The Dream of Cross-Chain in Blockchain: Is It the Future of Interconnection or a Deadlock of Fragmentation?



We've all heard the story of the "Tower of Babel"—a group of people wanted to build a sky-high tower, but they all spoke different languages, and eventually the project was abandoned halfway. The current Web3 ecosystem somewhat resembles this scenario.

ETH, BNB, XRP represent different isolated ecosystems. Each has its own advantages, but issues like fragmented liquidity, disjointed user experience, and high cross-chain asset transfer costs are everyday problems. The question is: can we open up these channels to truly enable the flow of assets and data?

On the technical level, cross-chain bridges are iterating, and interoperability protocols are evolving. From this perspective, the Tower of Babel could become the Tower of Heaven in the digital age. But the reality is harsh—dispersed liquidity, security risks, inconsistent standards... any problem in one link could jeopardize the entire ecosystem.

So the key question is: who will be the first to build that high-speed highway connecting all chains? Whoever does will seize the next wave of ecosystem opportunities.
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SudoRm-RfWallet/vip
· 4h ago
Cross-chain bridging? Give me a break, just another PPT plan. Sounds nice, but real liquidity will be a long time coming. Let's each do our own thing to avoid being exploited by hackers.
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MoonRocketTeamvip
· 4h ago
The Babel Tower analogy is brilliant. Now each chain is like launching its own rocket, with liquidity scattered like fragments [rocket].
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GateUser-a606bf0cvip
· 4h ago
Cross-chain dream or cross-chain nightmare? I see that there is still no unified standard. Who dares to say they can make this happen?
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OffchainWinnervip
· 4h ago
The Babel Tower meme is really spot on; it's a true reflection of the current chain conflicts.
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SatoshiSherpavip
· 4h ago
The cross-chain dream is still far away; for now, it's just each chain competing against each other.
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