{"id":292,"date":"2022-09-12T22:26:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T20:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ackeeblockchain.com\/blog\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=292"},"modified":"2022-09-12T22:26:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T20:26:55","slug":"bridges","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/ackee.xyz\/blog\/glossary\/bridges\/","title":{"rendered":"Bridges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\">Blockchains are <b>isolated silos<\/b> that cannot natively communicate; with the drastic increase in the number and size of different blockchain ecosystems, there is now a need for key infrastructure to connect them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ethereum.org\/en\/bridges\/\">Bridges<\/a><\/span> exist to connect blockchains and enable:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b><\/b>the cross-chain transfer of <b>assets<\/b>;<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b><\/b>the cross-chain transfer of <b>information<\/b>;<\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><b>multi-chain dApps<\/b> (e.g., a cross-chain decentralized exchange or a multi-chain yield aggregator).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p1\">Some examples of bridges:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ackeeblockchain.com\/blog\/ackee-blockchain-audited-layer-zero\/\"><span class=\"s2\">LayerZero<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ackeeblockchain.com\/blog\/axelar-cgp-audit-summary\/\"><span class=\"s2\">Axelar<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ackeeblockchain.com\/blog\/ackee-blockchain-audited-debridge-finance\/\">DeBridge<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blockchains are isolated silos that cannot natively communicate; with the drastic increase in the number and size of different blockchain ecosystems, there is now a need for key infrastructure to connect them. Bridges exist to connect blockchains and enable: the cross-chain transfer of assets; the cross-chain transfer of information; multi-chain dApps (e.g., a cross-chain decentralized exchange or a multi-chain yield aggregator). 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