Thread by @ThyBorg_

#Cosmos vision as the internet of blockchains is extremely compelling. Here's why I think its likely to succeed, and why #IBC protocol is superior to other bridging options🧵

Most people are aware that #IBC integration comes close to "out of the box" for the Cosmos chains, and there's a ever-growing number of them, including hugely popular chains like #Terra, #Cronos, #BSC etc.

However, #IBC can be integrated with non Cosmos chains. @interchain_io is currently supporting teams on
Polkadot & Kusama , Near & Harmony to bring their ecosystem to Cosmos

As @jack_zampolin pointed out in the latest @Cryptocito interview, you don't need to go build individual bridges to every other ecosystem anymore; instead you enable IBC once and immediately connect to all the other connected ecosystems.

Even more importantly, #IBC is vastly more useful than a typical bridges. As @charleenfei puts it, it's not about pushing assets (tokens) around anymore.

Instead, interchain accounts let developers "bring the application to the asset": each other chains becomes like an API or service endpoint that an application can use to bring anything (yield, data etc.) to a user from the comfort of their "home chain"

Interchain accounts are a module that developers can enable by simply upgrading their chain. Since it's relatively low effort, most chains will probably take advantage of it.

With these benefits in mind, integrating IBC seems like an absolute no-brainer, and #Cosmos success almost inevitable.