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An in-depth comparison between IBC and LayerZero, including architecture, security and trust assumptions, development expressivity, speed, cost, and extensibility to new ecosystems.

The Inter-Blockchain Communication Protocol (IBC) is one of the most widely adopted interoperability protocols globally. This post aims to dispel misconceptions about the protocol and educate technical and non-technical users on its development and usage.

An in-depth comparison between IBC and CCIP, including architecture, security and trust assumptions, development expressivity, speed, cost, and extensibility.

In 3 years, the IBC Protocol has grown to 114 chains, $3B in monthly volume, and 8.8M transactions per month.

Built by Informal Systems, ibc-rs is a Rust library that serves as a robust implementation of IBC in the Rust programming language.

Ibc-apps is a Github repository for discovering high-quality IBC applications built by diverse teams who power interchain IBC.

How IBC's two abstraction layers, the IBC transport and application layers make IBC development as easy as possible for developers.

In 2023, IBC had 107 chains, 124 contributors, and December 30d volume of $2.5B and 5.3M token transfers.

Get a comprehensive overview of IBC features, plus a decision matrix to help you choose the best features for your chain or cross-chain application.

The Inter-Blockchain Communication Protocol's architecture allows for feature-rich blockchain interoperability without any third party intermediaries.