As decentralized finance (DeFi) expands across dozens of ecosystems, Wormhole Bridge has emerged as a leading protocol for truly permissionless, non-custodial cross-chain transfers. Whether you’re moving fungible tokens like SOL and ETH, bridging stablecoins, or porting NFTs with full metadata, Wormhole empowers over 30 networks—from Ethereum and Solana to BNB Chain and Avalanche—to interoperate seamlessly and securely.

What Is Wormhole Bridge?

Wormhole Bridge uses a decentralized “guardian” architecture to observe lock events on a source chain, co-sign a Verified Action Approval (VAA) off-chain, and submit that VAA to mint or release the corresponding asset on the destination chain. Key benefits include:

• Native Asset Transfers: Moves canonical tokens (e.g., SOL, ETH, USDC) directly—no wrapped proxies—preserving each asset’s native contract logic and upgradeability.
• Universal Messaging (“wormhole portal” / “portal bridge”): Beyond tokens, Wormhole’s messaging layer enables smart contracts on one chain to invoke actions on another, unlocking cross-chain DeFi composability and governance coordination CoinGecko.
• High Throughput & Low Fees: Thousands of transfers per minute, with on-chain VAA postings only, minimizing gas consumption and network congestion.
• Decentralized Guardian Set: M-of-N approvers prevent single-point-of-failure; on-chain governance rotates guardians as needed.
• Cross-Chain NFT Support: Transfers ERC-721/1155 assets while preserving metadata and traits, enabling on-chain collectibles and gaming items to roam freely.

How to Use Wormhole Bridge

1. Connect Your Wallet

   Open the bridge wormhole UI and connect via MetaMask (EVM chains), Phantom (Solana), or another WalletConnect-compatible provider.

2. Select Asset & Destination

   Choose your token or NFT and the target network from the dropdown. Enter the amount or token ID.

3. Approve & Lock

   Click “Approve”, then “Lock” to submit the lock transaction on the source chain. After on-chain confirmations, guardians generate the VAA off-chain CoinGecko.

4. Claim on Destination

   When the “Claim” button appears, submit the VAA to the destination chain’s bridge contract. Your bridged asset mints or unlocks in seconds.

Wormhole Airdrop & Tokenomics

The governance token W fuels Wormhole’s evolution:

• Total Supply: 10 billion W
• Airdrop: 6.17 billion W distributed to early adopters, builders, and liquidity providers in March 2024 (wormhole airdrop).