Blockchains lack native wall-clock time, creating hurdles for synchronized corporate actions
Ryan Lovell · Ryan Lovell – Chainlink: The Infrastructure Pipes for Multi-Chain Finance (EP.491) · Mar 12, 2026 · at 35:50
Ryan Lovell of Chainlink Labs explains the technical obstacles in executing synchronous corporate actions across multiple blockchain networks.
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“Keep in mind, blockchains don't understand time. None of them are on the same page as far as it's 2:40 p.m. Eastern Standard Time right now. All they understand is how they're programmed and they give strong guarantees about how they're going to operate. Over the future. But they have no idea what time it is.”
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