One Balance. All Chains: Unifying Access to Liquidity Across Web3
In the early phases of blockchain development, each network evolved as a siloed environment, complete with its own assets, tooling, and user experience constraints. As ecosystems expanded, so did the number of wallets, bridges, and tokens users had to manage. What emerged was not a unified financial system, but a fragmented map of digital economies, each with its technical differences, requiring a different interface.
Today, that’s changing.
As cross-chain activity becomes more common, the need for unified access has become unavoidable. The next step forward isn’t just more scalable chains but a cohesive infrastructure that allows users, applications, and agents to interact across ecosystems without having to build a bridge every time.
Self Chain is designed to meet this need.
A Fractured Stack
Today’s decentralized ecosystem is composed of multiple sovereign environments: EVM chains, Bitcoin, Cosmos, appchains, and non-EVM networks. Each chain has its own wallet requirements, RPCs, gas tokens, and native protocols. While modular execution and interoperability tools exist, access remains fragmented at the account and interaction level.
For users, this means managing multiple wallets, bridging assets manually, and maintaining a mental model of what happens on each chain. For developers, it means additional overhead in supporting chain-specific integrations and liquidity routing. For autonomous agents, it means limited scope of action constrained by siloed infrastructure.
This fragmentation is not sustainable at scale and is significant across these 3 interaction layers:
Account Layer
Accounts are not portable across chains. A user on Ethereum cannot use the same account on Solana or Cosmos. This leads to fragmented identity, duplicated wallets, and inconsistent access control. Users must manage multiple accounts across multiple interfaces, and there’s no unified record of ownership or interaction history across environments.
Balance Layer
This layer reflects how assets are held and tracked across different blockchains. But without unified access, balances will be siloed per chain. A user might hold the same token on three different networks, but no system treats it as a unified holding. Interfaces show fragments, not totals. When it’s time to spend or move assets, users must manually bridge, swap, or consolidate funds across networks, creating delays, fees, and friction.
Execution Layer
Each chain demands its own execution environment. That means different gas tokens, transaction formats, and failure points. Users must switch networks manually, apps must build custom routing logic, and agents need chain-specific rules. Execution is fragmented, and each environment works in isolation.
Self Chain’s Architecture
At the heart of Self Chain modular execution layer is Chain Abstraction, an execution and access layer positioned beneath the application layer. It includes several tightly integrated components that work in tandem:
→ Keyless Wallets
Using MPC-TSS cryptography and Account Abstraction, Self Chain offers users a secure, recoverable wallet that requires no seed phrase or browser extension. These accounts are chain-agnostic and support transaction execution across ecosystems without forcing the user to switch networks or hold native gas tokens.
→ Cross-Chain Account Abstraction (AA)
Self Chain enables a unified AA layer that works across EVM and non-EVM environments. It supports sponsored gas mechanisms, meaning users can interact with contracts and dApps without owning the underlying native token of the destination chain.
→ AI-Optimized Liquidity Routing
Self Chain introduces intelligent execution pathways that route transactions based on optimal gas availability, slippage, and token balance. This turns what would otherwise be a multi-step, cross-chain swap or stake into a single-step experience handled by solvers on the backend.
→ Compatibility with AI Agents
The architecture is inherently agent-friendly. Whether it’s an LLM-powered trading bot or a smart DeFi rebalancer, agents can operate using Self Chain accounts, access liquidity, and initiate transactions without needing chain-specific adaptations. The abstraction layer ensures that decision-making and execution are decoupled from chain-specific logic.
→ Deployment at Scale
For builders, Self Chain provides a unified dApp deployment model. Applications can deploy once and access users and liquidity across Bitcoin, EVM, Cosmos, and other supported chains. The chain abstraction layer handles cross-chain execution, identity management, and state synchronization, reducing development complexity while expanding reach.
Conclusion
Self Chain is laying the foundation for unified Web3 access, one that simplifies how users, applications, and agents operate across multiple environments. Rather than introducing yet another layer of fragmentation, it provides the connective infrastructure that enables secure, seamless interaction across chains.
As modular blockchain ecosystems continue to expand, Self Chain offers a framework where one account, one balance, and one execution pathway is sufficient to access the full breadth of Web3. It is a step toward a more coherent and composable future, where the complexity beneath the surface is abstracted away, and the experience feels consistent no matter where the transaction originates.
About Self Chain
Self Chain is the AI-powered intent layer for Web3, and a Modular L1 simplifying blockchain interactions. By combining keyless wallets (MPC-TSS/AA), intent-driven automation, and seamless multi-chain access, Self Chain eliminates complexity, making Web3 more intuitive, autonomous, and secure.
With Keyless Wallets and AI-powered intent execution, users can seamlessly onboard, manage assets, and interact with dApps without handling private keys or complex transactions. Self Chain’s AgentFi Infra enables autonomous on-chain AI agents to execute transactions, optimize DeFi strategies, and interact across ecosystems, while PayFi powers seamless, real-time blockchain payment systems, aligning with the evolving demands of the emerging global economy. Developers benefit from tools like the Intent SDK, Keyless Wallet SDK, and Account Abstraction Plugins, enabling the next generation of AI-driven applications with enhanced security and efficiency.