Recently, as part of its efforts to professionalize, rebuild trust with the community, and improve transparency and community engagement, the Interchain Foundation announced the formation of the Technical Advisory Board (TAB). An essential element of the Interchain Foundation, the TAB is composed of leaders from across the ecosystem. The TAB…

A seven-week, part-time, online training program that covers the core aspects of the Interchain Stack The Interchain Foundation is funding the third cohort of the Interchain Developer Academy, a program designed for experienced web2 and web3 developers looking to begin or continue a career in blockchain. 350 experienced developers have been through the program to date, and the next cohort has places for 200 more…

Here we go Cosmonauts and Validators, the final version of the Interchain Foundation Delegations Policy that you yourselves helped to create is complete! — The work behind the creation of the Delegation Policy was really substantial, but for those of us who worked on it, it was always clear how this was a priority and an incredible opportunity to add value in a concrete way to our ecosystem starting with the smallest realities.

The constellation of core Cosmos and Interchain development organizations has a complex history. Its details are scattered across the internet, in blog posts, news articles, tweets, github repositories, and even blockchains. What has emerged out of this history is a truly remarkable collection of smart, passionate, and thoughtful contributors that…

This post introduces Interchain NFT Transfer, which brings NFT capability into Cosmos, facilitates interoperability and expands the capabilities of IBC, the Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol. What is Interchain NFT Transfer？ Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) have changed the way we produce, distribute, trade and advertise branded goods like art, movies, and music, attracting the attention of various industries…

This post is contributed by the Datachain team. IBC plays an essential role in the enterprise space because of the trust-minimised blockchain interoperability it provides for heterogeneous blockchains and is a proven technology, as discussed in our previous post. …

Our plan for delivering ABCI++ The Tendermint Core project is one which, relative to other software in the space, is long in the tooth. While Tendermint remains the industry standard in consensus engines, its journey has seen many iterations of the core development team. This lack of continuity has led…

A retrospective on the v0.35, what happened, how it happened and the decisions we’ve made going forward — Tendermint Core v0.35 was released in November 2021. Among other work, v0.35 included the first phase of a peer to peer (p2p) refactor which modified several abstractions with the aim of preparing the codebase for larger subsequent changes (i.e. libp2p). The refactor included an overhaul to: the Router – responsible…

The Interchain Foundation is committed to stewarding the Cosmos ecosystem by funding and advancing the creation of an interoperable, sustainable, and community-owned decentralized ecosystem. As part of our ongoing efforts to support the Cosmos ecosystem, the ICF is updating its delegation strategy, which has been notably outdated. Due to limited…