The next phase of the internet, referred to as Web3, is developing on top of blockchain technology. A blockchain provides a new method for producing, sharing, and processing data. The interconnectedness people require for it to be usable is called interoperability.

People’s lives are becoming increasingly digital, and technological education advances have heightened scrutiny of the foundational technology that supports widely-used online apps. Users want to efficiently move their digital accounts and data across geography and time without limitations, and they want applications built to provide control.

The basis of the value propositions for Web3 and interoperability is user empowerment.

Decentralization and Web3

Understanding Web3’s competitive edge over Web2, which is decentralization, can help you grasp it better. Decentralization occurs when everyone contributes equally to the system. When only a small percentage of users have control over a system, it is said to be centralized.

Based on the data analytics of its users, a centralized system may be more effective, give a positive user experience, and offer enhanced services. On the other hand, a decentralized system might lessen the possibility of leading nodes becoming corrupted or compromised, often known as a single point of failure, increasing the system’s robustness and security and giving people sovereign control of their data.

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— Poly Network (@PolyNetwork2) July 21, 2022

Control over data

Most widely used internet applications currently operate on top of centralized servers and are in charge of user data. Users are compelled to trust service providers to take ethical care of their assets and data because of this centralized architecture, which provides these programs the power to influence and manage their users’ information. Users can own their data and benefit from resilience, security, and decentralized systems.

The only person who can access or use a digital asset when they truly own it is the owner, thanks to a technological guarantee based on cryptography. Even if a web service may store the asset or data, it can only do so and has no access to it. By granting consumers the ability to assert ownership over their accounts, assets, and data, Web3 provides an alternative.

Web3 interoperability

The capacity to exchange and utilize data from software and computer systems is known as interoperability. Interoperability can be attained in the event of a centralized network that provides a wide range of applications by granting access permissions to centrally stored data. Users can gain from this interoperability in various ways, including shared account information that facilitates quicker application logins.

Users in Web3 have been freed from these middlemen thanks to decentralized networks and sovereign control of accounts and data. However, users will still look forward to and want the ease of having their data shared and used by many applications.

Also, read – Blockchain interoperability is required to make Web3 efficient

Interoperable blockchains are required.

In the world of cryptocurrencies, there has been constant discussion about whether many blockchains can survive or whether there would be a winner-take-all situation. Officially, this coexistence is known as the multichain theory. The multichain idea has been validated in recent years.

For their different communities, these distinct infrastructure layers have produced special advantages. These advantages can aggregate thanks to interoperability across chains, adding synergetic value. Synergy needs to be maximized if the sector develops further and successfully attracts the vast majority of internet users. For this reason, the sector requires bridges like Poly Network.

Blockchain interoperability refers to a set of protocols that let multiple blockchains communicate with one another, transfer digital assets and data, and improve collaboration. Decentral cross-chain bridges allow data and assets to be transferred between blockchains like Ethereum, Bitcoin, EOS, Binance Smart Chain, Litecoin, etc.

The transmission of a cryptocurrency’s liquidity from one blockchain to another is now the most common use case for interoperability. Second, allowing users to trade one chain’s asset for another chain’s asset. Third, users will be able to borrow assets on one chain by posting tokens or NFTs as collateral on a different network.

Each bridge technique makes its own architectural concessions, speed, security, and trust assumptions. Each blockchain follows its own set of regulations, and bridges act as a neutral zone where users can switch back and forth between them. It significantly improves the user experience.

These trade-offs may be difficult for end-users to comprehend. Furthermore, when an asset crosses multiple bridges to reach the hands of the end-user, the risks associated with each bridge technique may compound.