Thread by @mrjasonchoi

With all the attention on @avalancheavax lately, here are some tips for those who are bridging their assets across for the first time.

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1/ As part of my work, I've played around with most cross-chain bridges that came live the past 6 months... and I had the best experience with @avalancheavax hands down.

It's extremely easy to send $ETH assets over to Avalanche with: bridge.avax.network

2/ Avalanche is EVM-compatible - you can easily use your @Metamask setup and bridge over in a few clicks.

Clever design choices:

- Shows live confs so you know what's going on
- Auto-wraps your ETH
- Airdrops you free $AVAX to pay for gas (!)

Whole process takes a few mins

3/ Tip: if you're bridging over chonky amounts of USDT (6-7 figs), swap $ETH -> $USDT first on a ETH dex, then bridge $USDT.

Don't do this: $ETH -> Avalanche -> swap to $USDT to save fees.

The USDT <> wETH liquidity is there, but it's not @Uniswap @SushiSwap level yet.

4/ So say you do end up using all the airdropped $AVAX for gas like a proper degen, you have 2 options:

a) Bridge more assets ($75+) to get airdrop $AVAX
b) Send $AVAX to your Avalanche wallet

Now, b) Is still a bit of a hassle

5/ Since Binance rugged $AVAX withdrawals, the "easiest" way is:

- Buy $AVAX on Binance
- Send that $AVAX to your Avalanche wallet
- Then send it to your Metamask "wallet" (more on this)

Never thought I'd say these words again, but I recommend using a Ledger here lol

6/ First, you need to download the @avalancheavax app on your Ledger manager.

Then head on over to wallet.avax.network and connect with the app on.

7/ To receive $AVAX tokens, you will need to select X-chain (the exchange-chain).

Once received, you will then need to send your assets to the C-chain (contract chain), after which you will be able to use them via Metamask.

Why this hassle?

8/ C-Chain is the EVM instance on Avalanche. To use Solidity dapps on Avalanche you need to have your assets held there.

i.e. C-Chain = go-ethereum fork where networking/consensus is swapped out for Avalanche stuff but the VM runs Solidity smart contracts.

9/ In general bridging has been issue-free, but the exchange -> wallet is a bit unintuitive at first, though the team has done a great job with docs here:

docs.avax.network/build/tutorial…

Disc: I hold a little $AVAX and some assorted dapp coins from my dive into the rabbit hole