Band Protocol, a cross-chain data oracle network, has announced a strategic partnership with OKX’s X Layer, a zero-knowledge (ZK)-powered layer 2 network.
Through the collaboration, Band Protocol integrated its data oracle chain on the X Layer network to strengthen blockchain interoperability and offer dApps with smooth access to real-world data.
Band Protocol described the alliance as a significant development in delivering decentralized, reliable data solutions to decentralized applications worldwide. The collaboration is in line with Band Protocol’s vision of widening data access across the decentralized ecosystem.
🚀 We are delighted to share our integration with @XLayerOfficial, a ZK-powered L2 network. This collaboration marks a major step in delivering decentralized, reliable data solutions to dApps globally.
📖 Full details: https://t.co/A4yIBbXAxA
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This alliance provides Band protocol to expand its reach
Through the synergy, Band Protocol leverages the X Layer network’s ability to bridge Ethereum and OKX communities, developing a connection between X Layer’s infrastructure and Band Protocol’s oracle solutions. With this integration, Band Protocol accelerates innovation and develops advanced applications within the decentralized ecosystem.
X Layer network blends Ethereum’s innovative features of ZK technology, which offers high-speed and cost-saving infrastructure to developers. The platform also allows developers to use Ethereum resources while benefiting from the ZK networks’ efficiency and scalability. For ordinary users, this narrows down to decreased costs and more rapid transactions without undermining the decentralized security and trust within blockchain technology.
Band Protocol integrating its price feed with the X Layer network ensures that dApps running on top of its chain get real-time, accurate, and reliable data. This configuration improves the efficiency of dApps by offering them accurate and consistent information crucial for their functioning.
Upgrading the ZK-powered X layer’s effectiveness
On the other hand, this integration is also beneficial for the X Layer network’s effectiveness. X Layer benefits from Band Protocol’s decentralized network accurate and real-time data acquired from multiple external inputs. This ability is crucial for dApps operating on X Layer networks where precise and timely price data is important for seamless operations.
Moreover, this partnership broadens the capability of the X Layer network by empowering developers with access to a wider scope of data. This allows the development of new decentralized applications that were in the past restricted for private or controlled data access. Furthermore, this alliance provides the X Layer network with significant cost benefits by eradicating dependence on centralized data providers, thus decreasing operating expenditures for developers creating dApps on the network.
How cross-chain interoperability is shaping the DeFi landscape
The current status of the DeFi landscape is similar to a difficult situation whereby many different financial systems are trying to communicate with each other. For example, Ethereum users cannot immediately send ETH tokens on DeFi apps operating on other blockchains like Binance Smart Chain, Solana, etc., without using time-consuming bridging methods. This limits DeFi’s effectiveness as frictions within the ecosystem delay the way consumers and developers interact with various dApps.
Cross-chain interoperability has emerged as a solution to this problem. This solution eliminates such obstacles and enables seamless connections across numerous blockchain networks.
The emergence of more advanced interoperability networks like the X Layer network helps to bring seamless cross-chain interoperability in the DeFi landscape. On the other hand, the oracle problems are being resolved by initiatives like Band Protocol, which provides decentralized data feeds that are interoperable with multiple chains.