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Chainlink was founded by programmer Sergey Nazarov and co-founder Steve Ellis in 2017. Chainlink is an oracle network for hybrid smart contracts that enables interactions with real world data and off chain computation while keeping the integrity, security and reliability of the blockchain technology intact. The decentralised platform developed by Chainlink and fuelled by the LINK token managed to stay afloat during the period when prices dropped and did not peak, commonly known as the 'crypto winter.' Chainlink’s market value increased by 136% per token rising from $22 to $0.52 during this time, which put its performance ahead of the larger cryptocurrencies.