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Bridge

A mechanism for moving assets, asset representations or messages between blockchain environments.

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A bridge connects environments that do not otherwise share one execution system. Some designs lock an asset on the source chain and create a representation elsewhere; others use different mechanisms. The verification and custody model matter because the destination token can depend on the bridge as well as its own chain.

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"The destination wallet received a bridged representation; it isn't the original token contract on the source network."

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