemporalNumericValuesV1. This verifies the aggregator signature and stores the price on-chain.

interface IStork {
    function updateTemporalNumericValuesV1(
        StorkStructs.TemporalNumericValueInput[] calldata updateData
    ) external payable;

    function getUpdateFeeV1(
        StorkStructs.TemporalNumericValueInput[] calldata updateData
    ) external view returns (uint feeAmount);
}

Important: Always call getUpdateFeeV1 first to determine the required fee, then pass that value as msg.value when calling updateTemporalNumericValuesV1. Submitting without sufficient fee will revert with InsufficientFee.

// Get required fee
uint fee = stork.getUpdateFeeV1(updateData);

// Push signed data on-chain
stork.updateTemporalNumericValuesV1{value: fee}(updateData);

Tip: If your protocol uses multiple price feeds, batch them in a single updateTemporalNumericValuesV1 call. This saves gas and ensures all prices are updated atomically in the same block.

Step 3: Read Data On-Chain

Once a feed is updated on-chain, your smart contract can read it using getTemporalNumericValueV1. This function includes an automatic staleness check — it reverts with StaleValue if the stored price is older than the chain's configured freshness threshold.

interface IStork {
    function getTemporalNumericValueV1(
        bytes32 id
    ) external view returns (StorkStructs.TemporalNumericValue memory value);
}

struct TemporalNumericValue {
    // Nanosecond-precision Unix timestamp of the price update
    uint64 timestampNs;
    // Price scaled to 18 decimal places
    int192 quantizedValue;
}

Example — reading ETH/USD price in a Solidity contract:

// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
pragma solidity ^0.8.20;

interface IStork {
    struct TemporalNumericValue {
        uint64 timestampNs;
        int192 quantizedValue;
    }
    function getTemporalNumericValueV1(
        bytes32 id
    ) external view returns (TemporalNumericValue memory value);
}

contract PriceConsumer {
    IStork public immutable stork;

    // ETHUSD feed ID (verify from Stork Asset Registry)
    bytes32 public constant ETH_USD_ID =
        0x59102b37de83bdda9f38ac8254e596f0d9ac61d2035c07936675e87342817160;

    // Stork contract on Horizen mainnet: 0xacC0a0cF13571d30B4b8637996F5D6D774d4fd62
    constructor(address _stork) {
        stork = IStork(_stork);
    }

    function getEthPrice() external view returns (int192) {
        IStork.TemporalNumericValue memory val =
            stork.getTemporalNumericValueV1(ETH_USD_ID);
        return val.quantizedValue; // 18 decimal places
    }
}

For view functions where you want to implement custom staleness logic, use getTemporalNumericValueUnsafeV1 instead — it returns the stored value without reverting on staleness, allowing you to implement your own freshness checks.

Reference Links

Resource	URL
Stork Documentation	https://docs.stork.network
Asset ID Registry	https://docs.stork.network/resources/asset-id-registry
REST API Reference	https://docs.stork.network/api-reference/rest-api
EVM Contract API	https://docs.stork.network/api-reference/contract-apis/evm
EVM SDK Example	https://github.com/Stork-Oracle/stork-external/tree/main/chains/evm/examples/stork