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Cosmos Hub:

What’s Next?

Zarko Milosevic

Chief Scientist at Informal

Peng Zhong

CEO at Tendermint

Deborah Simpier

Cofounder at Althea

Member of PeggyJV

Hyungyeon Lee

CEO at B-Harvest

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Stargate completes the

Cosmos 1.0 whitepaper

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It’s time for a new whitepaper

  • The aim: to make the Cosmos Hub the heart of the interchain
  • A hub that evolves by acquiring the best modules from the ecosystem:
    • A DEX for IBC assets
    • A chain name system
    • Bridges to Ethereum and Bitcoin
    • Interchain staking & validator set formation
    • Interchain accounts
    • ATOM staking derivatives
    • A marketplace for NFTs
  • A collaborative effort between all core development teams
  • More details to come!

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Proposed 2021 additions

to the Cosmos Hub

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Gravity DEX

  • The central marketplace for trading tokens from any connected network
    • Tokens from Cosmos-SDK powered networks, Ethereum tokens including DeFi tokens, Tokens from other connected networks via IBC or Peg
  • Give it a try! swap.bharvest.io/
  • GitHub: github.com/tendermint/liquidity

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Gravity DEX - Roadmap

  • Roadmap for Gravity DEX V1.0
    • By 2021.2.26 : Signaling Proposal Submitted
    • By 2021.3.12 : Finalize Gravity DEX V1.0 Codebase
    • By 2021.3.19 : Gaia Upgrade Proposal to adopt Gravity DEX V1.0
    • By 2021.4.16 :
      • Gravity DEX V1.0 Launch on Cosmos Hub Mainnet
      • Launch Gravity DEX V1.0 Mainnet Frontend Website
    • By 2021.5.31 : Enable Limit Order Governance Proposal
  • Roadmap for Gravity DEX V2.0
    • 2021.3.1~2021.6.30 : Dynamic Batch Period, Custom Pool Type
    • By 2021.7.31 : Gravity DEX V2.0 Launch

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Chain Name System

  • Five commands to launch a chain and transfer interchain tokens
    • Starport v0.15 will provide supercharged IBC dev experience
    • Scaffold IBC modules, packets in minutes
  • The CNS module has two purposes
    • Enable trustless confirmation of Chain IDs and IBC connection IDs
    • Provide metadata about chains (e.g. seed nodes) to allow devs to easily connect
  • Functionally for ATOM holders, you will be able to
    • obtain and administer chain names
  • CNS proof-of-concept coming next month (March 2021)
  • GitHub: https://github.com/tendermint/cns

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Gravity Bridge

  • Backed by billions of dollars of $ATOM staked on the Cosmos Hub, the Gravity Bridge will be the most secure, efficient, and decentralized cross chain bridge to Ethereum
  • Brings ERC20 tokens to Cosmos
  • Brings Cosmos IBC tokens to Ethereum
  • Signaling proposal to come to the Cosmos Hub later in 2021
  • More info: https://blog.althea.net/gravity-bridge/
  • GitHub: https://github.com/althea-net/cosmos-gravity-bridge

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Cross Chain Validation

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  • Makes it easier for new zones to launch
  • IBC protocol that uses staked ATOM to empower validators to opt-in to providing security for zones
  • Adds capabilities without compromising the integrity of the Hub
  • Aligns incentives between zones and the Hub
  • GitHub: https://github.com/informalsystems/cross-chain-validation/

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See you in

the Cosmos!

Zarko Milosevic

@zarinjo

Peng Zhong

@zcpeng

Deborah Simpier

@DeborahSimpier

Hyungyeon Lee

@B__Harvest