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Portal (Wormhole)
About
Portal Token Bridge is built on top of Wormhole, which is a message passing protocol that performs cross-chain communication.
About
Portal Token Bridge is built on top of Wormhole, which is a message passing protocol that performs cross-chain communication.
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Choose token
Wrapped Ether (WETH)
USD Coin (USDC)
Tether USD (USDT)
Dai Stablecoin (DAI)
Lido DAO Token (LDO)
Chain (XCN)
Uniswap (UNI)
ChainLink Token (LINK)
SushiToken (SUSHI)
Serum (SRM)
BUSD (BUSD)
Liquid staked Ether 2.0 (stETH)
HUSD (HUSD)Funds can be stolen if
- guardians allow to mint more tokens than there are locked on Ethereum thus preventing some existing holders from being able to bring their funds back to Ethereum (CRITICAL),
- guardians sign a fraudulent message allowing themselves to withdraw all locked funds (CRITICAL),
- destination token contract is maliciously upgraded (CRITICAL),
- a contract receives a malicious code upgrade. There is no delay on code upgrades (CRITICAL).
Users can be censored if
Principle of operation
This is a Token Bridge that locks tokens in the escrow contracts on Ethereum and mints tokens on the destination network. What differentiates this solution is the cross-chain message passing via the Wormhole protocol, in which emitted messages on one chain are observed by a network of nodes and then verified. After verification, this message is submitted to the destination chain for processing.
Transfers are externally verified
Validation process takes place in external network called the Guardian Network. Nodes in the network, called Guardians, observe the Core Contract on each supported chain and produce VAAs (Verified Action Approvals, essentially signed messages) when those contracts receive an interaction. Based on the VAA user can withdraw funds on the other end of the bridge.
Users can be censored if guardians decide to stop processing certain transactions (CRITICAL).
Funds can be stolen if guardians allow to mint more tokens than there are locked on Ethereum thus preventing some existing holders from being able to bring their funds back to Ethereum (CRITICAL).
Funds can be stolen if guardians sign a fraudulent message allowing themselves to withdraw all locked funds (CRITICAL).
Destination tokens
Type of the token received on the destination chain depends on the token, if it is native to this chain user will receive canonical token. If the bridged token is not native to the destination chain then user will end up with wrapped version, the contract is called BridgeToken and is upgradable.
Funds can be stolen if destination token contract is maliciously upgraded (CRITICAL).
The system uses the following set of permissioned addresses:
Off-chain actors signing messages (VAA) containing transfer information or governance actions such as upgrades, which are decoded on chain with signature checks.
The system consists of the following smart contracts on the host chain (Ethereum):
Governance contract storing current Guardian set and provides a facility to verify a cross-chain message by verifying Guardians signatures. Guardians themselves can choose a new Guardian set. Can be upgraded by Guardians.
Main bridge contract on Ethereum and an escrow for ETH and ERC20 tokens that were bridged to other chains. Can be upgraded by Guardians. This contract stores the following tokens: WETH, XCN, USDT, USDC, HUSD, BUSD, LINK, SRM, SUSHI, UNI, LDO, DAI, stETH.
This is the template for BridgedToken implementations minted by Portal on Ethereum.
NFT bridge contract and an escrow for NFTs that were bridged to other chains. Can be upgraded by Guardians.
This is the template for bridged NFTs minted by Portal on Ethereum.
The current deployment carries some associated risks:
Funds can be stolen if a contract receives a malicious code upgrade. There is no delay on code upgrades (CRITICAL).
