▫️Modular Bridges

Today's generalised bridges are overwhelmingly monolithic in design. This indicates that they are connected to a particular verification method that was used throughout the bridge's building process.

WebGlide is the first instance of a modular, generalised cross-chain messaging system that plugs into the most effective verification technique for a certain ecosystem.

Clusters

Let's first examine the idea of Clusters to better understand why WebGlide is created in the manner that it is.

A cluster is a group of independent domains that may interact with one another using ways that minimise the need for trust. For instance, a cluster consists of Ethereum and its rollups. Another grouping are cosmological chains. Additionally, "monolithic" sequences that are unique, like Solana, have their own cluster.

We outlined the various strategies for securing a message while it moves between two domains in the Message Verification section. As we stated, depending on the precise pair of domains we wish to interact with, the best available technique for validating messages varies. Another way to put it is that every network's message verification procedures have a different topology.

Pluggable Verification

Modular bridges enable pluggability for the verification layer (and maybe other components too!) of the bridging stack. They can take use of current message verification techniques wherever feasible by doing this. For applications that might desire to communicate with numerous (heterogenous) domains at once, this provides the greatest security available.