# Introduction

## What is Stargate?

Stargate is a community-driven organization building the first fully composable native asset bridge, and the first dApp built on LayerZero.

**Stargate's vision is to make cross-chain liquidity transfer a seamless, single transaction process.**

## How Is Stargate Used?

* DeFi users can swap native assets cross-chain on Stargate within a single transaction. For example, users can swap USDC on Ethereum for USDT on BNB. ([Click here to learn how](https://stargateprotocol.gitbook.io/stargate/developers/how-to-swap)!)
* Applications compose Stargate to create native cross-chain transactions at the application level. For example:
  * Your favorite DEX can compose Stargate to complete single transaction cross-chain swaps (i.e. swapping AVAX with ETH in a single transaction, all within your favorite DEX's user interface.)
  * Your favorite yield aggregator can compose Stargate to deploy assets cross-chain, opening up new APY opportunities.
* These cross-chain swaps are supported by the community-owned Stargate unified liquidity pools.

## Why is Stargate Different?

Stargate is the first bridge to solve the bridging trilemma. Existing bridges are forced to make trade-offs on the following core bridge features:

1. **Instant Guaranteed Finality:** Users & Applications can trust that when they successfully commit a transaction on the source chain, it will arrive on the destination chain.
2. **Native Assets:** Users & Applications swap in native assets as opposed to wrapped assets that require additional swaps to acquire the desired asset and corresponding fees.
3. **Unified Liquidity:** Shared access of a single liquidity pool across multiple chains creates deeper liquidity for users & applications that trust in the bridge's reliability.

## Developer Docs

<https://stargateprotocol.gitbook.io/stargate/>

## Join The Community

* [Discord](http://stargate.finance/discord)
* [Telegram](https://t.me/+LEM0ELklmO1kODdh)
* [Medium](https://medium.com/stargate-official)
* [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCm4R3LIk_DuPfoykmWfZRrQ)


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