The cross-chain protocol IBC will be transferred to an organization under the Linux Foundation for governance.
Original headline跨链协议 IBC 将移交 Linux 基金会旗下组织治理
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Cosmos is transferring governance of its Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) protocol to the Linux Foundation's LF Decentralized Trust, moving the cross-chain standard under a neutral framework with a public project charter and contribution guidelines. LF Decentralized Trust will hold the IBC trademark while the code remains free and open source, and Cosmos will continue as a maintainer and contributor alongside new code maintainers Datachain and OpenZeppelin. The shift matters because IBC underpins interoperability across the Cosmos ecosystem and beyond, and neutral stewardship could broaden contributor participation and enterprise adoption. Watch for the formal charter and contribution terms, the pace of new maintainer onboarding, and whether additional chains and teams commit to IBC governance.
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