Research corpus InteroperabilityBLC-STUDY-0622

Axelar: cross-chain messages verified by its validator set

Axelar publishes cross-chain delivery verified by Axelar's own validator set, which runs a consensus the destination application is asked to trust.

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Authors: Axelar
Date: 2021
Publisher: Axelar
Version: Source cited by the 2021 study. The study is the reading. This page does not add a second essay.
Document ID: BLC-STUDY-0622
DOI: None recorded
Last reviewed: 1 October 2026
Licence: No licence recorded. Rights status under review.

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Axelar publishes cross-chain delivery verified by Axelar's own validator set, which runs a consensus the destination application is asked to trust.

Where to read

Official source — Axelar docs
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What changed

A reading of the project's public design document. Not a copy, not a benchmark, and not an offer.

Relationships

Canonical readingAxelar study
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Author–date

Axelar (2021). Axelar: cross-chain messages verified by its validator set. Axelar. https://docs.axelar.dev/

BibTeX

@techreport{axelarnetwork2021,
  title = {Axelar: cross-chain messages verified by its validator set},
  author = {Axelar},
  year = {2021},
  institution = {Axelar},
  url = {https://docs.axelar.dev/},
  note = {Rights status: Official external source only. Blockchain Lab record: https://blockchainlab.com/research/corpus/papers/axelar-network}
}

RIS

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TI  - Axelar: cross-chain messages verified by its validator set
AU  - Axelar
PY  - 2021
PB  - Axelar
UR  - https://docs.axelar.dev/
N1  - Rights status: Official external source only
ER  -

CSL-JSON

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Source status: Official source
Use status: Metadata and commentary only. The reading is the study page.
Rights: Official external source only
Training and retrieval: Not permitted from this site. There is no rights-cleared full text to retrieve or to train on.

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