ChainCatcher message, Cosmos Hub announced on platform X that it is ready for the Cosmos Hub v21 upgrade, which will be launched at block 22953640 (expected at 23:00 Beijing time on November 6).This upgrade will allow consumer chains to send ICS rewards of any denomination through any IBC channel and combine rewards of up to three denominations without any permission required.

ChainCatcher message, the AtomOne chain based on Cosmos Hub's proposal 848 has been launched, with the independent governance blockchain GovGen successfully initiated with the support of 50 validators. It has improved the concentration of validator voting power by removing the voting rights related to validators and delegations. AtomOne aims to prioritize security, adaptability, and inclusivity to promote the development of the Cosmos ecosystem and enhance the decentralized governance process.In terms of token economics, 96.99 million ATONE are allocated to ATOM token holders, 5.38 million ATONE are allocated to the community pool, and 5.38 million ATONE are allocated to the reserved address AtomOne Treasury DAO.

ChainCatcher news, Cosmos Hub announced the launch of the application chain launch platform Forge, which allows developers to shorten the deployment time of blockchains to a few days and seamlessly integrate with Cosmos through IBC.

ChainCatcher news, Cosmos Hub supports the "Liquid Staking Module (LSM)" proposal. The officials stated that due to the initial LSM proposal having editing contributions from North Korean IT personnel, Informalinc and ATOM Accelerator are conducting a third-party audit of LSM and have postponed the Hydro project originally scheduled to launch this week. Hydro is an upcoming liquidity allocation platform developed by Informal Systems for the Hub, which uses LSM to allow ATOM stakers to participate in the voting process without having to unbond, forfeit staking rewards, or favor any single liquid staking provider.

ChainCatcher message, Cosmos ecosystem software development company All in Bits stated that it has discovered serious security issues with the Liquidity Staking Module (LSM) of Cosmos Hub, including that most of the LSM code was written by North Korean agents; LSM is not an independent module but a set of modifications to the existing staking, allocation, and slashing modules, which may affect all staked ATOM; vulnerabilities that allow slashing evasion still exist; 19 months of code changes have not been audited; significant misrepresentation by Zaki Manian and Iqlusion; lack of transparency from ICF, Stride Labs, and informal systems.All in Bits recommends immediate fixes for the major staking vulnerabilities in LSM; an immediate and comprehensive audit of LSM; full disclosure of the investigation timeline involving North Korean agents; blacklisting of ICF stakeholders; new audit and oversight agreements for ICF-funded projects.

ChainCatcher news, the Cosmos Hub official announced on social media that proposal 955 has been approved, and the existing PoL (Proof of Liquidity) export will be rerouted to the Hydro platform.It is reported that through this process, participants will be able to directly obtain liquidity from the Cosmos Hub.

ChainCatcher news, according to official sources, Cosmos Hub has successfully upgraded to Gaia v19, becoming the reference chain for the latest innovations in cross-chain technology stack. This upgrade comprehensively enhances the efficiency, security, and functionality of Cosmos Hub to better meet the rapidly growing demands of the cross-chain ecosystem.The upgraded Hub integrates the latest version of the cross-chain technology stack, including Cosmos SDK v0.50, IBC v8.4.0, CometBFT v0.38.11, and Interchain Security v5.1.1. Cosmos SDK v0.50 was developed in collaboration with Binary Builders, significantly improving performance and development efficiency.IBC v8.4.0 introduces channel upgradeability, allowing chains to utilize new features without interrupting the network.CometBFT v0.38.11 includes ABCI++ and voting extension features, enhancing consensus flexibility.Interchain Security v5.1.1 ensures full compatibility with the latest versions of Cosmos SDK and CometBFT.

ChainCatcher message, Cosmos Hub initiated a proposal to transfer 1 million ATOM from the Cosmos Hub community pool to the Hydro committee to enhance ATOM liquidity.It is reported that Hydro is a liquidity management protocol that allows projects to bid for liquidity.

ChainCatcher news, Cosmos Hub posted on X that the community previously voted to introduce the fee market module (Proposal 842) to Cosmos Hub.The team has now completed the integration, which will be part of the Gaia v18 release. It will provide an adaptive fee market and also support ATOM burning. The new fee market mechanism will only start adjusting fees when block capacity usage exceeds 50%. In simple terms, fees will only increase when block usage exceeds 15 million Gas units.

