Cross-Chain Asset
A cross-chain asset is a token or value representation designed to exist, move, or remain economically linked across multiple blockchain networks. Equivalent…
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Cross-Chain Bridge
A cross-chain bridge transfers assets or messages between blockchains using custody, validators, light clients, proofs, liquidity providers, or combined mechanisms. Trust models…
Cross-Chain Call
A cross-chain call requests execution of a function on one blockchain based on a message or event originating from another blockchain. The…
Cross-Chain Communication
Cross-chain communication is the exchange of authenticated data, commands, acknowledgments, or state proofs between otherwise independent blockchain networks. Communication is broader than…
Cross-Chain Composability
Cross-chain composability lets applications combine contracts, assets, and state from multiple blockchains into coordinated user workflows or financial products. Unlike same-chain contract…
Cross-Chain Confirmation
A cross-chain confirmation verifies that a source event has enough finality and that its corresponding message or action succeeded on the destination.…
Cross-Chain Contract
A cross-chain contract is a smart contract designed to send, receive, verify, or act upon messages and assets spanning multiple blockchains. Contract…
Cross-Chain Execution
Cross-chain execution coordinates one or more destination-chain actions after an authenticated request, event, proof, or user intent originates elsewhere. Execution is separate…
Cross-Chain Finality
Cross-chain finality is the assurance that connected source and destination states will not be reversed in a way that invalidates a transfer…
Cross-Chain Interoperability
Cross-chain interoperability enables independent blockchains to exchange verified assets, messages, or state while preserving their separate consensus and execution systems. Interoperability does…
Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP)
Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol commonly refers to Chainlink CCIP, a protocol for authenticated token transfers and message delivery across supported blockchains. Decentralized oracle…
Cross-Chain Liquidity
Cross-chain liquidity is capital available to fulfill swaps, transfers, or settlements between assets and applications located on different blockchain networks. Quoted liquidity…
Cross-Chain Messaging
Cross-chain messaging carries authenticated data and instructions from a source blockchain to applications or contracts on a different blockchain. Delivery is asynchronous…
Cross-Chain Messaging Protocol
A cross-chain messaging protocol defines how messages are formatted, authenticated, transported, ordered, executed, acknowledged, and recovered between blockchain networks. Protocols differ significantly…
Cross-Chain Oracle
A cross-chain oracle reports verified state or events from one blockchain for use by contracts and applications on another blockchain. The oracle…
Cross-Chain Payment
A cross-chain payment sends value from a payer on one blockchain to a recipient or settlement application on another blockchain. The payment…
Cross-Chain Protocol
A cross-chain protocol coordinates verification, messaging, liquidity, or execution between independent blockchains under a defined security and routing model. The category includes…
Cross-Chain Rate Limit
A cross-chain rate limit caps the amount or frequency of assets or messages permitted through a route during a defined period. The…
Cross-Chain Replay Protection
Cross-chain replay protection prevents an authorized message, proof, signature, or transfer from being executed more than once or on another route. Without…
Cross-Chain Security
Cross-chain security is the combined protection of messages and assets across source chains, destination chains, bridges, relayers, contracts, and governance. The system's…
Cross-Chain Swap
A cross-chain swap exchanges a source-chain asset for a destination-chain asset through bridges, liquidity providers, solvers, or atomic-swap mechanisms. Quotes depend on…
Cross-Chain Token (CCT)
A Cross-Chain Token is a token configured for Chainlink CCIP transfers through registered token administrators and chain-specific token pools. Pools can use…
Cross-Chain Transfer
A cross-chain transfer moves or recreates value on a destination blockchain after funds are locked, burned, or supplied on a source blockchain.…
Cross-Chain Volume
Cross-chain volume measures the value or quantity of assets transferred through bridges and interoperability routes during a selected period. Methodology can double…