And that's how your bridged tokens work on a lock & mint bridge.... Stay tuned for more on tokens, token registration and alternative bridge uses!

Guardians verify and form a VAA, which is then relayed back to @Alephium . The Core Contracts on Alephium unlock the native $ALPH tokens, transferring them to Bob upon his "redeem" request.

🔄 It's the same process, but in reverse! Bob sends the wALPH tokens to the Wormhole Core Contracts on Ethereum, where they're "burned". A confirmation message regarding the token burn event is emitted.

4️⃣ Each guardian independently and automatically verifies the message's validity ✅ 5️⃣ Once a quorum of guardians reaches a consensus on validity, they form a Verifiable Action Approval (VAA) which is just a cross-bridge kind of message.

3️⃣ Guardians capture the message! 👾 100 $ALPH belonging to Alice are locked 👾

1️⃣ The 100 $ALPH are transferred to the core contract on the native @Alephium chain and are locked. 2️⃣ The Core Contract emits a confirmation message indicating the token locking event.