ChainCatcher message, Cosmos Hub stated on the X platform at 4:32 AM today that Cosmos Hub is experiencing a temporary chain interruption. Subsequently, in a follow-up post, it indicated that during the v17 upgrade, Hub validators patched a security vulnerability in the Liquid Staking Module (LSM).After most validators implemented the patch for the vulnerability, Cosmos Hub stated a few minutes ago that the previous issue has been resolved, and Cosmos Hub is generating blocks again. Informal Systems and Hypha Cosmos will release a post-mortem analysis containing all the details as soon as possible.

ChainCatcher news, ATOM Accelerator DAO (AADAO) announces its first venture funding project as the integrated DeFi Layer1 application chain Elys Network for Cosmos Hub, with both parties reaching a strategic cooperation.The venture funding project for Cosmos Hub is deployed through AADAO, aiming to invest in high-growth early-stage projects within the cross-chain ecosystem. Through the Cosmos Hub venture funding project deployed by AADAO, the Cosmos Hub community fund pool will receive a substantial amount of ELYS tokens.

ChainCatcher news, according to Cosmos Hub's announcement on platform X, proposal 914 has been approved by the community, which means the v16 software upgrade will be executed. Cosmos Hub stated that this upgrade will take place at block 20440500 (expected on May 15).

According to ChainCatcher news, the Cosmos Hub community is voting on the "Gaia v16 software upgrade" governance proposal, which will end on May 10.It is reported that this version introduces the following new features: ICA controller submodule IBC, rate limiting module (with initial rate limits outlined in proposal 890), IBC fee module, and ICS epochs (part of ICS v4.1.0). After the governance vote is approved, the relevant binaries for Gaia v16.0.0 need to be updated and submitted to the Cosmos Hub, and the update process will take about two weeks.In addition, according to the announcement released by Upbit supporting the Cosmos network "Gaia v16" upgrade, Upbit will suspend deposits and withdrawals for this network on May 15, and will resume them after the network upgrade stabilizes.

ChainCatcher news, according to official information, Cosmos Hub has announced that proposal #895 has been approved, and the community has confirmed support for the implementation of permissioned CosmWasm on Cosmos Hub.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, Cosmos developer All in Bits will launch a new blockchain network focused on governance, GovGen, before the Cosmos Hub forks into AtomOne. The development plan for GovGen will go live at 9 AM Eastern Time on Tuesday, led by All in Bits, a company owned by Cosmos co-founder Jae Kwon. GovGen will shape the design of the upcoming AtomOne fork through a decentralized decision-making process, with the primary goal of gauging the community's views on various proposals related to the foundational charter of AtomOne.It is reported that the native token of the network, GovGen, will be distributed to ATOM holders who voted against Proposal 848 on Cosmos Hub. The GovGen token is intended solely for voting purposes in this context and is non-transferable and non-tradable. AtomOne will go live after the design is decided by GovGen holders.

ChainCatcher news, Cosmos validator node Stakecito co-founder Cryptocito (@Cryptocito) posted on social media that the Cosmos Hub fork AtomOne (or renamed GovGen) will launch its mainnet next Tuesday, February 27.It is reported that Cosmos co-founder Jae Kwon released the specific charter for the Cosmos fork AtomOne last November, including declarations, vision and mission, genesis distribution, token economics, AtomOne governance, and the AtomOne technical advisory committee, to "respond to the Cosmos community's differing views on mission, token economics, and security." ATOM1 is defined as the staking token for the minimal ICS1.5 IBC AtomOne Hub, which will always maintain 2/3 of ATOM1 staked, with 10% of ATOM1 being pre-mined for various purposes, and 80% of inflation + rewards directed towards stakers who choose validators.

ChainCatcher news, according to The Block, the community proposal to "reduce the minimum inflation parameter to 0%" for Cosmos Hub has failed to pass. Among them, 48.6% of validators voted against the proposal, 25% supported it, and 25.9% abstained.

ChainCatcher news, Cosmos announced that it will initiate the Cosmos Hub improvement process in 2024, in which Partial Set Security is a reimagined concept of Opt-in Security, allowing a subset of Hub validators to run physical nodes for each consumer chain.It is reported that this concept aims to provide a more scalable and cost-effective method through validator delegation while maintaining a high degree of decentralization and security.