A few days ago, I helped a follower check cross-chain assets, and just switching wallets took 15 minutes - Ethereum's NFTs are on Opensea, Arbitrum's tokens are on Metamask, and Solana's yield certificates are in another browser; I even missed some staking rewards on Polygon when calculating the total.

If you have also experienced the frustration of this “on-chain treasure hunt”, then what I'm talking about today, Chainbase, might just open your eyes - it aims to connect all “information islands” in the blockchain world, turning it into a “super database” that you can access anytime.

Let's first talk about how “scattered” blockchain is now?

It's like you want to look up some information and have to open Baidu, Google, and Bing at the same time, while also remembering each platform's account passwords -

Want to know your total assets across 10 chains? You have to open 10 block explorers and manually input 10 addresses.

Want to track a cross-chain transfer? From Ethereum to Avalanche, every node has to be checked one by one, and you have to guess where it got stuck.

Developers have it worse: to create a cross-chain application, they have to interface with 5 different APIs, and the data formats are a mess; just debugging can take half a month.

This kind of “scattering” is not only troublesome but also harbors risks. Last time, a follower received a suspicious token on BSC, and because they didn't see the warning information on the Ethereum chain in time, they initiated a transfer and got hacked - if the data could interconnect, such pitfalls could have been avoided.

What exactly is Chainbase, this “magical tool”?

You can think of it as the “Google version of blockchain”, but sharper than a search engine:

It’s a “super connector”: it organizes the data from dozens of chains like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, etc., according to a unified standard, just like piecing together scattered puzzle pieces into a complete picture. In the future, checking cross-chain assets won't require switching applications; a single interface will allow you to see all NFTs, tokens, and staking rewards across all chains, and even automatically calculate the total value.

It provides a “double insurance” for security: the built-in risk monitoring system can track suspicious addresses across chains. For instance, if you receive a USDT payment, it will immediately tell you whether that money's previous owner was a blacklisted address or if it was marked for fraud on Ethereum - essentially installing a “joint alarm system” for all chains.

It's the AI's “on-chain nutrition meal”: Current AI analysis of blockchain is like blind people touching an elephant (only able to see single-chain data), but Chainbase summarizes multi-chain data, allowing the trained AI model to accurately predict cross-chain capital flows and even provide early warnings for congestion risks on specific chains - in the future, trading coins and engaging in DeFi may indeed rely on an “AI advisor” to avoid pitfalls.

These scenarios will become super simple in the future

1. No more “cross-chain running” to check assets

Imagine this: open an application and see all your assets across 15 chains - ETH on Ethereum, stablecoins on Polygon, new tokens on Aptos, and even every chain's gas fee consumption and staking rewards clearly calculated for you.

No more need to remember “this chain's address starts with 0x, that one starts with 1”, Chainbase will automatically associate all your wallet addresses, just like your phone's “contacts”, keeping all on-chain “asset contacts” stored.

2. Cross-chain operations are as smooth as “swiping a phone”.

In the past, with cross-chain transfers, there was always the worry of “getting stuck in the middle with no one to manage it”. But applications developed based on Chainbase can show the transfer progress on each chain in real-time: departed from Ethereum → arrived at the cross-chain bridge → confirmed on Avalanche, and any problem at any step can immediately alert you.

Developers are happier: creating cross-chain lending protocols doesn't require integrating data from various chains anymore; they can just directly invoke Chainbase's interface, improving development efficiency by at least 3 times - this means we can use more convenient cross-chain tools faster.

3. On-chain social finally “breaks the walls”

Now, if you want to interact with friends you met on Ethereum on Solana, you have to re-add friends and send addresses, which is as troublesome as switching social apps. But Chainbase's supported “cross-chain identity” allows your on-chain ID to be used across all chains, just like a “blockchain passport”, making it recognizable everywhere.

It doesn't directly serve retail investors but can make all applications more user-friendly.

Chainbase is more like a “behind-the-scenes hero” - ordinary users won't directly open it, but once the wallets, exchanges, and data analysis tools you use integrate its system, the experience will undergo a qualitative change.

Wallets will be smarter: automatically reminding you of cross-chain asset risks

Exchanges will be more efficient: the speed of cross-chain deposits can double.

AI tools will be more precise: predicting market conditions will no longer rely solely on single-chain data.

Just like the Android system of the past, which doesn’t sell phones directly, but all phone manufacturers that use it can make better phones - what Chainbase aims to do is to be the “Android system” of the blockchain world.

Finally, let me be frank

The future of blockchain is definitely not “each chain cleaning its own snow in front of its door.” When data can flow freely and cross-chain connections can be seamless, we can truly feel the benefits of an “open internet”.

What Chainbase is doing now is to slightly open this door. Whether it can become the “infrastructure for blockchain data” will depend on the feedback from developers and users, but at least it gives us hope of escaping the “information maze”.

If you are also fed up with the hassles of cross-chain operations, or want to know which applications have integrated with Chainbase, you can follow me - I will delve into its technical details and practical cases to help you use these “on-chain conveniences” as soon as possible.

Let's discuss in the comments: what was the worst time you got caught up in the “scattering” of blockchain? I'll start: I forgot to change the gas fee when transferring U across chains, and it got stuck for 3 days without arriving…#机构筹资布局SOL