Scaling & Network Infrastructure

Bridge

Also: Cross-Chain Bridge

A protocol that moves tokens or messages from one blockchain to another, commonly by locking the original and issuing a representation on the destination chain. Bridges hold large pools of assets and have been behind some of the biggest hacks in crypto history.

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