Boba Network’s Latest Integration with Relay: Revolutionizing Cross-Chain Transactions

Boba Network
2 min readMay 24, 2024

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Announcing Boba Network’s latest integration with Relay, the fastest and cheapest way to bridge and transact across chains. This partnership brings unparalleled efficiency and cost-effectiveness to the Boba Network, enhancing the user experience with seamless cross-chain payments and bridging.

Comprehensive Cross-Chain Solutions with Relay

Relay offers a suite of features designed to optimize cross-chain transactions:

Fast Transactions: Relayers can fill orders optimistically, even before payment is confirmed, ensuring small payments confirm in seconds.

Cost-Effective Operations: By performing as much logic off expensive chains as possible, Relay reduces costs significantly, making transactions cheaper for users.

Lightweight Design: Relay can operate on any chain with just a single relayer, offering flexibility and ease of integration across various blockchain ecosystems.

How Relay Works

Relay is powered by a network of relayers. When a user wishes to bridge assets, they receive a quote from a relayer. Upon accepting the quote, the user submits a transfer to the relayer, who validates the order and sends the funds to the user on the destination chain. Relayers maintain a balance on all chains to facilitate these executions and periodically rebalance to ensure sufficient liquidity. Direct transfers to relayers are secure as relayers post bonds in escrow, providing a safety net for users.

Advanced Bridging and Transaction Capabilities with Relay

Relay’s innovative approach stands out for its efficiency and cost-effectiveness. The relayer model ensures swift and reliable transactions, optimizing the user experience on Boba Network. The strategic offloading of processes to less expensive chains and the direct transfer mechanism reduce costs to the absolute minimum, providing users with a superior cross-chain transaction solution.

About Relay

Relay is a pioneering cross-chain payments system designed to enable instant, low-cost bridging and cross-chain execution. By connecting users with relayers, Relay minimizes gas costs and execution latency, making it ideal for price-sensitive applications such as payments, bridging, NFT minting, and gas abstraction. To learn more about Relay, visit their website.

About Boba Network

Boba Network is a multi-chain layer 2 scaling solution designed to unlock the potential of rollup technology and enhance blockchain communication flexibility. Fully compatible with EVM-based tools, Boba Network supports Ethereum and BNB, enabling lightning-fast transactions with fees 40–100x lower than their respective layer-1 counterparts.

This integration between Boba Network and Relay marks a significant advancement in cross-chain transactions, offering users an exceptional blend of speed, cost-efficiency, and security.

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