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8 pieces · Mar 2023 to Jun 2025

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Explainer30 Mar 2023zkIBC explained: bringing IBC to Ethereum with zkSNARK light clientsExplains how IBC works and why connecting Ethereum is hard, then how Electron Labs' zkIBC runs a Tendermint light client on Ethereum and verifies zk proofs of ed25519 signatures instead of the signatures themselves.Explainer29 Jun 2023Axelar explained: general message passing and cross-chain composabilityExplains Axelar as a Cosmos SDK PoS chain that enables interoperability through general message passing, gateway contracts, threshold signatures and untrusted relayers. Bullish on AXL as it supports 40+ chains.Thesis22 Nov 2023Composable and IBC expansion to Ethereum, Solana and NearArgues that IBC extended beyond Cosmos, via ZK-verified Tendermint and Ethereum light clients on Composable, can unify fragmented L2, Cosmos and Substrate ecosystems and make centralized bridge designs hard to justify.

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03 Jun 2025Bridge volume breakdown: LayerZero leads with $7.42B over 30 daysLists 30-day bridge volume by protocol: LayerZero $7.42B (29.4%), the Hyperliquid bridge $3.79B (15%) and Circle CCTP $3.37B (13.4%), with total flows over $25B monthly and $900M in the past 24 hours. Ends with a referral link.DataDeFiMarket structure

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20 Apr 2024Union x Polygon AggLayer: connecting IBC chains to aggregated ZK securityExplains Union's integration with Polygon's AggLayer, which aggregates ZK proofs for near-instant atomic cross-chain transactions. Union brings IBC chains and Celestia rollups in using CometBLS consensus with BLS signatures and a decentralized proving market.BreakdownZKL1/L2

29 Feb 2024Union: ZK light-client interoperability with BLS aggregated consensus proofsExplains why signature verification makes native IBC infeasible on EVM chains and how Union aggregates headers on a CometBLS chain, using BLS aggregation and Galois ZK consensus proofs so connected chains verify state trustlessly.ExplainerZKL1/L2

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05 Dec 2023Composable cross-chain intents: MANTIS and the Composable VMArgues intents are inherently cross-chain and lack a unified execution standard, and presents Composable's MANTIS framework, a CVM execution language and IBC settlement as the solution for smart wallet intents.ExplainerDeFiMarket structure

22 Nov 2023Composable and IBC expansion to Ethereum, Solana and NearArgues that IBC extended beyond Cosmos, via ZK-verified Tendermint and Ethereum light clients on Composable, can unify fragmented L2, Cosmos and Substrate ecosystems and make centralized bridge designs hard to justify.ThesisL1/L2Market structure

29 Jun 2023Axelar explained: general message passing and cross-chain composabilityExplains Axelar as a Cosmos SDK PoS chain that enables interoperability through general message passing, gateway contracts, threshold signatures and untrusted relayers. Bullish on AXL as it supports 40+ chains.ExplainerL1/L2DeFi

17 Apr 2023Cross-chain bridging: the bridge trilemma, LayerZero, Stargate and IBCFrames the bridging trilemma of unified liquidity, guaranteed finality and native assets, explains LayerZero's oracle plus relayer design and Stargate's pooled liquidity, and sets IBC alongside as complementary.ExplainerDeFiL1/L2

30 Mar 2023zkIBC explained: bringing IBC to Ethereum with zkSNARK light clientsExplains how IBC works and why connecting Ethereum is hard, then how Electron Labs' zkIBC runs a Tendermint light client on Ethereum and verifies zk proofs of ed25519 signatures instead of the signatures themselves.ExplainerZKL1/L2Ethereum

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