Benefits
📄️ Cross chain intents
Garden allows users to express any trading intent, regardless of the assets or chains involved, and seamlessly match them with complementary intents across its decentralized network. This flexibility extends beyond single-chain systems, enabling true cross-chain trading, including compatibility with complex Proof-of-Work (PoW) chains like Bitcoin.
📄️ Free option protection
The free option problem in atomic swaps arises when one party exploits market conditions by deciding to complete or abort a swap based on price movements, leaving the counterparty at a disadvantage. These cases are covered in scenarios and safeguards.
📄️ Better price
Garden’s architecture ensures users not only get a competitive price at the time of swap initiation but also have the potential to settle at better prices. By leveraging private off-chain liquidity through solvers, peer-to-peer matching, and advanced settlement mechanisms like xCoW, Garden dynamically optimizes swaps during execution.
📄️ No custody risk
Custody risk is a persistent challenge in interoperability and more so for Bitcoin. Traditional bridges and exchanges—whether centralized or decentralized—often expose users to vulnerabilities by requiring funds to be locked or temporarily held by third parties. These risks are well-documented: