We're proud to have hosted a really phenomenal "Making Interop Fast" panel. The bridge market is evolving with security obsession toward speed optimization: 🧵

Key debate: Intent bridges vs. traditional mint/lock bridges. The panel highlighted how in-flight transaction risk is minimal compared to locked liquidity pools—where most bridge hacks actually occur.

"Users generally don't care about security until a bridge hack happens." But what's the right balance between speed, security, and cost? Most users will choose speed over theoretical security guarantees for transfers under $50k. The median @AcrossProtocol transfer between L2s? Just 50-100 USDC.

Sometimes speed = security: "I had to bridge during Terra's collapse and the transaction took 3+ hours while my USTC went from 97¢ to 82¢. I was freaking out."

Intent bridges change the game by pushing risk upstream to solvers. Preconfs transform solver economics by providing execution guarantees on the source chain, so solvers can front liquidity faster and with less risk. TEE-enabled validation, ZKPs, and preconfs are all being deployed to reduce both risk and latency.

Proud to host @kisaguncan (@t1protocol), @ismael_h_r (@lagrangedev), @0x_Robbie (@union_build), @domothy (@interstatefdn), and @mayurrelekar (@ArcanaNetwork), with @jskybowen (@AstriaOrg) moderating. Watch the full panel: