Summary

By now, you should have a good overall understanding of leading EVM-compatible blockchains, including Binance BSC, Polygon PoS, and Avalanche blockchains, as well as their ecosystems.

To help you get a grasp of blockchain L1 ecosystems, we also briefly introduced you to two other leading non-EVM chains, TRON blockchain and Solana. They are both thriving in their own DeFi and DApps ecosystem. In fact, we are living in a multi-chain world today, and for the foreseeable future, there will continue to be multi-chain ecosystems. To help you understand how to transfer assets between different L1 blockchains, or how to interact with smart contracts on another L1 blockchain, we discussed various blockchain interoperability options, including both trusted bridge design patterns and trustless bridge mechanisms. We went through more generalized cross-chain messaging options, including Polkadot and Cosmos IBC, as well as DONs such as Chainlink CCIP. The blockchain ecosystem is evolving...