Inter Blockchain Communication (IBC) entered the world with the Stargate upgrade in April 2021. 18 months since then, IBC has rapidly evolved in terms of usage, adoption & new features. Let’s dive into some of the underlying metrics to showcase this impressive 18 month journey!🧵
1/ When IBC launched in Q2 2021, there were initially 8 interconnected chains. Today the Interchain has grown Quarter-over-Quarter (QoQ) to 49 chains!👇
2/ With limited data on Daily Active Addresses/Users (DAU) - defined as the number of addresses associated with a chain that has initiated at least one outgoing IBC transfer on a given day - we see that the number peaked in March of this year at 1.3 million DAU.
4/ From Jan - Aug 2022, IBC facilitated a total of 24 million cross-chain transfers worth $34 billion! An average of 3 million transfers per month with an average value of $1,416 per IBC transfer.
5/ Breaking this down by chain, Osmosis (~11m), Band (~5m), Injective (~4.6m), Juno (~2.3m), Stargaze (~2.1m) and Cosmos Hub (~2m) accounted for the highest number of incoming IBC transfers. The number of outgoing transfers show a similar trend.
6/ From Jan-Aug this year, Osmosis recorded 62% and 43% of all incoming and outgoing IBC transfers in USD value, respectively. Followed by the Cosmos Hub and Juno.
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A highly anticipated launch, a network of 49 interconnected chains, a total of 43 million xChain transfers since launch, & a number of exciting new feature releases - the first 18 months of IBC has been promising with a growing step towards breathing the Interchain to life.
1/ The ICF is excited to confirm that IBC is coming to Avalanche!
@CosmosAVAX is developing the IBC light client on Avalanche, paving the way for seamless interoperability between Avalanche, Cosmos Hub, and 100+ other IBC-enabled chains.
Yes, @avax is joining the #interchain
2/ Landslide is set to launch an incentivized testnet tomorrow, November 1st - marking a concrete step for IBC to land on Avalanche!
Landslide (@cosmosavax) efforts signify a monumental step toward expanding and fortifying the interchain ecosystem.
3/ This IBC light client is a result of a unique collaboration between Landslide and @strangelovelabs, one of the Distributed Development Teams of the ICF.
Their collective efforts shape a future where collaboration fuels progress and transformation.
1/ In light of the discussions and on-chain disclosures around #Prop103 on the @cosmoshub, we wish to clarify our funding for @confio_tech
Among other things, Confio are the developers of CosmWasm, a library used by many chains in the interchain to enable smart contracts.
2/ It is inspiring to see the @cosmoshub community coming together to support @confio_tech’s Public Goods work. The Hub has a long history of funding Public Goods that benefit the entire interchain, and we are happy to see that tradition continues today.
3/ We are also happy to hear that @osmosiszone & @JunoNetwork had funded Confio for Public Goods late last year, as well as the new Osmo grant & positive signals from others incl @Neutron_org & @StargazeZone
It’s an opportunity to rebuild from the uncertainty of 2022.
Rebuild infrastructure, goals and trust.
Today, we share our 2023 funding overview, reinforcing our commitment to support the Interchain Stack.
2/ We estimate a spending of around $40 million USD to fund different engineering teams to develop and maintain the Interchain’s core stack; including support for projects driving adoption and use-cases.
3/ We are currently in the last stages of finalizing our key contracts for 2023. The following image is an insight into the key areas of work and the teams we will focus on.
1/ The Interchain’s #NFT capabilities open up whole new opportunities for #IBC developers and users.
Let's see what’s possible with Interchain NFTs👇
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Interchain NFTs were developed by Bianjie, long-term contributors to the @Cosmos and @IrisNetwork ecosystems.
#NFT transfers leverage the Cosmos SDK NFT module (x/nft), a native module that allows users to conduct NFT-related queries and build NFT applications.
3/ The newly released Interchain NFT Standard (ICS-721) is an application-layer protocol allowing NFT interoperability between IBC-enabled chains. Cosmos SDK chains and @CosmWasm chains are both supported.
3/ Every blockchain caters to one or more specialized use cases. If these use cases cannot be leveraged across multiple blockchains, it severely handicaps their utility.
IBC solves the problem of blockchains existing as silos with limited interaction.
1/ Funded by the Interchain Foundation, PANIC by @SimplyStaking is an open-source monitoring and alerting solution for blockchain infrastructure operators - monitoring your setup and sending multi-channel alerts.
Let's explore the solution and its benefits 🧵
2/ PANIC’s main objective is to provide node operators with insights on the state of their nodes, whilst quickly flagging issues that could degrade their node availability.