DeepChain TechFlow News, the core contributor of the Ethereum Layer 2 solution Starknet, StarkWare, announced the integration of the Cosmos ecosystem's Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) protocol and collaboration with Cosmos contributor Informal Systems.
This integration will allow Starknet to connect with any IBC-compatible chain, including all Cosmos chains and other non-Cosmos ecosystem chains that adopt this feature.
StarkWare stated that this collaboration aims to enhance Starknet's decentralization and interoperability by exploring the Tendermint consensus algorithm and IBC protocol. One key efficiency source of the IBC protocol is the use of its light client verification.
Over the past year, StarkWare has also been dedicated to various research and development projects, including introducing STARKs to Bitcoin, the 'fractal expansion' ZKThreads framework, and parallel transaction execution.