Cross-Chain vs. Multi-Chain
Cross-chain dApps function across multiple different smart contracts deployed across multiple different blockchains, while multi-chain dApps are deployed in multiple individual versions across distinct networks.
What Are Common Bridge Security Vulnerabilities?
Some common bridge security vulnerabilities include weak on-chain and off-chain validation, improper handling of native tokens, and misconfigurations. Testing the bridge against all possible attack vectors is recommended to ensure sound verification logic.
What Is Cross-Chain Interoperability?
Cross-chain interoperability solutions have the potential to significantly improve the efficiency and functionality of blockchain networks by enabling communication, data, and value transfers among different networks.
How to Build a Fake Decentralized Cross-Chain Protocol
Adam Back (Bitcoin core development team leader, BlockStream CEO) has a sentence that impressed me, "Great design looks very simple, but the process of designing it is extremely complicated". But not all product designs that look simple, like LayerZero, are great.
Multichain and Cross-Chain: Know The Difference
So to summarize, mutichain technology creates an internet of blockchains capable of communicating freely while remaining secure thanks to a shared underlying security layer, while cross-chain technology uses smart contracts to create synthetic versions of your coins that are able to interact with other blockchains directly.
ConsenSys: Cross-Chain Interoperability Is the Future of DeFi
Cross-chain interoperability gives users the freedom to choose how they want to interact with DeFi, without being constrained by any one blockchain network.
