Cross-chain swaps users can actually trust.
In cross-chain, your moat isn’t just “we added more chains.” It’s execution quality: best net price, more viable routes, and swaps that consistently complete.
The way you achieve that is redundancy: enable multiple cross-chain providers — THORChain, Maya Protocol, Chainflip, and NEAR Intents — through one integration with SwapKit. This lets your router compete quotes across 30+ blockchains and deliver the best path on merit, every time.
The Case for Redundancy
Single-provider setups look simple… until the market moves. Liquidity shifts hourly, networks hiccup, fees change. The “best” path for the same pair can flip multiple times in a day.
If you only enable one rail, you risk delivering:
- Inferior execution (worse net output).
- Higher failure rates when venues pause.
- Frustration as users bounce to another app.
Redundancy makes your cross-chain swaps resilient, adaptable, and trustworthy.
Benefits of a Multi-Provider Setup
Enabling multiple providers through the SwapKit multi-provider integration delivers real-world advantages:
✅ Better pricing more often — competing quotes increase chances of best net output after all fees.
✅ More routes, fewer dead ends — long-tail pairs find viable paths across venues.
✅ Automatic resilience — failover if a venue pauses or a chain congests.
✅ Time-to-finality wins — sometimes faster settlement beats a headline quote.
✅ Keep users in-app — best routes at the moment keep swaps flowing and revenue in your product.
Real-World Scenarios
- BTC → ETH.USDT (mid/large):
- Tuesday → THORChain wins on depth.
- Wednesday → Chainflip wins after fee shifts.
- Friday → NEAR Intents wins during mempool spikes with faster finality.
- SOL → ARB.USDC (retail):
- Smooth Solana → intents route with destination fees included feels best.
- Solana congestion → AMM-based path clears more reliably.
- XRP → BTC:
- Price parity across venues; router chooses the one with tighter p95 finality and fewer retries.
How to Implement Multi-Provider Routing
With SwapKit, you integrate once and query all providers simultaneously. The router ranks quotes by net receive, success probability, and ETA — then executes the best.
import { SwapKitApi, createSwapKit, FeeOption } from "@swapkit/api";
const sk = createSwapKit();
// 1) Get quotes from all cross-chain providers
const quotes = await SwapKitApi.getQuote({
sellAsset: "BTC.BTC",
buyAsset: "ETH.ETH",
sellAmount: "0.25",
providers: ["THORCHAIN", "MAYACHAIN", "CHAINFLIP", "NEAR_INTENTS"]
});
// 2) Quotes are pre-sorted by best net output (after all fees)
const bestRoute = quotes[0];
// 3) Execute the swap with automatic fallback
const txHash = await sk.swap({
route: bestRoute,
feeOptionKey: FeeOption.Fast
});
Note: SwapKit is actively developed. Check the latest documentation for the most current API methods and import paths.
Operational Playbook for Wallets & DEXs
- Enable all four providers (THORChain, Maya Protocol, Chainflip, NEAR Intents).
- Runtime toggles → disable quickly if needed, no redeploys.
- Fallback ladder → automatic failover if a venue errors or times out.
- Plain-English UI → “You receive (all fees included).” + “Est. 2–4 min.”
Metrics That Prove It Works
Track outcomes to demonstrate redundancy value:
- Completion rate (sign → finality).
- Effective net output vs single-venue baseline.
- Time-to-finality p50/p95.
- Fallback frequency and cause codes.
- Support tickets mentioning “swap failed” or “no route.”
If redundancy is working → completion rises, p95 tightens, tickets drop.
The Bottom Line
Redundancy isn’t extra — it’s the core feature that makes cross-chain swaps reliable.
With the SwapKit multi-provider integration, you:
- Integrate once.
- Light up 30+ blockchains.
- Let routing deliver the best path every time.
👉 Ready to implement redundancy in your product? Book a working session with SwapKit
About SwapKit
SwapKit’s SDK is a powerful suite of non-custodial DeFi tools to interact with 10,000+ crypto assets across 30+ blockchains, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, TRON, Polygon, Optimism, and more — powered by liquidity from providers such as THORChain, Maya Protocol, Chainflip, and NEAR Intents.
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