Cosmos IBC
summary
IBC already connects 119 chains and moves about $1B 30‑day volume, and the stack shows concrete upgrades: ibc-go v9 adds native forwarding, multi‑hop and multi‑token transfers and channel upgrades; hermes improves relayer performance and dynamic gas; an interchain test framework spins up real local multi‑chain tests; and a new simplified protocol, IBC R, targets direct light‑client connections with Ethereum and EVMs, with a Solidity proof‑of‑concept built in two weeks, planned for 2025.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00IBC introduction
- 1:11IBC adoption status
- 3:432024 developments
- 5:51IBC technical improvements
- 7:20Interchain testing tools
- 8:46IBC future and IBC R
- 10:37IBC R features
- 12:47Call to action 2025
