‘We'll see about 200 chains connected through Cosmos’ IBC next year,’ says Te...

‘We'll see about 200 chains connected through Cosmos’ IBC next year,’ says Te...

In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph, Peng Zhong, CEO of Tendermint, the core developer of the Cosmos blockchain, discussed recent cutting-edge advancements in the ecosystem. Ever since the launch of the inter-blockchain communications, or IBC, protocol in March, which enabled the communication and transfer of digital assets across different blockchains, development activity seems to have picked up pace on the Cosmos (ATOM) network.Transaction volumes, the creation of decentralized applications and the number of chains connected via IBC have all been trending upwards in recent....


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