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Earlybird Overview

A modular cross-chain messaging protocol with a focus on trust minimization and gas efficiency

Earlybird provides a lightweight endpoint and a variety of interoperability libraries with different tradeoffs between usability (i.e., gas efficiency, speed, extensibility) and security (i.e., trust minimization, economic security, implementation security).
Earlybird also provides deep configurability and best-in-class speed for message-passing, compared to existing cross-chain providers.  
We will be releasing many more blog posts and deep dives on the value, philosophy, and implementation details of our protoocol in the Explanationsection, so stay connected by joining our Discord and following Orb Labs on Twitter!

Your journey to Earlybird adoption depends on your needs.
Where should I start?
If you are ready to build --> How-to-guides
If you want to learn while doing --> Tutorials
If you want to learn about EarlyBird --> Explanation
If you want protocol useful info --> Reference​
Currently available libraries:
​Thunderbird -- Prioritizes gas efficiency and speed
​Rukh -- Prioritizes security and introduces message disputing
​Caladrius (Soon) -- Comparatively cheap light clients optimized for trust minimization
​Griffin (Soon) -- Versatile library that combines the first three libraries
Earlybird is live currently on TESTNET ONLY, on the following networks:
Ethereum Goerli
Optimism Goerli
Arbitrum Goerli
Binance Testnet
opBNB Testnet
Polygon Mumbai
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If you are looking for Earlybird on any other testnet, let us know!​
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The Earlybird Protocol is undergoing multiple audits to prove confidence and looks forward to launching soon on Mainnet.

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