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Definition
Blockchains being able to read and act on each other state.
Chains are isolated by default. Interoperability is the work of letting them communicate: moving assets, passing messages, or letting a contract on one chain react to something on another.
Approaches range from trusted bridges to light client verification to shared messaging standards like IBC. The tradeoff is always between how fast and general the solution is and how much you have to trust.
In practice
IBC in the Cosmos ecosystem lets independent chains move tokens between each other without a trusted intermediary.
Where to go next
BridgeInfrastructure for moving assets between blockchains.Cross chain messagingSending instructions, not just assets, between blockchains.Wrapped tokenA token on one chain that represents an asset held on another.
More web3 terms
Arweave and the permawebComposabilityCross chain messagingDePINDecentralized identity (DID)GameFi and play to earnIPFSIndexerOnchain and offchainSession keysSmart accountSocialFi
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