6/ With an intents-based framework bridges can securely transfer canonical assets while offering extremely high speeds and low costs. This is exactly how Across works and we think it’s the winning one for the cross-chain future 💫 Learn more via our blog.

5/ With these two options, users are more or less left with a choice between high security risks or high costs. But there is another better approach: Using canonical assets and intents.

3/ Using representative assets is often fast, but there is a security trade-off. That’s because users have to trust the asset they receive at the destination.

2/ Cross-chain bridges help users transfer value between chains. They can do this in one of two ways: - Using canonical assets (AKA genuine tokens) - Using representative assets (AKA token receipts)