The Ethereum
<> NEAR Bridge will pave the road for cross-chain interoperability in the
future. The Ethereum <> NEAR Bridge, a trustless, universal protocol that
opens communication and interoperability between smart contract chains, has
been launched by NEAR Protocol, a scalable blockchain-based, developer-friendly
platform for decentralised apps. This is also the first bridge that does not
rely on external authority for security, instead relying on consensus.
The Ethereum
network has seen increased demand as a result of innovation in the
decentralised finance (DeFi) and non-fungible token (NFT) arenas, pushing transaction
costs to new highs.
"By
introducing the Ethereum <> NEAR Bridge, we are connecting the
application and developer ecosystems between NEAR and Ethereum and enabling
developers to leverage Ethereum assets and smart contracts within NEAR's fast,
scalable and cost-effective environment," said Illia Polosukhin,
co-founder of the NEAR protocol. “We can fuel and accelerate community growth
by giving Ethereum users direct access to apps built on NEAR. We see the Bridge
as a significant step in realizing our vision of a multi-chain, interoperable
future, and our goal is to extend the same open access to other chains and
expand the potential for further growth. "
To deploy,
maintain, or use the Bridge, no additional authority is required. Without the
consent of anybody else, anyone can build a new bridge, use an existing bridge,
or participate in the upkeep of an existing bridge. The Bridge is also broad in
that it allows any cryptographically proven information on NEAR to be used in
Ethereum contracts, and vice versa. The Bridge's design is also fully
decentralised and adaptable to future protocol updates on both sides.
The Bridge,
which will be released in stages, will connect to numerous chains within the
decentralised finance ecosystem by the end of the year.
NEAR Protocol is
a decentralized application platform based on blockchain technology that is
ultra-scalable and developer-friendly. NEAR's platform delivers decentralized
storage and compute that is both secure and performant enough to manage
high-value assets like money and identity, placing the power of the Open Web in
the hands of common people.
The NEAR
Protocol employs a technique known as "sharding," which divides the
network into several sections and allows for parallel computation. Parallelism
dramatically increases throughput and allows the network to scale as the number
of nodes grows. With NEAR, there is no theoretical limit to the capacity of the
network.
Major NEAR
contributors have won numerous world championships under the competitive
program and have worked for major tech companies such as Google, Facebook and
Niantic.
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