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Cross-Chain Bridges

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Cross-chain bridges move or represent assets between Bitcoin and other networks using custodians, federations, multisig committees, light-client proofs, or cryptographic verification. Their security depends on the bridge mechanism rather than Bitcoin alone.

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Curated resources (3)

• Bitcoin Layer Two Resources (article) Curated overview of bridge designs including Interlay, Threshold, and Wrapped Bitcoin.
• Interlay (article) Example of a trust-minimized cross-chain Bitcoin bridge design.
• Mastering Bitcoin (book) Background for Bitcoin transactions, multisig, and cross-system trust assumptions.

Direct prerequisites (1)

• Sidechains

Direct dependents (0)

• None

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