Gate.io Research: Cosmos - New Phase and New Era

KeyPoints

●TheCosmosTeamisstablenowafteralongtimeofturmoil.OriginalfounderJaeKwon,founderofTendermint,hasagainbecometheleader.●CosmosHub,theinformationcenteroftheCosmospublicchain,willtakeonamoresignificantroleafterATOM2.0,targetingsecuritybetweenchains,liquiditystakinginfrastructure,andMEVredistribution.●ThetechnicalcharacteristicofCosmosofeasydeploymentandqualityIBCcross-chainprotocolmakesapplicationscoexistnicelywitheachother,withoutresourcecompetition.●TheCosmosecosystemreliesonlowdevelopmentcostsandeaseofdeployment.However,thegapwithEthereum,BNB,andothertopecosystemsisstillevident.ItisclearthattheOneChianecosystemstilldominatesthemarket.●Cosmosecosystemsufferedduringthe2022TerraLUNAcollapseoveritsvalue,butitsecosystemisnotlargelyaffected,therearestillqualityapplicationsrunning.

1.Intro

Cosmos,themultichainnetwork,isoneofthehottopicsinthecryptonewsin2022.Thisuniquenetworkisofficiallydescribedas"anever-expandingecosystemofinterconnectedappsandservices".CosmoshasbeenprovidingarobustblockchainserviceformanyDAppssinceitsinception.ButwillCosmosbecomethecradleofDAppsandeventhe"Ethereumkiller"?Wehopeouranalysiswillofferyousomeinsightintothisinterestingnetwork.Ithasbeen6yearssincethelaunchoftheCosmosmainnet.Cosmoshubwasbuiltduringthelast6yearsfromscratch.2022sofarisamixedyearforCosmos.ThecollapseofTerraisdefinitelyaheavyblowtotheecosystem.ButwiththeannouncementofCosmoshub2.0,theCosmosecosystemhasofficiallyendeditsfirststage-Initiation,andentereditssecondstage-Integration.Attheturningpointoftheproject,wewouldliketorevisitthehistoryoftheprojectandhopetogainsomeinsights.

1.1.TeamHistory

Agoodteamalwayshasagreatleader,justlikeEthereumhasVitalikandBinancehasCZ.JaeKwonisthecaptainofCosmos.JaeKwonandEthanBuchmanfoundedTendermint.AndtheCosmoswhitepapercameintobeingtwoyearslater.Thecosmosprojectraised17millionUSDin2012throughICOwiththeassistanceofTheInterchainFoundationfromSwitzerland.However,threeyearslater,theCosmosteamhadafallout.JaeKownlefttheTendermintteamandfocusedonprojects,VirgoandGno.land.FormerCDO,PengZhong,tookthespotofCEOofTendermint,andtheboardmemberofTendermintincreasedtofive.Surprisingly,Tendermintseparatedintotwoentitiesinthemiddleof2022,IgniteInc.andNewTendermintInc.JaeKwon,founderorformerCEOoftheoriginalTendermint,willbetheCEOofNewTendermint.NewTendermintwillbefocusingonthecoretechnologyofCosmosandKwon’sotherprojects,Gno.Land,Tendermint,andCosmosSDK.PengZhongwillbetheCEOofIgniteInc.IgniteCLIandEmeriswillbetheirflagshipproducts.

1.2.Tokenocomics

Stargate基金會建議DAO不要重新發行STG代幣，FTX清算人或將尋求賠償:3月13日消息，基于 LayerZero 的跨鏈流動性協議 Stargate 發推稱，Stargate 基金會建議 DAO 不要重新發行 STG 代幣。去年 FTX 破產后，FTX/Alameda 錢包出現密鑰泄露或內部問題，被黑客攻擊損失約 5 億美元。FTX 清算人最終將所有資產轉移到新錢包，密鑰不會泄露給黑客。Stargate DAO 認為，該錢包的密鑰極有可能在 FTX 清算人 / Alameda 與黑客之間泄漏與共享，并提議重新發行 STG 代幣以將這些資金轉移出該錢包。

