Tldr; The chain abstraction protocol Klaster has integrated Across Bridge to help users navigate between EVM chains. This move gives Klaster users an effortless onchain experience. It also offers a hint at how the interoperable future could look.
Key takeaways:
Klaster has integrated Across to build on its mission to improve onchain UX.
The protocol abstracts chains through one intuitive interface to offer users a way to seamlessly go cross-chain.
With Across Bridge, Klaster users can enjoy easy transfers through interop’s fastest and cheapest bridge.
Chain abstraction is one of the hottest topics in the cross-chain ecosystem today. As we approach the second half of 2024, Ethereum is making progress on scaling and many chains have emerged. But this has come at the cost of fragmentation and UX issues. Chain abstraction aims to solve the fragmentation problem by offering users unified access to multiple chains through one interface.
As Ethereum scales, many leading teams are focusing on abstracting chains to fix Web3’s UX problem. Across is one of those teams, as evidenced by the launch of our Across+ feature. Across+ uses hooks to let users seamlessly execute actions between chains with one signature.
Klaster is another project committed to improving cross-chain UX through chain abstraction. The interchain protocol recently took a major step towards this goal by integrating Across. With this update, Klaster users can effortlessly move their assets between chains with interop’s fastest and cheapest bridge. We explain why this partnership is a win for the cross-chain ecosystem in more detail below.
About Klaster
Klaster is a chain abstraction protocol built by a team of early Ethereum adopters. The project’s goal is to enable “chain abstraction for everyone” by unifying Ethereum and EVM chains. Under the hood, Klaster allows interchain commitments and execution through one network. This means users can get their cross-chain needs done in a click through one interface.
There are several different forms of “abstraction” in the context of cross-chain interoperability. Klaster offers all of the following features:
Network abstraction — this feature lets users connect to multiple chains (in Klaster’s case, Ethereum, Layer 2s, and other EVM chains) and directly interact with applications on each of them.
Gas abstraction — this feature lets users pay for transaction fees on one chain using the assets they already have. So if they want to move onto Arbitrum but they do not have $ETH, they can use $USDC in their wallet instead.
Account abstraction — this feature allows for the creation of smart accounts, which enables unlocks like bundled transactions and one-signature multi-chain transfers. ERC-4337 enabled account abstraction on Ethereum.
Gas abstraction on Klaster. In this transaction, the user pays with $USDT to move funds to Arbitrum (Source: @klaster_io)
The key to Klaster’s design is its Transaction Commitment Layer. At this layer, users make a “commitment” to execute transactions across multiple different networks with one smart contract signature. The Transaction Commitment Layer unifies EVM chains to enable interchain transactions.
Klaster combines these features to offer full chain abstraction, removing cross-chain friction and offer users a smooth UX.
How Klaster will leverage Across’ intents-based design
Klaster has integrated Across into its tech stack to drive its plans to improve Web3 UX forward. Klaster has initially added Across Bridge to support its users’ cross-chain needs. This means they can access the ecosystem’s cheapest and fastest bridge to move between Ethereum and its top Layer 2 chains without leaving Klaster.
With this integration, Klaster can remove chain fragmentation while leveraging the Across system’s intents-powered design. When Klaster users need to move their assets from one chain to another, they can express their intent and enjoy the high-speed and low-cost bridging experience Across users are accustomed to.
Across uses an intents-based architecture so that it can provide users with better cross-chain experiences and that’s the same end goal Klaster is focused on.
Klaster has currently integrated Across Bridge to offer fast, cheap transfers. In the future, the protocol could expand the integration to include Across’ other features.
Across+ abstracts away chains to let users perform actions across chains, while Across Settlement lets any application plug into the system to settle their users’ intents. Klaster could leverage these features to offer users more possibilities.
The chain-abstracted future
For several years, projects like Across and Klaster have been working to improve cross-chain interoperability. Builders and enthusiasts alike have frequently opined about how “the multi-chain future” will look. In 2024, it’s clear that the multi-chain future is coming to fruition. But we still need to build the chain-abstracted future.
Like Klaster, we believe that chain abstraction is crucial for Web3 mass adoption. Across and Klaster have both proven that with their recent products and this partnership is another sign of their pursuit of an easy-to-navigate cross-chain world.
We envision a future where users do not need to know that they’re using Across for their cross-chain needs — the product they interact with will simply leverage Across because it offers the user the best experience. Thanks to this partnership, Klaster users will now benefit from using Across too.
To learn more about Klaster and its plans for a chain-abstracted cross-chain ecosystem, visit the project’s website.
To learn more about Across Bridge, Across+, and Across Settlement, read our V3 announcement on the Across blog and check out the app here.
Words by @dreamsofdefi
