Transfers between blockchains

USDT, USDC, ETH and the coins of the networks themselves move to another blockchain as an ordinary order: no contracts, no signatures, no wrappers.

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Routes between blockchains

An exchange instead of a bridge: what the difference is

An ordinary bridge locks coins in a contract of one network and mints their copy in another. A wallet has to be connected and transactions signed, and a withdrawal from an optimistic rollup (Arbitrum, Optimism) to Ethereum stretches out to about a week on top of that.

Here a network change is simply an exchange order. You send coins in one blockchain, and automation sends the networks' own coins (ETH, SOL, TRX, BTC) or ordinary tokens (USDT, USDC) to your address in another.

Everything rests on the recipient address: it has to belong to the target network. In EVM networks — Ethereum, Arbitrum, BNB Smart Chain, Polygon — addresses look identical (0x…), so the network in the wallet is worth checking twice.

Questions about transfers between networks

What counts as a bridge between blockchains?

Any way of moving coins, or their value, from one blockchain to another: USDT from Ethereum to TRON, ETH into Arbitrum and the like.

Can a wrapped token arrive?

No. What is credited is the needed network's own coin or its standard token — exactly the same ones that arrive on a withdrawal from an exchange.

Where do people really lose funds here?

On the choice of network. Coins sent to an address in the wrong blockchain are almost impossible to get back, so the network is worth checking before the order is created.

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