After over two years of operation and upkeep by the Conflux Basis, ShuttleFlow, a multi-asset bridge constructed on Conflux, is set to shut down. 

Per the announcement, the platform was pivotal in driving progress throughout the decentralized finance (DeFi) area, enabling “seamless” asset transfers throughout varied chains. 

Conflux Basis Passes The Torch

ShuttleFlow emerged as one of many superior multi-chain asset bridges within the DeFi house. Its architecture facilitated interoperability between completely different blockchains, opening up new person potentialities. 

Notably, ShuttleFlow enabled “easy swaps” between exterior blockchains corresponding to Ethereum (ETH) and Binance (BNB), using Conflux because the transit chain. With the choice to close down ShuttleFlow, the Conflux Basis has entrusted cryptocurrency hub firm Zero Gravity with the duty of sustaining and additional creating the know-how stack.

In line with Monday’s announcement, Zero Gravity will proceed to boost the Bridge’s capabilities to make sure a “seamless and safe” expertise for customers throughout the increasing multi-chain ecosystem.

Moreover, the Conflux Basis assures customers that their funds are safe all through the transition. All user funds might be migrated from ShuttleFlow to Zero Gravity, safeguarding their property. 

Customers who’ve beforehand bridged property by way of ShuttleFlow and efficiently claimed them on the vacation spot chain won’t be required to undertake any extra actions for the migration.

ShuttleFlow will proceed to help customers in claiming property on the vacation spot chain even after the bridging service is shut down. Customers can find their unclaimed property on the ShuttleFlow historical past web page.

ShuttleFlow Service Ends

The ShuttleFlow web site and decentralized app (dApp) will proceed to function with restricted performance till January 6, 2024. Nevertheless, the bridging service by way of ShuttleFlow’s dApp will stop on November 6, 2023. As soon as ShuttleFlow totally shuts down, customers can bridge their property by way of Zero Gravity’s official dApp.

The Conflux Basis firmly believes that the decentralization and accumulation of infrastructure companions are essential for the expansion of its ecosystem. With Zero Gravity taking the reins, ShuttleFlow’s imaginative and prescient of enabling chain-agnostic asset flows to and from the Conflux Community will persist.

In mild of those developments, the protocol’s token, CFX, at present ranked among the many high 80 largest cryptocurrencies within the ecosystem, has skilled a retracement of over 2.9% up to now 24 hours, buying and selling at $0,1619. 

Nonetheless, the token retains important positive factors of 277% within the year-to-date interval, demonstrating its exceptional development over the previous yr.

Featured picture from Shutterstock, chart from TradingView.com