For years, moving value across blockchains felt like crossing a rope bridge in the jungle — slow, nerve-wracking, and one misstep away from disaster. Billions have been lost to bridge hacks like Wormhole, Ronin, and Nomad. Even when they worked, the experience was clunky, expensive, and fragmented.

In this episode, we explore NEAR Intents, a complete rethink of cross-chain value transfer. Instead of locking funds in a risky vault and minting wrapped tokens, you simply declare the outcome you want — and an open network of solvers competes to make it happen.

You’ll hear:

• How traditional bridges worked — and why they failed

• The real cost of bridging, even without hacks

• How NEAR Intents flips the model with a “declare the outcome” approach

• Why every new chain onboarded makes the whole network stronger

• What this means for builders, users, and the future of chain abstraction

Whether you’re a developer tired of brittle SDK integrations or a user who’s lost patience with cross-chain headaches, this conversation will change how you think about moving value in crypto.