FTX 清算人近期表示，如果重新發行并轉移資金，將違反自動中止條款，并將積極尋求賠償。

經與律師溝通后，FTX 清算人認為代幣已經在其錢包中并無需采取任何行動，以及代幣將在 3 月 17 日一次性被領走。Stargate 基金會認為這是錯誤的，且沒有跡象表明 FTX 清算人對智能合約的實際情況、運作方式以及如何與合約互動以確保資金安全有深刻認知。基金會認為 FTX 清算人更愿意將代幣保存在一個不安全的錢包中。LayerZero Labs 表示其明確保留在任何時候就 STG 代幣所有權問題以及因清算人在確保這些資金方面的不負責任而造成的任何損失采取任何法律行動并行使任何補救措施的權利。它們重申，假設其成功并在法庭上獲勝，代幣將以成本價轉移給 Stargate DAO。

金色財經此前報道，2 月 6 日 Stargate 此前提出的重新發行 STG 的提案以 90% 的支持率投票通過，依據提案內容將于 3 月 15 日執行。[2023/3/13 13:00:17]

ATOMistheonlytokenissuedbyCosmosovertheCosmoshub,however,ATOMdoesnotcapturethevalueoftheCosmoschainverywell.ThatisthereasonwhyCosmosisaprojectthatisvaluedforitslong-termecosystemgrowthbutthepriceofATOMisactingweak.Let’sreviewthetokencomicsoftheoriginalATOMtoken.

1.2.1.ATOM1.0

ThemainfunctionsofATOM1.0token:1.ParticipatinginPoSthroughstaking2.ATOMholderscanhelpwithCosmoshubgovernanceandreserveforputtingproposals3.Systemreward4.TradingfeesforCosmoshubtransactionvalidators.ApointworthnotingisthatyoucanpayfeesinothertokensandthisisoneofthereasonswhyATOMcannotcapturethevalueofthechainwell.ItisclearthatATOM,initsoriginalform,cannotcapturethevalueoftheCosmoschainverywell.ThevalueofATOM1.0mostlyreliesontheCosmosHubratherthantheentirenetwork.AndthedatatransferredonCosmosHubonlycountsforaverysmallportionoftheentirenetwork,whichdepreciatesthevalueofATOM.AccordingtothedataofMapofZones:Untilthetimeofwriting,30days(2022/11/08to2022/12/08)totalIBCtransfersis7,129,600:445,890timesofCosmosHub,ranked4ofallCosmoszones;turntoIBCvolumepart,30daystotalIBCvolumeis$2.72B,CosmosHubstillranks4andtransfer$318.75M,whichis17.52%ofthetotal.

1.2.2.ATOM2.0

OnSept.27,2022,SamHart,whowasresponsibleforCosmosstrategybefore,publishedanarticlenamed“ATOM2.0:AnewvisionforCosmosHub”inthecommunitywiththenewwhitepaperforCosmosHub.Althoughtheproposaldidnotpassthecommunityvote,theintentionforchangeforCosmosHunandATOMisclear.TherearefourkeywordsonATOM2.0:1.InterchainScheduler2.InterchainAllocatorTheinterchainschedulerandinterchainallocatoraretwopartsofthenewCosmosMEVmarket.Itallowsuserstocompeteinthepriceofonchainspace.3.LiquidStakingOriginalliquidityproviderswillhavethechancetoearnthroughstakingandotheropportunities.Cosmoswillprovideliquidity-stakinginfrastructureinthefuture,4.InterchainSecurityThezonewillbeabletorentvalidatorsfromCosmosHubtoprovideinterchainsecurity.CosmosHubalsomadechangesinATOMtokenreleasemechanismtocounterhighinflation.Thecomingtenreleaseswillbevotedbytokenholdersandthisshouldbeabletomanagetheconcernsoftokenholders.Ingeneral,thenewwhitepaperwillredistributetheMEVandguidesomeoftheincomestotheCosmosofficialvault,whichwouldallowtheteamtogainfromthenetworkdevelopment.CosmosHubwilltakeonabiggerroleinfinanceandtechnology,toallowATOMtocapturethenetworkvaluebetter.Finally,ATOM’sinflationproblemwillbeaddressedbygovernancevotingandabetterATOMwithhigherliquidityandbettervaluecaptureiscominginthenearfuture.

