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Third-Party Bridge Integration

Third party bridges are encouraged to utilize the Metalayer to prove intent fulfillment across Metalayer-supported chains. This proving process is commonly called settlement, and depends on sending a cross-chain message from the destination chain back to the source chain. In most implementations, the reciept of the cross-chain message is used to release the bridged funds from escrow into the solver’s wallet.

Bridge developers often face issues when deploying on long-tail or new chains because message passing systems often aren’t available and have inconsistent security guarantees across deployments. The Metalayer solves this problem by providing a secure, reliable, and composable message passing system that availabe on all Caldera chains.

Intents protocols and solvers are able to additionally specify finality requirements for their intents to be settled, which are enforced by the Message Passing Layer.

For example, Eco Routes has been modified to support Metalayer as an intent settlement option, and will be deployed on all Caldera chains as a part of the Metalayer.

Through this architecture, Metalayer delivers immediate value to existing chains while laying the foundation for future advances in cross-chain technology. The intent-centric design ensures that as new verification methods and bridge protocols emerge, all participants in our ecosystem automatically benefit without requiring changes to their integration.

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