Relay routes

Relay routes are a second way to bridge and swap on Confluence, powered by Relay . They sit beside Confluence’s own CCTP bridge and App Kit swaps: switch between Confluence and Relay at the top of the Bridge or Swap page.

When to use Relay

Confluence (CCTP) is built for moving USDC between the chains Confluence supports, with native USDC minted on arrival.
Relay covers many more chains and tokens, and can bridge and swap in one step, for example ETH on one chain to USDC on another.

One panel for both

Relay uses a single panel for bridging and swapping. Choose what you pay with and what you want to receive:

Same chain on both sides: it’s a swap.
Different chains: it’s a bridge.

The token picker lists the chains Relay supports on one side and each chain’s tokens on the other, with search. You can also paste a token’s contract address. For now, Relay routes cover EVM chains.

How a Relay route runs

You get a quote. Relay’s solvers compete to deliver your tokens on the other side.
You confirm in your wallet. Depending on the route, that may be a network switch, a token approval, and the transfer itself.
A Relay solver delivers the tokens to your wallet on the destination, and the app shows each step as it completes, with explorer links.

Quotes refresh every 30 seconds while you’re looking at them, and a fresh quote is fetched when you press Confirm, so you always sign current prices.

Verified before you sign. Every Relay quote is checked by Confluence against Relay’s own published contracts for that chain: each transaction may only go to Relay’s contracts, approvals may only be granted to them, and the quote must match the tokens, chains, amount and recipient you asked for. A quote that fails this check is never shown to your wallet.

Fees

The quote breaks down every cost:

Execution cost: gas and delivery costs on the route.
Swap cost: the cost of any token swap in the route.
Relay platform fee: Relay’s own fee, which depends on the route.
Confluence fee: our app fee, a percentage of the value you send (shown on the quote).

Status and refunds

Your Relay transfers appear in your Profile history with their status: Waiting, In progress, Complete, Refunded or Failed. If Relay can’t complete a route, it refunds you to the wallet you sent from, on that chain, in the token you sent, minus the gas for the refund. The refund goes to your own wallet even when you were sending to someone else. If the amount is too small to cover that gas, Relay sends no refund and the route shows Failed. Statuses update on their own; you don’t need to keep the page open for your history to catch up.

Keep the page open while your wallet steps are running. Once your transaction is sent, delivery continues even if you close it.