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2.TechnicalCharacteristics

Cosmosisadecentralizednetworkwithindependentparallelblockchains.EveryblockchainisconstructedwiththeBFTconsensusmechanism,thesamewithTendermint.Unlikemostpublicchainsonthemarketthatuseasinglechainstructure,applicationsonCosmosarealldeployedondifferentblockchains,allofwhichcommunicatewiththemainCosmossystemthroughcross-chaincommunicationtechnology.TheCosmosnetworkhasbeenthroughmultipleinteractionsandthefollowingdiscussionisbasedonCosmosHubv1.2.BlockchainTrilemmaisawell-knownissueintheblockchaindevelopmentcommunity.Everydeveloperwillhavetofacethetradeoffsbetweendecentralization,scalability,andsecurity.Cosmos’ssolutionisamultichainstructureframework.ThisstructureandunderlyingtechnologyoftheTendermintconsensusmechanism,CosmosSDK,andIBCinterchainprotocolmadeCosmosaflexibleandefficientnetwork.

2.1.ZoneandHub

Cosmosnetworkconsistsofmultiplechainsandthemanagementandcommunicationofdifferentchainsisaquestionthatcannotbeavoided.Inshort,Cosmosassignsdifferenttasksfordifferentchains.Thechains,whereapplicationsarerunarecalledZone.Andthechains,wheredataiscommunicatedarecalledHub.

ZonesrelyonIBCtocommunicatewithHubfordatatransportation.ComparedtootherpublicchainswhereDAppsaredeployedonthesameblockchain,Zonecanofferalltheresourcesonthechaintoasingleapplication,avoidingthenetworkblockageproblemwhenmultipleapplicationsareactiveandneedtocommunicatewiththemainchain.Thecomputingpoweronasinglechainislimited,andgoodapplicationswillbecompetingforcomputingpowerovertime.Thiswillbeahugelimitationforthesingle-chainecosystem.Blockchaintrilemmawouldalsocomeintoplaywhereblockchainscalabilityisahugeliabilityifdecentralizationorsecurityarenotsacrificed,allofwhichwillcompoundthecomputingpowerissue.ZonesintheCosmosecosystemdonotcompetewitheachotherforcomputingpowerwhichgivestheecosystemahigherceiling.ZonesareoperatedunderthesupportoftheTendermintBFTsecurityconsensusengine,whichallowstheZonestofunctionevenwithintentionaltampering.Tendermintallowsdifferentprogramminglanguagesandconsensusmechanismstooperatewithinthesystem.ThisallowstheCosmosecosystemtoincludeZoneswithdifferentconsensusmechanisms,whichgivesdevelopersgreatflexibility.HubisverysimilartoZoneindesignbutitwouldtakemoreresponsibilityfordatatransportationandconnectZones,actingasthecenterformultipleZones.ThefirstHubintheCosmosnetworkwasreleasedbyCosmosofficialsandithasbeenagreatmediumfordata.InthelatestCosmoswhitepaperHubsaregivenmorerolesininterchainsecurityandliquidstaking.

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2.2.Tendermint

TendermintisaconsensusmechanismdevelopedbyTendermintIncanditisthefirstprotocoltosupportBFT.IntheTendermintconsensus,everynodehasdifferentvotingrights,andnodeswithacertainamountofvotingrightswillbevalidators.Thesystemwillmakedecisionsbasedontheproportionsofvotingcountsnotnodecounts.Andvotingrightsarebasedonthenumberoftokensstaked.ThisdesignwillleadvalidatorstoownmoretokensandkeeptheeconomicinterestofmodenodesinlinewiththeCosmosnetwork.Tenderminthasaspecialdataport–ApplicationBlockChainInterface(ABCI),forconnectingtothedifferentblockchainswithdifferenttechnologicaldesigns.ABCIisresponsibleforconvertingblockchainswithdifferentprogramminglanguagesandconsensusmechanismstotheTendermintstandard,whichwillbetransferredandexecutedintheTendermintBFTprogramwheretheTendermintprotocollies.DuetotheversatilityofABCI,theCosmosecosystemcanbelinkedwithavarietyofblockchains.ABCIdividestransactionsintothreecategories:DeliverTX,CheckTX,andCommitTX.DeliverTXisresponsiblefortransportingtransactioninformationintheblockchain.CheckTXissimilartoDeliverTXbutismoreclosetotransactionvalidation.CommitTXisresponsibleforcalculatingencryptionpermissionforcurrentsoftwareandputtingitintothenextblock.Thegeneralmechanismisasfollows:Source：https://docs.tendermint.com/v0.34/introduction/what-is-tendermint.html#abci-overviewAlthoughTendermintisveryoutstandingincompatibility,thereisasignificantlimitation:validationspeedwillbeslowedwiththeincreaseofvalidators.ThisisthereasonthatCosmosputsalimittothemaxvalidatornumber.Thestartingnumberis100andwillgrowlinearlyto300in10years.Source：https://v1.cosmos.network/resources/whitepaper

