Nov 12, 2019
Core to the Cosmos vision is interoperability between various
ledgers on the “internet of blockchains”, sometimes also referred
to as the interchain. Our guest this week, Christopher Goes, is the
lead on the Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol (IBC) that is
core to fulfilling this vision. IBC aims to be the rails of the
interchain, analogous to what TCP/IP is to the internet.
Christopher is wearing many hats in the cryptocurrency space: aside
from his Researcher role at Tendermint, he is also a Co-Founder of
staking infrastructure provider and protocol development team
Cryptium Labs.
In this episode Brendan finds out about Christopher’s background
and the various projects he has worked and is working on, also
covering his motivations. The main part of this interview covers
what IBC is, why it is needed, and what IBC might be used for.
Additionally, Chris contrasts IBC to different interoperability
solutions like Keep’s tBTC. Furthermore, we go through the current
implementation of IBC, its road to production, and possible
application layer protocols on top of IBC. Finally, the episode
covers the incentivized testnet “Game of Zones”, which aims to test
the IBC protocol before its production release and cover the hopes
and risks that Chris sees for the Cosmos ecosystem.
IBC Website: https://cosmos.network/ibc
Cosmos Game of Zones: https://cosmos.network/goz
Chris Goes Website: https://pluranimity.org/about/
Cryptium Labs: https://cryptium.ch/
Stash: https://stash.ai/landing
Wyvern Protocol: https://wyvernprotocol.com/
Juvix: https://github.com/cryptiumlabs/juvix
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