Escher.Finance
  • 🖐️General
    • Introduction - What is Escher.Finance
    • Liquid staking with Escher
    • Native staking
  • 🪙Escher assets
    • eU - LST for Union chain
    • eBaby - LST for Babylon chain
  • 🏗️Architecture
    • System overview
    • Liquid Staking protocol
    • Hidden Layer Contract
    • Union Interoperability
  • 🔑Key features
    • Voyager
    • Authz (Paymaster)
    • Full Interoperability
    • Connecting Chains: From PFM to PMF & ICA as Router
    • ICA Controller
    • Account Abstraction
  • 📐Fundamental info
    • What is Chain Abstraction
    • What is Nomos and Seamless Direct dApp Connectivity
    • What is Union
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  1. Architecture

Hidden Layer Contract

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Overview

The Hidden Layer Contract is a core innovation in Escher’s architecture, designed to abstract staking, liquidity movement, and execution across multiple chains. Instead of requiring users to interact directly with multiple blockchains, the hidden layer automates cross-chain processes in the background, creating a seamless staking and DeFi experience.

By acting as an execution layer between chains and applications, the hidden layer contract enables chain-abstracted interactions, making Escher’s liquid staking protocol truly interoperable, efficient, and decentralized.

How It Works

Traditional cross-chain interactions often require bridging, manual network switching, and multiple wallet interactions. The hidden layer contract eliminates this friction by:

  1. Automating Transactions

    • Users initiate staking, unstaking, or liquidity operations from any supported chain, while the hidden layer handles execution in the background.

    • No need for users to manually bridge tokens or interact with smart contracts on multiple networks.

  2. Decentralized Execution

    • The contract ensures that transactions are processed using decentralized validators and relayers, avoiding reliance on centralized intermediaries.

    • Escher leverages Union and ZK technology to secure operations and maintain trustless execution.

  3. Interoperable Staking & Liquidity Flow

    • Users can stake from one chain and receive liquid staking tokens (LSTs) on another chain without needing to interact with the destination network.

    • The hidden layer also facilitates cross-chain liquidity balancing, ensuring assets move dynamically based on demand and available liquidity.

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