毫無疑問，區塊鏈技術大規模采用的先決條件之一是安全、無縫的跨鏈互操作性。

許多潛在的應用程序，特別是在復雜和受監管的領域，如果沒有共同的準則和接口定義，根本無法部署。

如果沒有這些，就像目前的情況一樣，旨在跨鏈的應用程序必須依賴自定義的鏈下組件，并自動繼承伴隨的風險和信任假設。

唯一的選擇是繼續受限于單一、孤立的網絡。

當今的互操作性解決方案（或“橋梁”）已經成熟到幾乎

當處理基礎設施截然不同的網絡時，這個問題會被放大，就像非 EVM 區塊鏈的情況一樣。

拋開限制不談，橋梁顯然是必要的，而且需求量仍然很高。

即使經歷了熊市期間的下跌， 2024 年 1 月

。盡管總數如此華麗，但在區塊鏈技術準備好大規模應用之前，仍有許多障礙需要克服采用。

安全

區塊鏈互操作性最明顯的障礙是始終存在的安全問題。

對市場表現和炒作周期漠不關心，設計不當的跨鏈橋屢屢失敗，給行業留下了污點，并阻止人們參與解決方案。

由于橋被黑客攻擊而遭受損失的個人自然會對所有跨鏈橋產生不信任。

騙我兩次，等等。

And it’s hard to blame them. An estimated $2.9 billion was stolen in the top 10 cross-chain bridge hacks between 2021 – 2023. It didn’t take long for 2024 to kick off on the same, with Orbit Bridge being hacked for $80m over the new year period. With the mainstream adoption of blockchain technology relying on secure interoperability, these trends cannot go on. Any remaining security issues simply need to be solved.

UX

A seamless user experience is paramount in driving user adoption and engagement, which contributes directly to the sustainability of digital products and services. This fact is as fundamental in Web2 as it is in Web3. Cross-chain bridges are no exception.

Today’s bridges are anything but seamless. While mature solutions have abstracted the user’s direct involvement to a single transaction, the user journey is still too complex. Users would rather not transact using multiple assets while manually switching between multiple wallets and RPC servers.

This is largely caused by current limitations of blockchain technology but is exacerbated by immature interfaces. Many may be shocked to learn that there isn’t even a unified system for cross-chain solutions to identify a unique blockchain network! Without seamless interoperability, UX can only be improved incrementally unless certain unpalatable concessions relating to security and decentralisation are made. Collaborative efforts are needed, or blockchain interoperability solutions will remain fractured and mainstream adoption will remain stymied – resigned to value storage and niche financial applications.

Compatibility

Compatibility, or rather, the incompatibility between different blockchain interoperability protocols is one of the great ironies of our industry. As it stands, the vast majority of blockchain interoperability projects are focused on building proprietary products with custom relayers, message definitions and verification mechanisms. Too many are focused solely on growing their own products.

With so many competing approaches with shockingly little overlap, it becomes impractical, if not impossible, to properly vet the security of each. The fight to become the one-and-only solution is ultimately detrimental and poses a risk to the industry’s long-term outlook. Common infrastructure and shared interfaces are needed as these can be properly vetted and tested. Blockchain interoperability must be core infrastructure first, product second.

The Solution

Underpinning security, UX and compatibility challenges is the lack of an open, unified interoperability standard. Such a standard is essential because it would provide a universally accepted framework for communication between blockchains and blockchain-like systems. This would ensure secure interoperability and seamless global connectivity, in turn preventing fragmentation across different projects.

想象一下沒有 ERC-20 的世界，ERC-20 是在以太坊區塊鏈上發行可替代代幣的事實上的標準。

每個在以太坊上發行代幣的項目都將遵循其標準，并且一個項目的代幣將與另一個項目的代幣不兼容。

理論上仍然可以構建去中心化交易所等應用程序，但它們的增長將因需要遵循與標準無關的設計原則而受到阻礙。

每個令牌都代表一個臨時集成，用戶只能使用明確支持其令牌的應用程序。

如果沒有一個定義一套規則和功能的標準，以太坊生態系統的發展將會受到極大的阻礙。這就是區塊鏈互操作性的現狀。

然而，由于 ERC-20 標準已經過審查和采用，所有應用程序都可以與未知的可替代代幣交互、管理和信任。

即使在創建特定應用程序后部署的令牌也可以在不需要任何額外工程工作的情況下使用，并且令牌可以與多個應用程序兼容。

這就是開放、統一標準的力量。

這就是區塊鏈互操作性迫切需要的。

開放、統一的區塊鏈互操作性標準的好處可能更為深遠。

遵循經過審查的標準化框架的通用即插即用架構可以跨越三個層：消息傳遞、函數調用和應用程序。

這將使 EVM 和非 EVM 區塊鏈之間的安全、無縫通信成為可能。

優先考慮可互換組件還將加速由多個提供商支持的真正區塊鏈互操作性的開發。

建立這樣的標準還有一個額外的好處，那就是幫助企業和監管機構理解技術的復雜性，以制定公平、知情的監管框架。

隨著技術進步的發展，創新和監管之間可以實現公平的平衡。

區塊鏈技術有潛力讓世界變得更美好。

區塊鏈和類區塊鏈系統之間安全、無縫的區塊鏈互操作性是大規模采用的先決條件。

如果沒有開放、統一的互操作性標準，真正的大規模采用仍然遙不可及。

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