Fast & Affordable Cross-Chain Bridging via Intents

馃寜 Bridges Just Got Cheaper

By Across
Aug 14, 2025, 5:07 PM
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A new bridging solution leveraging intent-based architecture has been launched, offering significant improvements for retail users moving assets between chains.​

  • Faster Processing: Transaction completion times reduced substantially
  • Cost Reduction: Lower fees for cross-chain transfers
  • Retail Focus: Optimized for smaller transaction sizes

The integration represents a key advancement in cross-chain infrastructure, making blockchain interoperability more accessible to everyday users.​ This development builds on earlier efforts from February 2025 to enhance transaction efficiency.​

Note: This solution specifically targets retail-sized transactions, marking a shift from traditional bridging methods that often prioritize larger transfers.​

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Fast, cheap bridging for retail size transactions (via intents).

Hart Lambur (鉀猴笍,鉀猴笍)
Hart Lambur (鉀猴笍,鉀猴笍)
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Strong agree. 7 day bridges are a fundamental blocker to properly unifying Ethereum. Asset issuers (both crypto native and RWA) simply can鈥檛 stomach waiting days to get assets between chains. 7 day canonical bridges force asset issuers to use 3rd party solutions, which isn鈥檛 good

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