HostA crypto bridge that never asks for your keys
The universal bridge opens a deposit channel on Chainflip: you get an address, you send from anywhere — an exchange, a hardware wallet, another phone — and native assets arrive on the other side.
Most bridges ask you to connect a wallet first — which is also how most bridge phishing works. This one inverts it: nothing on the page can ask for a signature, because the source side never connects. You send to a deposit address the way you would pay an invoice, and Chainflip's vaults do the swap.
How a deposit-channel bridge works
Pick the asset you're sending and the chain it should arrive on, then enter two addresses: where the funds land, and where they go back to if the swap can't complete. The server opens a Chainflip deposit channel and gives you a one-time address. Send from anywhere — a centralized exchange withdrawal, a hardware wallet, another wallet app — and the tracker walks each stage in order: deposit seen, confirmed, swapped, sent, arrived.
Because the assets move through Chainflip's native vaults rather than a mint-and-lock wrapper, what arrives on the destination chain is the real asset, not a receipt for something parked elsewhere. There is no wrapped-token custodian in the middle to trust.
Two lanes, honest fees
When the source is Solana, the bridge can also run as a single atomic transaction for a flat 1% — one signature, the swap either completes or reverts. Sends from outside Solana pay 0% at the bridge entrance; the venue's own rate is the cost either way. Quotes expire after ninety seconds, and an ETA appears only when Chainflip reports one — the page shows the stages it can verify rather than promising a clock it can't.
The honest limit: deposit channels are unforgiving by design — the right asset, on the right chain, one payment per channel, before the expiry. The refund address you enter is the recovery path for anything that misses. For why that beats the wrapper model, see bridge wrapped tokens and custody risk.
Bridging into a new token?
Bridge first, scan second is backwards — paste the destination token and read the risk before it lands.
Frequently asked
Do I need to connect a wallet to bridge?
No — the external-source lane never connects. You enter a destination and refund address, get a one-time deposit address, and send from any wallet or exchange. Nothing on the page can request a signature, which is what makes it un-phishable at the source.
Which chains and assets are supported?
Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, Arbitrum, Polkadot, TRON and the enabled EVM chains, with the asset list served live by the bridge's own config — whatever Chainflip vaults support at that moment, including BTC, ETH, SOL, USDC and the majors.
What does bridging cost?
Sends from outside Solana pay nothing at the bridge — the swap rate from the venue is the whole cost. Solana-source swaps can instead run as one atomic transaction for a flat 1% fee, shown before you sign.
What if I send the wrong asset or the quote expires?
The refund address you entered is the recovery path — a send that can't complete returns there. Each channel accepts exactly one payment of the quoted asset on the quoted chain before it expires, so treat the address as single-use and the window as real.