There are a few options available to parachains that want to make use of Snowbridge. This document lists and describes them starting from the easiest to integrate and most general-purpose, to more involved configurations that allow higher levels of customization on the bridge behavior. Please note…

Option 1: Use AssetHub bridge lane A bridge lane is a dedicated XCM transport channel between two chains on opposite sides of the bridge. Conceptually, it serves the same purpose as an HRMP channel between two sibling parachains. Today, Snowbridge has such a lane deployed between AssetHub and Ether…

Option 2: Use dedicated bridge lane with AH as exporter Snowfork team plans to support a feature where parachains on Polkadot can permissionlessly open dedicated bridge lanes with Ethereum. This would be deployed on AssetHub and it would be the functional equivalent of the same feature on the P<>K b…

Polkadot parachains options for using Polkadot<>Ethereum bridge (Snowbridge)

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acatangiu November 21, 2024, 2:32pm 4

There is also an equivalent guide/thread covering the Polkadot<>Kusama bridge: DotSama parachains options for using Polkadot<>Kusama bridge

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Polkadot parachains options for using Polkadot<>Ethereum bridge (Snowbridge)

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