# Median ### **Purpose** It provides the protocol’s trusted reference price. ### Key Responsibilities * Maintains a whitelist of price feed contracts which are authorized to post price updates. * Computes and updates the stored value when a new list of prices is received. ### Key Methods * `poke()`\ Updates price from whitelisted providers. * `peek(what, data) / file(what, ilk, data)`\ Get the price and validity. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.usdd.io/developers/core-contracts/median.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.