Interchain Mediators: What are they?
Initially, the cryptocurrency community thought the only blockchain protocol they would ever need was Bitcoin; this has remained the case for a period of time. However, soon Ethereum popped up and widened the blockchain world. This marked the beginning of numerous other blockchains, each introducing a unique set of protocols and financed by different kinds of tokens.
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