ARCHIVED: Work on this repo has moved to https://github.com/cosmos/chain-registry

Overview

This repository holds data for chains in the cosmos ecosystem, the registrar can be used to submit chains to the registry.

Motivation

Conversations in the Interchain UX Working Group and Chain Agnostic Improvement Proposals around multi-chain assets have shown the need for a registry to discover chains and keep basic information up-to-date in order to enable communication with these chains.

Goal

Create and maintain a global chain registry for applications to discover and communicate with different chains that support the IBC protocol.

• Allow contributors to take ownership of the data they submit
• Provide all information necessary to communicate with each chain
• Introduce state of chains to navigate active/inactive chains easily
• Make the submission process as easy as possible with cosmos-registrar

To utilize a github repository is seen as an intermediate solution by parts of the interchain community that could be replaced by a more decentralized approach like a registry chain or a solution that is anchored on an existing chain in the future.

Roadmap

1. Finalize registry specification and mechanisms

2. Test specification with active chains

3. Move to a more decentralized approach with a well tested specification