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The deBridge Liquidity Network (DLN) is the foundational trading infrastructure powering deBridge. It provides fast, capital-efficient cross-chain and same-chain swaps with guaranteed rates and no slippage.

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Key Features

  • Cross-chain and same-chain swaps: One API for both — no separate integrations needed
  • Near-instant settlement: Trades complete in seconds, not minutes
  • 0-TVL architecture: No liquidity pools to hack
  • Guaranteed rates: The quoted rate is the rate you get
  • Zero slippage: No MEV, no front-running
  • Native tokens: Receive real assets, not wrapped versions
  • Hooks support: Execute contract calls with trades (PostHooks)

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Same-Chain Swaps

DLN isn’t just for cross-chain — it also powers same-chain token swaps on both EVM chains and Solana through the same API. The DLN API routes through multiple DeFi aggregators, simulates execution, and returns ready-to-sign transactions — so your integration stays simple while users get competitive rates. Key capabilities:
  • Adaptive slippage: Instead of a static slippage value, DLN dynamically calculates a minimum reasonable bound based on real-time conditions and route simulation — protecting users in volatile markets
  • Aggregator comparison: The API queries multiple aggregators and returns the comparison in the response, giving integrators full transparency into the routing decision
  • Execution-ready transactions: The /v1.0/chain/transaction endpoint returns a fully constructed transaction (targeting DeBridgeRouter on EVM, or a serialized VersionedTransaction on Solana) — no manual route building required
  • Built-in monetization: Affiliate fees work identically to cross-chain swaps — just include affiliateFeePercent and affiliateFeeRecipient in your requests
The integration flow is intentionally compact: call /v1.0/chain/estimation for a quote (just for quotes – user’s address is unknown), then /v1.0/chain/transaction once the sender is known. Sign and submit within ~30 seconds for best execution.

Same-Chain Swaps Overview

High-level overview of how same-chain swaps work

Engineering Guide

Endpoints, code examples, and production checklist

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Foundational Role

DLN sits at the top of deBridge’s protocol stack:
  1. deBridge Messaging Protocol (DMP) is foundational for DLN — providing the cross-chain messaging layer
  2. DLN — providing the order fulfillment and solver network

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How to Integrate

DLN offers three integration paths depending on how much control you need:
  • Widget: Drop-in UI component — the fastest way to add cross-chain swaps to your app
  • API: Full programmatic control over order creation, tracking, and hooks — best for custom UIs and backend integrations
  • Smart contracts: Direct on-chain integration for specialized use cases. Note that accurate pricing depends on significant simulation infrastructure that the API already provides, so smart contract integration is rarely the right choice
Most teams should start with the Widget (for speed) or the API (for flexibility).
Accurate pricing for solver profitability and competitive user rates requires significant simulation infrastructure. The deBridge API provides this. Smart contract integration is available for very special cases but is not the primary integration path.

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Architecture

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Integration Options

Widget

Drop-in UI component

API

Full programmatic control

Smart Contracts

On-chain integration (not recommended for most use cases)

Universal Swaps

Universal swaps - same-chain and cross-chain.

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Documentation Sections

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Get Started

Go to DLN Documentation