- The olive department
- The advantages
Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson and Solana founder Anatoly Yakovenko have agreed to determine a cross-chain bridge between their two networks.
Traditionally, the Solana and Cardano communities have been fierce rivals. Therefore, this marks fairly a major breakthrough.
The olive department
It started with Anatoly Yakovenko displaying a want to finish the hostility between blockchain communities.
On the X social media community, he opined that preventing with Cardano or XRP is “bearish.”
A consumer talked about a “wADA dash,” referring to Wrapped ADA. Yakovenko explicitly endorsed this, telling a developer (@0xMert_) to “get Ada bridged to Solana and arrange some liquid markets.”
Earlier than the founders may seal the deal, outstanding neighborhood members engaged in a heated debate over which chain is superior.
A professional-ADA consumer argued that Solana ought to bridge to Cardano as a substitute, claiming Solana DEX (Decentralized Trade) merchants had been down. The opposite camp mocked this, arguing that CEX quantity would not rely as “actual” utilization. He argued Solana has superior DEX quantity and claimed Cardano’s on-chain quantity is “useless.”
Regardless of the bickering, Yakovenko replied to the thought of interoperability with “Let’s do it.”
Hoskinson then quote-tweeted the interplay with “Time to get cooking.”
The advantages
The bridge would enable Solana to get entry to ADA holders’ liquidity (billions of {dollars} in market cap) who may wish to use Solana’s quicker DeFi purposes.
On the similar time, it will additionally improve the utility of ADA, permitting it for use outdoors its personal ecosystem.

