The Ultimate Interoperability Guide: landscape of cross-chain protocols
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Categorized landscape of interoperability protocols across messaging, cross-chain DEXs and AMMs, lending, liquidity aggregation, bridges, proof aggregation, proving and verification, each with a short descriptor such as Wormhole's 13/19 guardian set.
Key claims
Wormhole uses a 13/19 threshold guardian set
Axelar is a PoS chain with a dynamic 75-validator set
Interop winners will be multi-billion protocols
✨🌐 The Ultimate Interoperability Guide 🌐✨
The interoperability wars are real! 🤯
As we enter the (modular) multi-chain era interop is key and the winners in this market will be multi-billion $$$ protocols.
I curated the most comprehensive interop landscape overview you'll find on CT and it is not even complete (yet). Impressive nevertheless. 👇
Cross-Chain Messaging Protocols
✦ @axelarnetwork (PoS chain with a dynamic 75 validator set)
✦ @wormhole (13/19 T-Schnorr TSS/multisig maintained by Guardians)
✦ @union_build (the sovereign zkIBC interop layer of the modular stack)
✦ @PolyhedraZK (ZK-powered light clients)
✦ @Entanglefi (PoS-based Oracle chain for interop and data feeds)
✦ @Chainlink CCIP (DON-based messaging solution)
✦ @Picasso_Network (IBC Expansion beyond Cosmos)
✦ @OmniFDN (Eigenlayer-based interop solution, token launching
✦ @LayerZero_Labs (transport layer for x-chain messaging protocols)
✦ @Hyperlane_xyz (modular transport layer with customizable security)
✦ @Polymer_Labs (zkIBC)
✦ @labs_electron (zkIBC)
✦ @SynapseProtocol (optimistic message verification)
✦ @Connext (optimistic message verification)
✦ @CelerNetwork (PoS L1 built on Tendermint)
✦ @routerprotocol (Cosmos SDK based L1)
✦ @AcrossProtocol (intent-based interop)
✦ +++
Cross-Chain DEX (app-chains / rollups)
✦ @Gasp_xyz (Eigenlayer-based ZK rollup enabling omnichain liquidity)
✦ @Chainflip (Substrate-based 150 validator L1 chain)
✦ @osmosis (Cosmos L1)
✦ @THORChain (Cosmos L1)
→ @THORWalletDEX (Thorchain frontend)
→ @THORSwap (Thorchain frontend)
✦ +++
Cross-Chain AMM (not app-chain)
✦ @squidrouter (built on Axelar)
✦ @StargateFinance (built on LayerZero)
✦ @jumperapp (built on LiFi)
✦ @CatalystAMM (built on Wormhole)
✦ @InterSwap_io (built on Axelar)
✦ @BungeeExchange (built on Socket)
✦ @CashmereLabs (intent-based omnichain AMM)
✦ @symbiosis_fi (Cross-chain AMM hosted on Boba)
✦ +++
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Cross-Chain Lending Protocols
✦ @Curvance (Chain-gnostic utility layer for yield-bearing assets)
✦ @synonymfinance (multichain money market built on Wormhole)
✦ @PikeFinance (native USDC cross-chain lending)
✦ @prime_protocol (cross-chain lending built on Axelar)
✦ +++
Liquidity Aggregation/Abstraction Protocols
✦ @lifiprotocol (one API for 15+ bridges, 30+ DEXs & solvers)
✦ @SocketProtocol (modular order flow auctions)
✦ @mitosisorg liquidity protocol for the modular era
✦ @synthr_defi (omnichain liquidity layer for synths built on Axelar)
✦ +++
Bridge Protocols
✦ @HopProtocol (cross-rollup transfers)
✦ @Orbiter_Finance (cross-rollup transfers)
✦ @portalbridge_ (built on Wormhole)
✦ @Allbridge_io (built on Wormhole)
✦ +++
Native Bridges
✦ @arbitrum Bridge
✦ @gnosischain Bridge
✦ @0xPolygon Bridge (PoS)
✦ @Optimism Gateway
✦ +++
Proof Aggregation Layers
✦ @nebrazkp UP
✦ @0xPolygon AggLayer
✦ +++
Proving Infrastructure
> e.g. for proofs using messaging protocols as transport layer
✦ @SuccinctLabs (Proving network / general purpose zkVM)
✦ @RiscZero (RISC-V based zkVM and ZK co-processor)
✦ @gevulot_network (Proving network)
✦ @lagrangedev (Parallel Prover built on Eigenlayer)
✦ @brevis_zk (Eigenlayer-based ZK co-processor)
✦ @HerodotusDev (storage proofs)
✦ +++
Verification Infrastructure
> e.g. for proofs using messaging protocols as transport layer
✦ @horizenglobal (universal verification layer)
✦ @alignedlayer (Eigenlayer-based universal verification)
✦ +++
Which protocols are you watching & how are you positioning yourself on this narrative? 👀
Which ones am I missing? 🤔
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