Ex-DeepMind Dev here. Why your cross-chain bridge trades keep failing (and how we fixed it).

Anya Volkov

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Hey everyone,

I'm Anya Volkov. Some of you might know my background from Google DeepMind where I worked on RL (Reinforcement Learning) models. I’m now the CTO at a new project called SQHWYD.

I’ve been lurking here for a while and seeing a lot of complaints about slippage and failed TXs when bridging assets between chains. I wanted to share a bit of alpha on why this happens technically, and what we are doing to solve it.

The Problem: Static RoutingMost bridges use heuristic algorithms. They look at a snapshot of the liquidity pools (say, Uniswap vs. Curve) and say "Okay, Route A is cheapest."But by the time your transaction gets included in a block, the state has changed. A bot front-ran you, or volatility spiked. The heuristic is rigid. It doesn't adapt.

The Fix: Reinforcement Learning (RL)We are building the Unity Layer™ using DRL. Instead of a static map, imagine a GPS that learns traffic patterns.Our matching engine runs an agent that "observes" the mempool and liquidity depth. It learns to predict:




  • "Gas is likely to spike in the next block."
  • "This liquidity pool is toxic/shallow."
It routes your trade dynamically. We call this Cognitive Finance.

On SecurityAlso, if you are leaving funds on centralized exchanges because you're scared of managing keys—I get it. We implemented MPC (Multi-Party Computation). The private key is split into shards. Even if our server gets hit, the hackers can't sign a transaction without the other shards.




We just released our whitepaper and I’d love to get some feedback from the algorithmic traders here on our matching engine specs.

Check it out: https://www.sqhwyd.net/

Safe trading,Anya
 
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