2.3.CosmosSDK

SDKreferstoasoftwaredevelopmentkit,acombinationofspecialapplicationsusedindevelopmentforsoftwareengineers,whichusuallycontainsAPIandDLL.TheCosmosSDKisaspeciallydevelopedopen-sourceframeworkforblockchainprojectdevelopmentontheCosmosnetwork.ManyfamousblockchainprojectsarebuiltusingCosmosSDK,thisisthereasonwhyCosmosSDKiscalledthemostwidelyusedblockchaindevelopmentframework.NotableprojectsbuiltusingCosmosSDKareBNBChain,Terra,CosmosHub,Cronons,Osmosis,andEvmos.ThroughCosmosSDK,developerscaneasilycreateacustomizedblockchainanddecideiftheblockchaincanlinktotheCosmosnetwork.Therefore,itisverysimplefordeveloperstocreateaZonefortheirapplicationandoptimizetheapplicationonitsownchainwithouttheworriesofcompetingwithotherapplications,whichisveryimportantforapplicationsecurityandfunction.

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據悉。Gate.io芝麻開門周周利周五場BTC、ETH持倉計劃8號將于下周五中午12點上線，目前，BTC/ETH/USDT 7天Pos活期理財-DeFi流動性挖礦賺SWRV持續進行中。

芝麻開門周周利是Gate.io 理財寶正式推出的7天短期持倉理財產品，鎖倉幣種為BTC、ETH、USDT等主流幣種。詳情點擊原文鏈接。[2020/9/18]

2.4.IBC

Usually,cross-chaindatatransportationusesBrightprotocols,agroupofprotocolsdedicatedtocross-chaindatatransportation.Butduetothedifferenceintechnicalspecificationsandparametersfordifferentchains,theefficiencyandsecurityforcross-chainprotocolsareverylowandvulnerable,whichisalwaysaheavysecurityconcern.Cosmos,ablockchainwithamulti-chainstructure,usestheIBCprotocoltocombattheproblemsmentionedabove.InterBlockchainCommunicationProtocol(IBC)isareliableandsecureprotocolforinter-modulecommunication.IBCcanbeusedbyanyapplicationbuiltonareliableandsecuremodule.

Source：https://www.panewslab.com/zh/articledetails/6sznqfc7.htmlItisworthnotingthattheIBCprotocolisnotanormalprotocol,theIBCorganizationdefinitionisasfollows:1.IBCisnotanapplication-layerprotocol:ithandlesdatatransport,authentication,andreliabilityonly;2.IBCisnotanatomic-swapprotocol:arbitrarycross-chaindatatransferandcomputationaresupported;3.IBCisnotashardingprotocol:thereisnosinglestatemachinebeingsplitacrosschains,butratheradiversesetofdifferentstatemachinesondifferentchainswhichsharesomecommoninterfaces;4.IBCisnotalayer2protocol:allchainsimplementingIBCexistonthesame"layer",althoughtheymayoccupydifferentpointsinthenetworktopology,andthereisnotnecessarilyasinglerootchainorsinglevalidatorset.Traditionalcross-chainbridgeprotocolswilllockAtokenontheAchainandinformthesmartcontractontheBchainthroughanoracleandawaittheminersontheBchaintomintnewBtokensfortransfer.AndwhentheuserwantstomovebacktotheAchain,theBtokenontheBchainwillbeburntandreleasethelockedAtokenfortheuser.Cosmoscross-chaintransportationandtraditionalbridgeprotocolsasimilarinsomeways,butIBCusesHubastransportationmediaforvalidation.Asthefollowinggraphshows,Zone1willfirstvalidatethetransactioninformationonitschainandthentransporttheinformationtoHub.ThentheHubwillvalidatetheinformationthroughSPVandpasstheinformationontoZone3.Zone3willfirstvalidateifZone1proposedthetransferandaskHubtotransferassetsfromZone1oncetheproposedtransferisvalidated.WhentheHubreceivestheaskfromZone3,theassetwillbesenttoZone3fromtheHub.

