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By Evie Vavasseur
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Cheaper Chains, Bigger Problems. Right now, launching a blockchain network carries real overhead — technical, financial, operational.
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Security Can't Be an Afterthought. McCormick also sees security as a pressure point. As AI and robots take on more complex tasks…
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What the Multi-Chain Future Actually Looks Like. The picture McCormick paints isn't one dominant chain ruling everything.
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David McCormick sees it coming. Chainlink's representative thinks artificial intelligence and robotics are about to become major drivers of blockchain transaction volume — and…
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McCormick's view is pretty straightforward: AI lowers the cost of building new blockchain networks. Cheaper infrastructure means more chains. More chains means more complexity.
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Right now, launching a blockchain network carries real overhead — technical, financial, operational. McCormick thinks AI chips away at all of that.
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That's not necessarily bad. Specialization can be genuinely useful. A chain purpose-built for pharmaceutical tracking doesn't need to do the same things as one built for…
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McCormick is pretty clear that solving this is the next big challenge. Not building more chains — that part seems to be happening regardless.
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And AI agents make that harder, not easier, at least in the short term. These systems can execute complex transactions faster than any human operator. They don't sleep.
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McCormick also sees security as a pressure point. As AI and robots take on more complex tasks within blockchain networks, the attack surface grows.
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That's a different kind of risk. And it probably demands different kinds of solutions. New security protocols, new standards for how AI-driven systems authenticate and verify…
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McCormick seems aware that the timeline here is uncertain. He's optimistic about where things are headed, but he's also honest that the sector is still waiting on key…
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The picture McCormick paints isn't one dominant chain ruling everything. It's messier than that — dozens, maybe hundreds of specialized networks, each optimized for something…
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