Interchain Accounts is the biggest upgrade to Cosmos since Stargate
The protocols would enable nearly all aspects of data-sharing between blockchain protocols, such as oracle data, governance voting, etc. On Thursday, the Interchain Foundation, a nonprofit steward of the Cosmos ecosystem, announced the release of Interchain Accounts.The Inter-Blockchain Communications protocol (IBC) enables an entire blockchain to control an account on a separate chain. It is the largest software upgrade to the Cosmos ecosystem since Stargate. To date, there are 38 projects utilizing IBC, including Terra, Crypto.org Chain and Gravity Bridge, with 8.4 million transactions....
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