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Exploring a New Nexus: Cosmos & Ethereum

Talkat ETHDenver 2021 · 2021-02-05..02-12· [web3, distributed-systems]

speaker

name:Kent Barton

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video:https://youtu.be/51b8xeYR-As

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summary

Claims that IBC-enabled Cosmos zones plus cross-chain bridges act as a trust-minimized scalability layer for Ethereum, demonstrated by a Cosmos deployment called Microtic (decentralized short-term options + trust-minimized oracle) built because Ethereum mainnet and available Layer 2s lacked fast finality and multi-party computation. The Gravity bridge design uses Cosmos validators with Ethereum keys controlling a weighted multi-sig, mints pegged tokens on deposit, and relies on relayer incentives to relay exit messages. Risks: new protocols, validator setup friction, zone security and liquidity.

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