Wormhole vs Axelar: Which Bridge Is Better?
 

Wormhole Bridge is a decentralized cross-chain messaging protocol that enables scalable transfers of cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens, and data across over 30 major blockchain networks, including Polygon, Cosmos, and more.

Its architecture is built on a Guardian network, requiring a minimum of 13 out of 19 Guardians to validate and sign each transaction. This guarantees trustlessness.

Wormhole Bridge is transparently designed, with security audits conducted by recognized auditors like Neodyme. A $10M+ bug bounty program encourages community involvement.

Developers benefit from generic message support, which enables use cases like NFT minting. Its SDK and tooling make integrating cross-chain dApps modular.

Wormhole’s Token Bridge supports ERC-20, SPL tokens using a lock-and-mint model with full metadata preservation.

Ideal applications include:
- Cross-chain DeFi
- Multichain NFT transfers
- Proposal broadcasting
- Data-driven dApps

Despite a major exploit in 2022 involving $326M, Wormhole has since improved its auditing frequency and remains a widely adopted protocol in the Web3 space.

Whether you're a DeFi user, Wormhole provides the toolkit to bridge ecosystems with scalability.