Intro to Hyperlane
What is Hyperlane?
Hyperlane is a permissionless interoperability protocol for cross-chain communication across different blockchain environments. It enables message passing and asset transfers across different chains without relying on centralized intermediaries or requiring any permissions.
Key Features
- Permissionless: Anyone can deploy hyperlane, whether it is a layer 1, rollup, or app-chain, and start building cross-chain applications right away—no approvals, no intermediaries.
- Modular Security: Hyperlane's Interchain Security Modules (ISM) allow developers to configure, compose, and customize their security model according to their application's needs.
- Multi-VM Support: Hyperlane enables cross-chain communication for multiple virtual machines (VMs), including EVM, SVM and CosmWasm. It also supports cross-VM interactions, such as EVM ↔ SVM asset transfers.
Start Building with Hyperlane
Get started with Hyperlane by exploring deployment guides & key features:
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Bridge any token with Hyperlane Warp Routes: Warp Routes let you deploy a custom token bridge, enabling any native or
ERC20
token to be transferred across chains.- For EVM-based chains, use the EVM Warp Route Guide.
- For Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) chains, see the SVM Warp Route Guide.
- For cross-chain transfers between EVM and SVM, check out the EVM-SVM Warp Route Guide.
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Learn about General Message Passing: Send arbitrary messages between chains.
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Use Interchain Accounts: Execute smart contract calls on remote chains from a single account.
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Deploy Hyperlane to your chain: Set up Hyperlane on a new chain.