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Four documents, the same five questions.
No throughput league table and no yield. The cells are what this library is willing to say about the text.
| Question | Cross-Consensus Messaging: Polkadot's message format |
|---|---|
| What the text proposes | XCM is a message format between consensus systems in the Polkadot line. It is not a bridge to Ethereum, and it is not the Polkadot white paper's security argument restated. |
| Who may write | Parity and Web3 Foundation |
| What is settled | An XCM programme describes what to do: withdraw, deposit, transact. The programme is not a proof. |
| Load-bearing assumption | This note does not say XCM is safe across arbitrary chains. |
| What this library says afterwards | A reading of the project's public design document. Not a copy, not a benchmark, and not an offer. |
| Rights | Official external source only |