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DeFi's core bloodline is liquidity, but today this bloodline has been split into isolated pools across dozens of independent chains. Every cross-chain operation users perform faces a tricky problem: dispersed liquidity pools, cumbersome bridging steps, high Gas fees, and security risks. The entire process is like playing a 3D maze—time-consuming, costly, and nerve-wracking.
A class of protocols is trying to fundamentally change this situation. Their approach is very clear: instead of forcing users to adapt to the complexity of multiple chains, it’s better to directly abstract away that complexity. The core mechanism is a combination of "intent-driven" and "chain abstraction." How does it work specifically? Users don’t need to worry about which chain is underlying or where the liquidity is; they only need to express their final goal—such as "I want to swap USDC on Chain A for ETH on Chain B at the lowest cost"—and the protocol’s backend network will automatically search, evaluate, and orchestrate the optimal cross-chain execution path.
The professionalism of this solution is reflected in three aspects:
**Aggregation rather than replacement.** It doesn’t create new liquidity pools but integrates top DEXs on various chains and existing cross-chain infrastructure liquidity, using algorithms to match and find the best quotes. In other words, it adds an efficiency engine to the existing DeFi ecosystem.
**A more robust security model.** It adopts decentralized oracle and execution node network architectures, introducing mechanisms like optimistic validation to ensure asset security. Compared to pure bridging solutions, this design offers greater security.
**A completely different user experience.** The core of "chain abstraction" lies here—user interfaces are thoroughly simplified, the complexity of multiple chains is fully absorbed by the protocol, and ordinary users can operate directly, significantly lowering the barrier to entry into DeFi.
On the ecosystem incentive layer, tokens (such as $WAL) play multiple roles in governance, fee distribution, and long-term incentives, tightly linking protocol growth with participant rewards.
Imagine a future multi-chain world: users no longer need to manually perform complex bridging steps or worry about which chain has sufficient liquidity. Instead, there will be a unified "liquidity convergence point." The way value flows here is similar to how information transmits across the internet—free, seamless, and low-cost. This is not just a technological iteration but a qualitative change in DeFi user experience.