Bridge Downtime and Disaster Recovery: What Happens to Your Assets If a Bridge Goes Offline?
A user transfers 10 ETH from Ethereum to Polygon through a blockchain bridge, expecting arrival within minutes. The bridge infrastructure suddenly becomes unresponsive. The transaction has been initiated, the funds appear to have left the source chain, but nothing has arrived on the destination. No custodian holds the assets in escrow, no central authority can […]
