Non-custodial, decentralized, bi-directional cross-chain bridges recently went operational on Cardano Pre-Production. As a result, ADA and all ER20 tokens can easily move across Cardano and EVM-based networks.
Plans to make Cardano interoperable have been ongoing for over a year, and Wanchain has played a key role in this. The target was to set up appropriate infrastructure to enable apps from different chains, increase adoption of Cardano’s ecosystem, and promote Wanchain’s cross-chain infrastructure.
Cardano is pretty different from other blockchain networks. So, making it interoperable is a complex task. It runs on different programming languages and smart contract environments (Plutus and Haskell) as well as a different transaction model.
However, the Wanchain team has developed the Haskell smart contracts needed to support cross-chain transactions. Wanchain’s bridge nodes also went through an upgrade that allowed it to construct UTXO transactions to call Cardano smart contracts.
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Wanchain Unlocks Interoperability on Cardano
Following this and other recent upgrades, Cardano cross-chain bridges have become fully operational in Pre-Production. Pre-Production is Cardano’s mature, late-stage testnet. It is designed to resemble the Cardano mainnet and follows “Devnet” and “Preview”.
Pre-production is the last step before deploying apps on the Cardano Mainnet. Here’s a list of the types of cross-chain bridges deployed for Pre-Production:
- Move Cardano native tokens to and from any EVM-compatible chain.
- Move ERC20 tokens or any coin from any EVM-compatible chain to Cardano and back.
- Move ADA to and from any EVM-compatible chain.
These bridges provide a wide range of benefits for users. Users can leverage these bridges to use their ADA and other Cardano native tokens like DJED on any EVM-compatible network or Web3 app. Furthermore, these bridges will unlock an influx of liquidity and assets on Cardano.
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Afterward, connecting Cardano to the non-EVM networks supported by Wanchain’s cross-chain infrastructure will be pretty straightforward. Some of the non-EVM chains include
- Bitcoin,
- Polkadot
- the XRP ledger.
Once this is deployed on the Cardano mainnet, making Cardano interoperable will be a realized goal.
Wanchain is Advancing Blockchain Interoperability
Wanchain has been one of the key leaders in advancing blockchain interoperability. The Wanchain team has recorded a couple of achievements over the last few months. Wanchain launched blockchain’s first truly decentralized cross-chain bridge. It also deployed the first direct bridge linking Bitcoin and Ethereum. At its core, Wanchain is about improving interoperability between EVM and non-EVM chains.
Wanchain has more than 20 networks leveraging its cross-chain infrastructure. With Cardano now added to the list, Wanchain is unlocking the true power of blockchain technology.
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