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v11-Gamma (expected Q3 2023)

• Gaia v11.0.x
• Interchain Security v2 - Layered Security
  • Where Consumer Chains combine their own staking token validator set with Provider Chain validator set.

v10-Epsilon (expected Q2 2023)

• Gaia v10.0.x
• IBC Queries
• Hub ATOM Liquidity (HAL)
  • Protocol Controlled Value application to acquire ATOM LP tokens with Interchain Security Tokens

v9-Lambda Upgrade (expected Q1 2023)

• Gaia v9.0.x
• Cosmos SDK v0.47
  • Phasing out broadcast mode
  • Remove proposer based rewards
  • Consensus-param module
    • With the deprecation of the param module, this will allow governance or another account to modify these parameters.
  • Changes required for Interchain Security
  • Liquid Staking module
    • Free, secure and low-risk delegations for use in other parts of the Cosmos ecosystem
    • Features include enabling transfer of rewards and voting rights
• Interchain Security - Required Participation of Provider Chain Validators
  • The Cosmos solution to shared security that uses IBC Cross Chain Validation (CCV) to relay validator set composition from a Provider Chain (Cosmos Hub) to a Consumer Chain. This validator set is in charge of producing blocks on both networks using separate nodes. Misbehavior on the Consumer Chain results in slashing Provider Chain staking tokens (ATOM).
• Bech32 Prefix forwarding
  • https://github.com/osmosis-labs/bech32-ibc
• Liquidity Module Deprecation
  • Contains forced withdraw of liquidity

v8-Rho Upgrade (expected H2 2022)

• Gaia v8.0.x
• Cosmos SDK v0.46
  • Groups module:
    • Enables higher-level multisig permissioned accounts, e.g., weight-based voting policies
  • Gov Module Improvements
    • Execution of arbitraty transactions instead of just governance proposals.
    • Enables much more expressive governance module.
• IBC 5.x
  • Relayer Incentivisation so that IBC packets contain fees to pay for relayer costs.
• Interchain Account Message Authorization Module
  • Authentication module that authorizes any Account to create an Interchain Account on any IBC connected "Host" blockchain that has the Interchain Account IBC module.
  • Accounts can be private key controlled users, and eventually the Gov Module and any Groups Module.
• IBC Msg Whitelist to skip MinFee in CheckTX
• Global Fee Module
  • Allows denoms and min-fees to be governance parameters so gas can be paid in various denoms.
  • Visible on tgrade (opens new window)already and enabled in ante.go

v7-Theta Upgrade (Completed March 25, 2022)

• Gaia v7.0.x
• Cosmos SDK v0.45
  • Minimal update with small fixes
• Gravity DEX: Liquidity v1.4.5
  • Adds a circuit breaker governance proposal type to disable adding new liquidity in order to make a migration possible.
• IBC 3.0.0
  • Interchain Account Module
    • Allows the creation of accounts on a "Host" blockchain which are controlled by an authentication module on a "Controller" blockchain.
    • Arbitrary messages are able to be submitted from the "Controller" blockchain to the "Host" blockchain to be executed on behalf of the Interchain Account.
    • Uses ordered IBC channels, one per account.

Vega Upgrade (Completed December 14, 2021)

• Gaia v6.0.x
• Cosmos SDK v0.44
  • Fee grant module:
    • Allows paying fees on behalf of another account
  • Authz module:
    • Provide governance functions to execute transactions on behalf of another account
• Liquidity Module v1.4.2
  • The Gravity DEX with updates for dependencies
• IBC v2.0.0
• Tendermint v0.34.14
• Cosmosvisor v0.1.0
• IBC packet forward middleware v1.0.1
  • Cosmos Hub as a router
• External chain launch: Gravity Bridge
  • Transfer ATOM, ETH, ERC-20, and other Cosmos tokens between Ethereum and the Gravity Bridge Chain and by extension all IBC connected chains.
  • Fee and reward model hosted across Cosmos and Ethereum

Delta Upgrade (Completed July 12, 2021)

• Gaia v5.0.x
• Gravity DEX:
  • A scalable AMM model for token swaps
  • Drives liquidity for tokens on the Cosmos Hub
  • Delivers price consistency and order execution

Stargate

Stargate introduced an extensive set of upgrades to the Cosmos Hub, including new interoperability abilities and various performance improvements. It involved the transition of the third version of the Cosmos Hub (Cosmos Hub 3) to a fourth iteration (Cosmos Hub 4). Stargate's primary new feature was the Inter-Blockchain Communication (IBC) protocol, the interoperability standard that enables the exchange of cryptoassets and data across other Tendermint-based chains. Stargate also included several user-experience and performance upgrades, such as:

• Protobuf Migration to increase transaction throughput and lower gas costs by increasing block capacity. It also introduces a composability standard
• State Sync to shorten the time it takes to sync a Cosmos node
• Full-featured light clients to help accelerate full node sync times
• Chain upgrade module to increase the efficiency of network upgrades

Atom Transfers Enabled

The Cosmos Hub's on-chain governance system unlocked token transfers roughly one month after its launch.

Launch of the Cosmos Hub

The Cosmos Hub and its Tendermint Proof-of-Stake (PoS) network launched in March 2019.