It’s that time again. Here’s a brief summary of what’s going on in the Cosmos.

Keplr

Keplr wallet is seeing strong user growth, now with well over 20,000 installs. The latest update now supports Cosmos chains that have upgraded to Stargate, and will be rolling out IBC transfers shortly after the governance vote activates the feature on the Hub.

Celo Bridge

Chorus One is making great progress on their Celo bridge, completing the ed21559 precompile needed on the Celo side, as well as an MVP of the Celo rust light client.

Agoric incentivized testnet

Agoric will be starting their incentivized testnet now that validator applications have…

It’s that time again, for the Interchain Foundation’s bi-weekly update. We’re a few days late, but will aim to release these every other Thursday as consistently as possible.

In the intervening two weeks the most significant news is without a doubt the Stargate Launch, which includes IBC and represents the culmination of years of work by the entire Cosmos ecosystem. Following the upgrade, Ethan Buchman and Sam Hart published a blog post, The Cosmos Hub is a Port City, describing a vision for what’s next for the Cosmos Hub.

If any of the updates are especially relevant to what you…

Ethan Buchman & Sam Hart

Blockchains are Cities

Blockchains are virtual cities: districts of economic and cultural exchange, where common infrastructure gives rise to a mutual sense of place and a shared social fabric.

Bitcoin is a city. The original application-specific chain. Despite its minimal feature set, Bitcoin is surrounded by a rich ecosystem of clients, exchanges, and layer-2s. Likewise, Ethereum is a sprawling metropolis with a rapidly expanding financial district, so much so that the cost of living is pushing people to the suburbs.

There are plenty of small cities that serve their residents perfectly well, but many next generation blockchains are…

Welcome to the eleventh edition of our bi-weekly update! We’ll be using this space to highlight some of the exciting activities that took place at the Interchain Foundation over the last two weeks. This includes some check-in meetings that occurred with various funding recipients, as well as goings-on that members of the Interchain ecosystem might find interesting and informative.

If any of the updates are especially relevant to what you are working on, feel free to drop us a line at hello@interchain.io.

If you’re interested in applying for funding, take a look at our process, our request for proposals and…

Welcome to the tenth edition of our bi-weekly update! We’ll be using this space to highlight some of the exciting activities that took place at the Interchain Foundation over the last two weeks. This includes some check-in meetings that occurred with various funding recipients, as well as goings-on that members of the Interchain ecosystem might find interesting and informative.

If any of the updates are especially relevant to what you are working on, feel free to drop us a line at hello@interchain.io.

If you’re interested in applying for funding, take a look at our process, our request for proposals and…

Our fourth quarter of funding proposals closed submissions on October 31st, 2020. This is the third time our new process has been followed since the update last year. We reviewed the applications internally and compiled the proposals recommended by the Board of Management. These were included with comments from the Technical Advisory Board and submitted to the Foundation Council for approval. The time spent since then was on finalizing service agreements and getting the required signatures in place.

The following proposals have now been finalized and work has begun by the respective teams. This comes in tandem with the Q4…

The Interchain Foundation (ICF) is delighted to announce the publication of key financial figures and funding activity for the last quarter of 2020. The Foundation maintains a very professional and conservative asset management approach which ensures sustainable capital deployment for the Cosmos project for many more years to come. In order to achieve the Foundation’s mission, safeguarding the Foundation’s assets and providing operational liquidity is essential and it is closely and constantly monitored by the Foundation Council.

Since its inception in 2017, the ICF has been subject to full financial audits and is happy to announce that during all reporting…

Welcome to the ninth edition of our bi-weekly update! We’ll be using this space to highlight some of the exciting activities that took place at the Interchain Foundation over the last two weeks — in this case with the holidays it’s actually been four weeks. This includes some check-in meetings that occurred with various funding recipients, as well as goings-on that members of the Interchain ecosystem might find interesting and informative.

If any of the updates are especially relevant to what you are working on, feel free to drop us a line at hello@interchain.io.

If you’re interested in applying for…