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Cross-Chain Bridges

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Building Bridges Between Chains

Want to use Ethereum USDC on Arbitrum? You need a bridge.
But bridges are the most-hacked infrastructure in all of DeFi.

What you'll learn

  • β†’ Three bridge mechanisms: Lock & Mint, Atomic Swap, and Liquidity Network
  • β†’ The biggest bridge hacks ever: Ronin, Wormhole, and Nomad β€” and the lessons learned
  • β†’ Experience how bridging works via an interactive cross-chain transfer simulator
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Lock & Mint

Lock on source chain β†’ mint wrapped token on destination.

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Atomic Swap

Trustless bidirectional exchange via HTLC.

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Liquidity Network

LP pays immediately; router settles later.