Question 1

What is Eco?

Accepted Answer

Eco is a blockchain infrastructure company whose mission is to build software that maximizes money's value. Backed by a16z Crypto, Founders Fund, Coinbase Ventures, Pantera Capital, and more, Eco is a founding contributor to the Eco Protocol. Eco powers real-time money movement across every major stablecoin and blockchain, ensuring dollars flow seamlessly across today's fragmented multichain landscape. Its core products include Eco Routes (intent-based cross-chain routing), Permit3 (single-signature multi-chain authorization), and Crowd Liquidity (shared liquidity protocol).

Question 2

What is the Eco Protocol?

Accepted Answer

The Eco Protocol is a set of open-source smart contracts and infrastructure for cross-chain stablecoin transfers. It uses intent-based execution where users specify desired outcomes and competitive solvers fulfill them with optimal pricing. The protocol includes three core primitives: Routes (cross-chain execution), Permit3 (single-signature multi-chain authorization), and Sauce (programmable multi-step operations).

Question 3

What stablecoins does Eco support?

Accepted Answer

Eco supports any-to-any stablecoin routing, including USDC, USDT, USDT0, PYUSD, DAI, USDS, and other major stablecoins. Users can bridge the same stablecoin across chains or swap between different stablecoins in a single transaction.

Question 4

What blockchains does Eco support?

Accepted Answer

Eco supports 50+ blockchains including Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Optimism, Polygon, Solana, Celo, Unichain, Ink, Sonic, and World Chain. New chains are added regularly as the protocol expands.

Question 5

How does Eco Portal work?

Accepted Answer

Eco Portal is a web application at portal.eco.com that lets users bridge and swap stablecoins across chains. Users select their source and destination chain, choose their stablecoin pair, enter an amount, and execute the transfer. Eco Routes finds the best execution path through a competitive solver market, and the transfer completes in seconds with institutional-grade uptime.

Question 6

Is Eco free to use?

Accepted Answer

Eco Portal is free to use with no platform fees. Users pay only network gas fees and solver execution fees, which are determined by competitive market pricing. The Eco Routes SDK is also free and permissionless for developers to integrate into their applications.

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