# What is the Zetachin project?

By [mohammadkhosravi.eth](https://paragraph.com/@mohammadkhosravi) · 2023-01-14

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> **ZetaChain is the first and only blockchain that connects everything.** _This multi-chain, multi-layer value transfer facilitates message delivery and smart contract calls – thus enabling first-ever omnichain_ `dApps (odApps)` _that can leverage liquidity across multiple networks and read and update states across all connected networks_.
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> **ZetaChain's coin** ZETA is used to pay the gas fees for ZetaChain smart contracts and additionally used to secure the PoS ZetaChain blockchain by bonding/staking/slashing. ZETA is also at the core of ZetaChain's cross-chain transfer, swaps, message delivery, and security. ZETA is one of the first multi-chain coins that is natively issued across multiple chains and layers. ZetaChain is the foundational, public blockchain that enables omnichain, generic smart contracts and messaging between any blockchain. It solves the problems of “cross-chain” and “multi-chain” and aims to open the crypto and global financial ecosystem to anyone. ZetaChain envisions and supports a truly fluid, multi-chain crypto ecosystem, where users and developers can move between and appreciate the benefits of any blockchain: payments, DeFi, liquidity, games, art, social graphs, performance, security, privacy, and so.
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> **What you can do with ZetaChain?** ZetaChain includes a [Proof of Stake (PoS)](https://www.coinbase.com/cloud) blockchain built on [Cosmos SDK](https://v1.cosmos.network/sdk) which is connected to external blockchains (e.g., Ethereum, BSC, Solana, Avalanche, Terra, Bitcoin) and layers (e.g., Polygon, Optimism, Arbitrum) in a decentralized (without a single point of failure, trustless, permissionless), transparent, and efficient way.
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> With ZetaChain, we will enable developers to build odApps with the same ease as developing dApps for a single network like Ethereum or Polygon while being able to leverage composability across networks.
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> **Possibilities of what can be built with ZetaChain are endless but some applications that developers can build include:**
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> *   Cross-chain DEXes in native tokens without wrapping
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> *   Decentralized and fault tolerant bridges
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> *   Cross-chain lending and yield protocols
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> *   Omnichain smart contracts that can monitor and perform events on all connected chains
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> *   Omnichain NFT apps
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> **_Web3 is rife with confusing user experiences full of jargon that even the most technologically minded users find hard to use. On top of our protocol efforts, we will bring the ease and convenience of using Web2 apps to Web3. To showcase what a seamless Web3 experience could look and feel like, we have developed a cross-chain send odApp that users can use to send our native ZETA tokens across the supported networks._**
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> \*\*[This ZetaChain app is currently live on testnet with support for Polygon Mumbai, Ethereum Goerli, and BSC Testnet.](http://app.zetachain.com/) \*\*As we introduce more protocol functionality and network integrations (more roadmap information coming soon), we’ll update this app accordingly to let you all experience the power of ZetaChain.
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> website:
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> [https://www.zetachain.com/](https://www.zetachain.com/)

> ### Zeta social links:
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> discord:
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> [https://discord.gg/zetachain](https://discord.gg/zetachain)

> twitter:
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> [https://twitter.com/zetablockchain](https://twitter.com/zetablockchain)

> telegram:
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> [https://t.me/zetachainofficial](https://t.me/zetachainofficial)

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