Blockchain technology company Flare has released a live demo of its new interoperability functionality. Flare’s EVM-based Layer 1 blockchain includes two core interoperability protocols that provide the fundamental structure for developers to build new applications. The first, called Flare Time Series Oracle (FTSO), delivers decentralized data feeds for applications that run on Flare. The second protocol, called State Connector, retrieves data from other blockchains and off-chain data from the internet, which can be used securely and trustlessly with EVM-based smart contracts running on the Flare network.

The demo showcased trustless purchasing of a non-fungible token (NFT) on Flare’s canary network, Songbird, using tokens from other blockchains, including DOGE and XRP. The NFT demo is an example of the web3 utility that Flare can unlock for legacy tokens, enabling them to be used trustlessly in decentralized apps on the network.

Songbird is a canary network used to test new features before their actual implementation. NFTs in the demo were standard ERC-721 tokens minted on the Songbird and purchased on external chains. The demo also showed that any compatible wallet could work with Flare, though the Bifrost wallet was used in the demo as it natively supports Flare.

This demonstration is important as it shows the ability to buy an NFT with a token from another blockchain in a secure, decentralized, and trustless way. Flare is excited to see what other applications engineers can develop, harnessing the capabilities of Flare’s native interoperability protocols.