BNB HODLer Issue 60 In-Depth Analysis: Why Not All Computations Should Be On-Chain?
Many developers are currently falling into a misconception — believing that smart contracts must handle everything. In reality, scanning historical data, complex strategy calculations, cross-chain state judgments, and even AI model inference, forcing everything on-chain often results in two outcomes: either gas fees skyrocket, making costs unbearable; or reliance on centralized oracle intermediaries increases systemic risks.
Is there a better solution? An architecture combining off-chain execution with on-chain verification is changing this situation. Moving compute-intensive tasks off-chain and only verifying the results on the blockchain reduces costs while maintaining the security guarantees of decentralization. This approach breaks the traditional constraints of contract design, opening up new possibilities for DeFi, cross-chain bridges, on-chain AI applications, and more.
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BNB HODLer Issue 60 In-Depth Analysis: Why Not All Computations Should Be On-Chain?
Many developers are currently falling into a misconception — believing that smart contracts must handle everything. In reality, scanning historical data, complex strategy calculations, cross-chain state judgments, and even AI model inference, forcing everything on-chain often results in two outcomes: either gas fees skyrocket, making costs unbearable; or reliance on centralized oracle intermediaries increases systemic risks.
Is there a better solution? An architecture combining off-chain execution with on-chain verification is changing this situation. Moving compute-intensive tasks off-chain and only verifying the results on the blockchain reduces costs while maintaining the security guarantees of decentralization. This approach breaks the traditional constraints of contract design, opening up new possibilities for DeFi, cross-chain bridges, on-chain AI applications, and more.