What is Horizon bridge?

Horizon is a cross-chain bridge that allows exchange of crypto assets (e.g., fungible/non-fungible tokens, stablecoins) between Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain and Harmony blockchains. What is Horizon used for? Horizon’s main purpose is to enable transfer of assets from Ethereum (or Binance Smart Chain) to Harmony.

What does horizon mean?

Wikimedia Commons From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Apparent curve that separates earth from sky For other uses, see Horizon (disambiguation). The curvature of the horizon is easily seen in this 2008 photograph, taken from a Space Shuttleat an altitude of 226 km (140 mi).

What is layerzero-harmony bridge interface?

The LayerZero-Harmony Bridge Interface (“Interface”) is an interface that facilitates use of a third-party cross-chain communication system (“Bridge”) that is designed to enable users to send messages between certain blockchains to enable the exchange of crypto assets between such blockchains.

Does horizon support Ethereum bridging?

Horizon supports issuing of both permissioned and permissionless tokens for Ethereum bridging. BUSD and LINK are issued as permissioned tokens, where partners like Binance, ChainLink can work with Harmony to deploy their audited smart contracts such that bridge can issue full-feature smart contract tokens for the corresponding Ethereum tokens.