For all the hype around blockchain, many enterprises remain hesitant to make the leap. The hesitation is not about whether blockchain has potential. It is about risk. Most blockchain projects today require committing to a single chain, which is placing a long-term bet on a rapidly shifting market. If the chosen chain fails, becomes too expensive to operate on or is outpaced by competitors, that investment could quickly unravel.

The result is that countless pilots never progress to full-scale deployment. Enterprises stall, developers burn time rewriting code, and innovation slows. Since 2021, over $2.8 billion has been lost to exploits on bridges that were meant to connect ecosystems, highlighting just how fragile current "interoperability" solutions are. Instead of accelerating adoption, fragmentation and lock-in have become two of the biggest barriers holding back blockchain.

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Single-chain strategies create hidden costs that compound over time. When enterprises commit to a single blockchain, they inherit not only its current limitations but also all its future uncertainties. Gas fees can spike unexpectedly, making operations prohibitively expensive. Network congestion can degrade user experience at critical moments. Regulatory changes can force sudden pivots that require months of redevelopment.

Consider the enterprises that built exclusively on Ethereum during the 2021 bull run, only to watch transaction costs soar above $100 per interaction. Many were forced to halt operations or scramble to migrate to alternative chains, burning resources that could have been invested in product development instead. This pattern repeats across the industry: promising projects........

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