Hoskinson says AI boom makes blockchain developer count a weak growth metric

Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson said the spread of AI coding tools has made developer headcount a less meaningful metric for assessing growth in blockchain ecosystems. In a recent broadcast, Hoskinson said AI now enables people without technical knowledge or experience to operate like developers, and stressed that substantive results such as actual paying users and projects that have secured external investment should carry more weight than simple developer tallies.