Relay

Relay is an intent-based bridging and cross-chain payments protocol. Solvers fill bridge and swap requests instantly on the destination chain across many EVM and non-EVM networks and are repaid afterwards.

Rating B: 1 restriction: Wallet screening. Bridge / intents · Ethereum, Arbitrum, Base, Optimism, Polygon, BNB Chain, Avalanche, Linea, Scroll, zkSync, 50+ more.

Official app: relay.link. Frontend code: closed.

Restrictions

• Geo Block: no.
• Feature Block: no.
• Wallet screening: yes. Chainalysis + HackBounty + Hermod + internal blocklist; public endpoint api.relay.link/sanctioned/{addr}. Where it runs: API. Fail mode: n/a.
• VPN / Tor detection: n/a.
• Terms of Service: Not found, Last updated unknown. ToS returns 403 to bots.

Notes

Screening runs at quote and fill level in the Relay API (public endpoint /sanctioned/{addr}).

Live checks

• api.relay.link/sanctioned: SDN -> {sanctioned: true}; control -> false

Evidence

• docs.relay.link/security/compliance
• relayprotocol/relay-kit: packages/sdk/src/types/api.ts

Checked 2026-10-10. All interfaces · Methodology