Cosmos launches Stargate, paving the way for interoperable DeFi applications
IBC is finally released, allowing the dozens of Cosmos blockchain projects to communicate with each other. After months of development, the Cosmos (ATOM) project has launched the Stargate update, which includes the highly anticipated Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol, or IBC.Announced on Thursday, the Stargate upgrade includes a series of improvements to the Cosmos protocol and its Software Development Kit.The most important of Stargate’s features is IBC, the interoperability layer for Cosmos blockchains. The protocol is one of the key elements of the Cosmos vision, allowing for....
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Cosmos have announced a new bug bounty to rigorously vet the forthcoming Stargate upgrade to ensure no vulnerabilities are missed. In the lead up to its major network upgrade Stargate, Cosmos (ATOM) has announced a three-month-long bug bounty with double rewards to improve the software’s robustness prior to release. The key Stargate upgrade will complete the original roadmap laid out in the Cosmos Whitepaper and will include the first implementation of the IBC protocol — which allows Cosmos to connect to other blockchain networks.According to early contributor Zaki Manian, the Cosmos....
Shortly after the launch of Stargate, Cosmos ecosystem chains are entering the DeFi arena. Kava, a DeFi-centric blockchain project built on the Cosmos SDK, has announced the concurrent release of Kava 5.1 and Hard Protocol V2, which marks the full launch of two-sided lending markets on the Kava blockchain.The Kava 5.1 upgrade is a significant boost to performance over previous major versions, with the team claiming a ten-fold increase in throughput through “consensus enhancements.” The upgrade also carries improvements to the BEP3 relayer that acts as the connection to Binance Smart Chain,....
Blockchain development firm Adoriasoft has released a new SDK that will give Cosmos chains superpowers. Its Cosmos SDK Parachain Development Kit will enable any Cosmos chain to be deployed on Polkadot, opening up Cosmos projects to the Substrate ecosystem of interoperable networks. The ramifications of this move are significant, with the potential to suck Cosmos […]
The upcoming "Stargate" upgrade with Inter-Blockchain Communication helps propel the price of Cosmos' ATOM to a new all-time high. The price of Cosmos' ATOM has increased 240% since the beginning of February as excitement builds for the approaching Stargate upgrade on Feb. 18 that will help connect all Cosmos-based chains together using Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC).Data from Cointelegraph Markets and TradingView shows that ATOM was trading at a price of $7.83 on Feb. 1 before a series of positive announcements, including the ability to stake ATOM on Binance, helped lift the token....
Cosmos is now building a cross-chain DEX for IBC-enabled blockchains, dubbed Gravity The self-described “Internet of blockchains,” Cosmos, has launched its Inter-Blockchain Communication standard, or IBC, enabling crypto assets to be transferred easily between independent blockchains.Comos’ IBC went live on March 29, enabling token transfers between Cosmos and other IBC-compatible blockchains.The feature, which has been in development for five years, was voted in via community governance with 112 million votes supporting the activation and 75 million opposed.Over a two-week period, a....