Source：https://www.panewslab.com/zh/articledetails/6sznqfc7.htmlTherearetwoimportantpremisestousingIBC:1.TheblockchainisdevelopedusingCosmosSDK2.LinkedtotheIBCprotocolmoduleAllthepremisesmustbemet.Anon-CosmosSDKblockchaincannotbeeasilylinkedtotheecosystem.AblockchaindevelopedwithCosmosSDK,butchoosenottobelinkedtotheCosmosnetwork,cannotbeeasilylinkedtotheecosystemaswell,likeBSC.3.Ecosystem

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3.1.Majormodules

Cosmosisthelargestcross-chainecosystemwithamarketcapofaround59.56billionUSD.ThetotalassettransferredonitsIBCprotocolisaround8.79billionUSD.Thereare51ZonesintheIBCnetwork.Althoughthemacroeconomicenvironmentisnotoptimalin2022,theCosmosnetworkisnotquiteaffected.

3.1.1.CosmosHub

CosmosHubisthefirstofficialCosmosecosystemwithATOMasitstoken.ThemainfunctionofCosmosHubistoprovidedatatransportationforZonesconnected.BecauseCosmosHubisofficiallyoperated,thefollowingadjustmentsfortheCosmosnetworkstructurewillsoonbeapplied,andthenewtoken,ATOM2.0,maytransformCosmosHubintoacenterofcross-chainsecurityandliquidity.Weareveryexcitedabouttheupcomingchanges.

3.1.2.Osmosis

OsmosisisatthecenteroftheCosmosecosystembecausethetotalassettransferredismorethanthatoftheCosmosHub.ThemainapplicationthatrunsonOsmosisiscalledOsmosisDEX,whichutilizestheIBCtoachieveinterchaintransactionswithintheCosmosecosystem.TheliquidityonOsmosisreached$1.8billioninMarch2022.Atthetimethisarticleiscomposed,OsmosiscansupportIBCinterchaintransactionsfor45differentnetworks,whilethetotalnumberofnetworkslinkedtoIBCis51.

3.1.3.Evmos

Evmosisascalableandhigh-volumePoSblockchainthatiscompletelycompatiblewiththeEthereumnetwork.EvmosallowscertainapplicationsonCosmostorunontheEthereumnetworkwhichgivesthedevelopersaccesstotheEthereumnetwork.SinceEvmosisbuiltusingtheCosmosSDK,italsoofferstheabilitytotransactwiththeCosmosecosystemthroughIBC.AsthepublicchainthatiscompatiblewithEthereum,EvmosiscompatiblewithprojectsoperatedontheEthereumnetwork,includingfamousprojectslikeCMC,DeBank,andAutofarm,inatotalof25projectsaccordingtotheofficialwebsite.Currently,themonthlytradingvolumeonEvmosisranked6thintheCosmosecosystemanditwillbeagreatstartforCosmosinthefuture.

3.1.4.Terra

Terraisthemostcontroversialchainin2022,whichisthepublicchainknownforstablecoins.Thepopularchainstartedadownwardspiral,beginningwiththeUSTdepeginMay2022,whicheventuallyledtothetotalcollapseoftheprojectwithaTVLof$20.77billion.TerrausedtobeatapivotalpositionintheCosmosecosystem,itisthesinglechainwiththemostvaluestored.

3.2.EcosystemComparison

After6yearsofdevelopment,therearealargenumberofqualityprojectsonCosmos.However,themarketstillpreferssingle-chainecosystems.ThedirectcompetitionofCosmosisnotEthereumorAvalancheatthemoment,butPolkadotwhichsharesasimilarstructure.WewillcloselyexamineCosmosandPolkadotfirstandthenbrieflydiscussEthereuminthecontext.

3.2.1Polkadot

OftencalledLayer0,CosmosandPolkadotarethemostcomparedprojectsduetotheirsimilaritiesinconcept.ButCosmosandPolkadotarebuiltwithdifferentphilosophies.Wewillmainlydiscusstheframeworkandgovernancebetweenthetwo.FRAMEWORK

