Bridge Risk
Bridge risk is the combined technical, economic, custody, governance, and operational exposure introduced when transferring assets or messages across blockchains. Bridge Risk…
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Bridge Security
Bridge Security is a security mechanism or control discipline that protects cross-chain assets and messages through sound verification, key management, contract design,…
Bridge Validator
A bridge validator observes connected chains and participates in approving cross-chain events or messages according to the bridge's consensus rules. Security depends…
Bridge Validator Compromise
Bridge validator compromise occurs when attackers control enough validator keys or infrastructure to authorize false messages or block legitimate transfers. Compromise can…
Bridge Verification
Bridge verification is the process that determines whether a claimed source-chain event is authentic and authorized for destination execution. Verification must bind…
Bridge Wallet Risk
Bridge wallet risk is the possibility that wallets holding or operating bridged assets are compromised, mismanaged, unavailable, or controlled by colluding parties.…
Bridged Asset
A bridged asset is a token or ledger representation created on one blockchain to represent value locked, burned, or otherwise accounted for…
Bridged Asset Payment
Bridged Asset Payment is a payment made with an asset representation that was issued, locked, minted, or transferred through a cross-chain bridge.…
Bridged Stablecoin
A bridged stablecoin is a representation of a stablecoin created on a destination blockchain after the original asset is locked, escrowed, or…
Bridged Token
A bridged token is a representation of an asset on a blockchain different from the asset’s original network. A bridge typically locks…
Broadcast
Broadcast is the act of sending a signed transaction or protocol message to one or more network peers so it can be…
Broken Function Level Authorization (BFLA)
Broken Function Level Authorization (BFLA) is an API authorization flaw that allows a user or service to invoke a function, operation, or…
Broken Object Level Authorization (BOLA)
BOLA is an API vulnerability where changing an object identifier lets a user access or modify another user's protected resource. Broken Object…
Broken Object Property Level Authorization (BOPLA)
Broken Object Property Level Authorization (BOPLA) is an API flaw that exposes or permits modification of object fields that the requesting principal…
Browser Extension Wallet
A browser extension wallet is wallet software installed as a browser extension that manages accounts and lets websites request addresses, signatures, and…
Browser Wallet
A browser wallet is any wallet accessed or operated through a web browser, including extension wallets, built-in browser wallets, and browser-based wallet…
Brute-Force Attack
Brute-Force Attack is an attack or weakness pattern that repeatedly tries passwords, keys, codes, or other possibilities until one succeeds or a…
Bulk Payment
A bulk payment operation creates or submits many payments through one coordinated workflow, file, or API request. Bulk describes operational scale and…
Bulk Payout
A bulk payout sends funds to many recipients through one coordinated outbound workflow. It is commonly used for payroll, suppliers, sellers, contractors,…
Bundler Risk
Bundler Risk is a measurable uncertainty or exposure that arises when account-abstraction transaction bundlers censor, delay, reorder, simulate incorrectly, or fail to…
Burn Address
A burn address is a blockchain address or destination designed so that assets sent to it are permanently or practically unspendable. It…
Burn-and-Mint Token Pool
A burn-and-mint token pool is a cross-chain or supply-management mechanism in which tokens are burned on one network and newly minted on…
Burnable Token
A burnable token is a digital token whose contract or protocol allows units to be permanently removed from active supply through an…
Business Email Compromise (BEC)
Business Email Compromise (BEC) is a fraud scheme in which attackers impersonate or compromise a trusted business email identity to redirect payments,…