Ecosystem Deep Dive: Bware Labs
Since our collaboration began in 2021, Bware Labs has played an instrumental role, both in bolstering the ecosystem and providing high-performance infrastructure services and development tools. The reliability and efficiency of their tooling has made Bware Labs an integral component of Connext’s infrastructure, contributing to its ongoing growth and development. We’re excited to share more about our deep partnership and the role they play in the ecosystem.
What Does Bware Labs Do?
Bware simplifies Web3 technology by providing efficient infrastructure services and development tools. They offer a development ecosystem where creators have access to all necessary resources for Web3 development, such as RPC endpoints and programming SDKs, blockchain indexing, and snapshot services.
Blast API, their flagship product, is a blockchain API platform offering easy access to the most relevant networks in the space. Developers can obtain RPC, REST, and WebSocket access to blockchain networks using Blast through a few simple steps.
To ensure the functionality of the Blast platform, Bware introduced an incentive mechanism, which led to the creation of the INFRA token. INFRA is intended to power all the infrastructure behind Blast, motivating providers to offer high-quality services and allowing all Web3 supporters to participate in the Blast protocol through delegations.
Exploring the Partnership
Bware was one of the first router operators to support Connext when it launched in 2021. Since that time, they’ve processed over 46,000 crosschain transactions and have supplied substantial liquidity for users. They have also shown their prowess with custom subgraph deployments that Connext routinely utilizes on every supported chain, including Arbitrum, Polygon, Gnosis, Optimism, and BNB.
After the Amarok protocol upgrade, Bware Labs increased the security and liquidity of the Connext protocol by also acting as Router, securing over $7M dollars of locked value.
Like Bware Labs, Connext believes that decentralized API platforms can reduce the reliance on individual RPC providers, particularly on chains lacking reliable RPC infrastructure, without imposing significant additional configuration burdens. With this goal, Connext supports Bware as they progress towards further decentralization and infrastructure expansion.
A shared vision: security and decentralization
Bware shares our vision for the future of Web3 security and decentralization. Successful decentralizing a protocol requires collaboration and deep partnerships Connext believes that decentralization implies cooperation, which is why partner projects are such a key element of the Connext ecosystem.
Bware Labs was established in response to the market’s heavy reliance on centralized platforms. These platforms are controlled by a limited number of centralized institutions, presenting a single point of failure and posing a threat to user security.
Across the industry, bridge hacks have led to significant losses due to monolithic systems with weak trust models. Conversely, Connext emphasizes security and trust minimization: Connext’s modular architecture, based on proven canonical bridges, reduces the number of trust assumptions the user encounters.
Both Connext Network and Bware Labs aim to provide solutions prioritizing decentralization, security, and accessibility, laying the groundwork for the protocols that will serve the next generation of dApps.
WhatsNext
The Bware Labs team has supported Connext by providing various infrastructure tools and services. In the near future, they plan to contribute to Connext’s protocol security by operating a Connext Watcher.
Security of user funds and data across chains is a priority for Connext, reflected in the network design through the use of Watchers. These off-chain agents continuously monitor the network and act as emergency circuit breakers in case of an issue on Connext or a compromise of the underlying canonical rollup/chain.
Given the fruitful collaboration we had with Bware Labs so far, we’re excited to see the fantastic developments that will come from this ongoing technological partnership!
About Bware Labs
The mission of Bware Labs is to become the ultimate one-stop-shop for the highest-performing infrastructure services and developer tools that will support blockchain builders every step of the way to production and beyond and do its part in boosting the Web3 mass adoption through permissionless, decentralized infrastructure.
Website | Bware Labs Twitter | Blast API Twitter Discord | Blast | Medium
About Connext
Connext is a network for fast, trustless communication between chains and rollups. It is the only interoperability system of its type that does this cheaply and quickly without introducing any new trust assumptions. Connext is aimed at developers looking to build secure bridges and other natively cross-chain applications.
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