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Charles Hoskinson Questions Developer Counts as Growth Metric Amid Rise of AI Coding Tools
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson argued that artificial intelligence has reduced the relevance of developer numbers as a measure of blockchain ecosystem expansion.
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson stated in a broadcast that artificial intelligence has eroded the utility of developer headcounts, a metric long used across the crypto sector to signal network growth. Hoskinson argued that AI coding assistants enable individuals without technical experience to produce software, removing the historical scarcity of human programmers and complicating verification in hackathons and code bounty programs.
Hoskinson made the remarks in defense of Midnight, a privacy-oriented blockchain built on Cardano, which recently reduced staff focused on recruiting outside coders to prioritize projects with paying users and outside capital. In June, Hoskinson reportedly began shifting Midnight City's development strategy toward AI agents.
The article highlights a contradiction within the ecosystem, as the Midnight Foundation continues to fund three hackathons with combined prize pools of $26,500, including a contest in Korea that opened on September 1. Hoskinson acknowledged the divergence with the foundation, having previously stepped back from ADA promotional activities in June. Cardano was trading around $0.21, up 0.8% over 24 hours, following the comments.
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