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The real game-changer lies in economy of scale. The cost to scan a smart contract using AI is only $122, vastly cheaper than the $50,000 to $500,000 typical of tier-1 manual audits. As inference costs continue to fall by about 23% every two months, attackers can conduct billions of scans with ease, vastly outpacing the defensive capacity of current security tools.

Meanwhile, the revenue generated by AI-powered exploits has been doubling roughly every 1.3 months, creating a lucrative, self-sustaining cycle. Academic research estimates that to match the attacker's detection budget—around $6,000—defenders need over $60,000, exposing a 10-to-1 imbalance favoring the offense.