UnliketheHub-ZoneframeworkofCosmos,PolkadotisaRelaychain-Parachainsmode.1.TheRelayChainisthecoreofPolkadot.Itsroleistotransferdatabetweendifferentparachains,recordandvalidatetheresultofthetransaction,andthusensurethesafetransportationoftheentirePolkadot.2.TheparachainissimilartothezoneinCosmosandfocusesonapplicationscenarios.3.ThebridgechainisaspecialdesigntoconnectotherblockchainsthatdonotcomplywithPolkadot'sgovernanceprotocols.Forexample,whenPolkadotconnectstoEthereum,thedatafromEthereumisfirstprocessedthroughthebridgechaintostandardizethem.ThentheyaretransmittedtootherPolkadotparticipants.ComparedtoPolkadot,thehubintheCosmosnetworkisusedasthemainchaintoconnectdifferentzones,butitisnottheonlyhubintheCosmosnetwork.OtherchainssuchasOsmosisandEvmoscanalsoserveashubstoconnectzones,butinPolkadotthereisonlyoneofficialtransmissionmethod,therelaychain,andotherchainsthatwanttoaccesstherelaychainhavetoparticipateintheauctionslotsbasedontheirnativetokensDOTandcanonlyaccessafterwinningtheslot,whichisalsoabiggaptoCosmos'almostfreeflexibleaccessway.GOVERNANCEInthePolkadotecosystem,governancemustbediscussedbymultipledepartmentsbeforeanideabecomesarule,andvotingrightsaredeterminedbythenumberoftokensDOT.Soifparticipationinthepollislow,thefinalexecutionoftokenallocationandprizesmaybeskewed.Cosmosismoreflexibleatthispoint,primarilythroughtokenvoting,butsincenotallhubsareofficiallyrun,otherhubscanusetheirnativetokensasthebasisforvoteallocationwithouteveryonehavingtogothroughATOMtoexercisegovernance.

3.2.2.Ethereum

Ethereum,asthedominatoroftheBlockchain,hasalreadyperfecteditsownecologyandiscurrentlythemostsuccessfulecosystem.BycomparingCosmostoit,wecanassesshowfarthemulti-chainecologyisfromthecurrentmainstreammarketmodel.Technically,EthereumhasbeenexploringnewwaystoexpandEthereumitselfinrecentyears,suchasconvertingETH2.0toPoSandslicing,whichisessentiallyexploringabreakthroughintheimpossibletriangleofblockchaintechnology.ComparedtoDAppsonEthereum,Cosmoshasmoreaccesstoapplication-specificchains:suchasthecross-chainDeFiprotocolUmeeandthecross-chainliquidityOsmosis.Theapplication-specificchainapproachprovidesmoreflexibilityforDAppsandavoidsthesituationwheredifferentDAppscompeteforresourcesononechainIfwetakethecomparisonbacktothesinglechainlevelandcompareCosmosHubwithEthereum,thefollowingpictureemerges.

Accordingtothedata,itisobviousthatCosmosHubisasinglechain,itscurrentvaluationandvaluestoragearedifficulttocomparewithEthereum.ThisisalsorelatedtothecharacteristicsofCosmosHubitself:1.CosmosHubmainlyperformsthefunctionofdatatransferbetweenthezonesandisnotthemainchainoffirstchosenbyecologicallyrelevantapplications;2.ATOMtokenhasalowabilitytocapturevalueintheprotocolinthefirstversion.AlthoughtheCosmosnetworkitselfhasgreaterpotential,themarketdoesnottrustthetoken,whichindirectlyleadstothesubsequentadjustmentofthehubfunctioninthenetworkandthemodificationoftheATOMtokenbyCosmosofficials.

3.3.CurrentEcosystemSituation

Accordingtoofficialdata,thevalueoftheentireCosmosnetworkisaround$63.07billion,withmostofitfromBNB(~75.11%);thetopfiveprojectsaccountfor94.72%ofthetotalvalue.However,thetwochainswiththehighestvalue,BNB,andOKB,arenotlinkedtothenetworkthroughtheIBCprotocol.WewilluseMapofZone'sdataasareferencetomeasurethetotalvaluationoftheentireCosmosnetwork,$10,047,000,000,andthelargestcontributortothisfigureisCosmosHub'snativetoken:ATOM($2,820,592,754),suchamarketcapleveliscurrentlyonlyranked28thintheentiremarket.Asyoucansee,theCosmosNetworkhasanimaginativefuture,butcomparedtoothersingle-chainecosystems,it'snotthereyet.ItisfortunatethatCosmosandotherblockchainscanbealliesratherthancompetitors,butthisneedforCosmosNetworkcanfurtherimprovetheoverallvalue,andprovidemorefunctionalandpowerfulapplicationmodulestocomprehensivelyimprovethefinancialvaluecoveredbyIBC.WehopethatthefutureofCosmosisnotastoryfullofbattlefire,butapatternofuniting.

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