Clusters: how trusted & trust-minimized bridges shape the multi-chain landscape

We live in a multi-chain world. The idea that decentralized apps will all use the same shared smart contract blockchain is dead in practice. Ethereum is pivoting to a roadmap where apps have their own rollup chains, multi-chain ecosystems such as Cosmos and Polkadot are rising in popularity, as well

We live in a multi-chain world. The idea that decentralized apps will all use the same shared smart contract blockchain is dead in practice. Ethereum is pivoting to a roadmap where apps have their own rollup chains , multi-chain ecosystems such as Cosmos and Polkadot are rising in popularity, as well as alternative layer 1 chains such as Solana and Polygon. Decentralized apps today are scattered across different blockchains. The chains which apps reside in however need a way to exchange data across chains ( cross-chain interoperability ), in order to allow the apps within those chains to read

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