NEAR as AI for every chain, the chain abstraction thesis
The chain abstraction thesis is technically interesting regardless of how you view NEAR as a project. The problem it is solving, users needing separate wallets, gas tokens and interfaces for every chain they use, is real and unsolved by most projects.
For AI agents specifically the implications are large. An agent that can be instructed once and execute across Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana and any other chain it needs to interact with is a different capability from an agent confined to one ecosystem.
Is true chain abstraction a prerequisite for AI agents to be practically useful for most DeFi use cases or can specialized single-chain agents serve most needs?