Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) is the industry standard for digital asset and data transfer used by leading blockchains, layer-2s, DeFi protocols, and traditional financial institutions to unlock new use cases and markets for crypto, stablecoins, and tokenized assets.
Today, World Chain, the layer-2 created by World, announced it integrated CCIP to unlock novel cross-chain applications that accelerate World Chain’s global adoption.
Founded as a biometrics-driven “proof-of-humanity” project by OpenAI CEO Sam Altman in 2023, World launched World Chain last October to over 15 million users who anonymously verified their identities with World ID. The Ethereum layer-2 is built to scale as part of Optimism’s Superchain and designed to be a globally inclusive financial network that prioritizes humans over bots and AI by giving verified users better access to block space and free gas allowance.
CCIP leverages Chainlink’s battle-tested decentralized oracle network, which has enabled over $18 trillion in transaction value, to achieve the highest level of cross-chain security and features a separate Risk Management Network that independently monitors for suspicious activity. The new CCIP v1.5 upgrade allows developers on supported blockchains to turn any ERC-20-compatible token into a Cross-Chain Token (CCT).
Developers in the World Chain ecosystem, which boasts the largest number of individually verified humans and the highest UOPS/TPS ratio of any Ethereum blockchain, can now leverage CCIP to build applications that securely transfer tokens, send messages, and initiate transactions between World Chain and over 20 CCIP-connected blockchains, advancing the network’s “human-centric” approach to crypto adoption.
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