Smart contracts have a fatal flaw: on their own, they are actually “dumb.” They are trapped inside their own blockchain. An Ethereum contract cannot see the price of Tesla stock, the result of the World Cup, or even the gas fees on the Solana network. It is isolated. This isolation limits the potential of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) to basic token swaps. Chainlink breaks down this wall. It is the industry-standard bridge connecting blockchains to the…