Vision

The Internet of Blockchains

Our ultimate vision is to empower billions globally through groundbreaking applications built on our infrastructure. The Internet of Blockchains isn’t just a concept—it’s a future where App-to-App, Mesh Interoperability becomes a common standard, mirroring the seamless connections of today’s Cosmos or the Internet.

App-to-App vs Hub-and-Spoke

App-to-App vs Hub-and-Spoke	App-to-App with IBC	Hub-and-Spoke
Connection Owner	App	Bridge
Operational Cost	Cheap enough to be operated by individual app	Expensive
Number of Validator	∞, very scalable	A few up to 20
Security and Liveness	High, light clients with TEEs and ZKs prover	Up to the validator set
Permissionless	Guaranteed	Not Guaranteed
Censorship resistance	Guaranteed	Not Guaranteed
Scalability	High for the long-term	Low for the long-term
Latency	As fast as the finality on the source chain	Based on each proprietary criterion to account for the reorg risk

Principle

As a core interoperability infrastructure for application developers, we have established key principles.

1. We don’t compromise on security and liveness.

2. We don’t compromise on permissionlessness.

3. We don’t compromise on censorship resistance.

4. We don’t compromise on latency.

5. We don’t compromise on gas costs.