-Tokens are transferred from one chain to another using a lockup/mint and burn/unlock mechanism. While many bridges work on this basic premise, this implementation achieves this by relying on the generic message-passing protocol provided by Wormhole to support routing the lock and burn events from one chain to another. This makes Wormhole's token bridge ultimately chain-agnostic. An implementation can be quickly incorporated into the network if a wormhole contract exists on the chain we wish to transfer to. Due to the generic message-passing nature of Wormhole, programs emitting messages do not need to know anything about the implementation details of any other chain.
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