Cosmos Hub

ATOM

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Launch

The Cosmos Hub mainnet was launched on 13 March 2019. secondary source source

Founders and creators

Jae Kwon and Ethan Buchman. secondary source source

Origin story

The Cosmos Hub was the first blockchain to be established on the Cosmos network. secondary source source

Stated purpose

An ecosystem of interoperable blockchains connected through the Inter-Blockchain Communication protocol (IBC). secondary source source

Consensus mechanism

The Cosmos stack includes a modular development framework (Cosmos SDK), a consensus engine (CometBFT), and the Inter-Blockchain Communication Protocol (IBC). secondary source source

Supply model

The economic security of the Cosmos Hub is a function of the amount of ATOM staked. secondary source source

Main uses today

ATOM have three use cases: as a spam-prevention mechanism, as staking tokens, and as a voting mechanism in governance. secondary source source

Key milestones

In February 2023, the Tendermint Core consensus software was forked and renamed CometBFT. secondary source source
In 2021, the IBC protocol was introduced, enabling interoperability between independent blockchains. secondary source source

Sources & studies

Last checked: 2026-11-04 · Prices, market caps and circulating supply are left out on purpose because they change by the minute. Educational, not financial advice.

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