{"id":22459,"date":"2024-05-26T13:15:44","date_gmt":"2024-05-26T17:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/?p=22459"},"modified":"2024-05-27T20:41:10","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T00:41:10","slug":"cosmos-atom-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/cosmos-atom-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Cosmos (ATOM): A Guide to the Network of Blockchains"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cosmos is a decentralized blockchain ecosystem in which developers can build their blockchain into a network of interoperable other blockchains.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, if that first \u201cWhat is Cosmos\u201d tagline sounds like your typicaly cryptocurrency jargon, we&#8217;ll break it down for you.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To best understand Cosmos\u2019 value, it\u2019s worth examining how other similar blockchain ecosystem projects fail.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Bitcoin (Blockchain 1.0):<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Bitcoin, the OG of the space launched in 2008, pioneered the blockchain strictly for the use case of a peer-to-peer digital currency. Building a decentralized application on Bitcoin is difficult for a myriad of fundamental blockchain reasons, so a project like Ethereum emerged with a solution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ethereum (Blockchain 2.0): <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ethereum, the king of the castle launched in 2014, brought smart contracts and the Ethereum Virtual Machine to the party. These allow developers to build permissionless applications on top of Ethereum&#8217;s blockchain rather than having to build their own blockchains.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ethereum was designed to be a single blockchain that underpins a sprawling network of decentralized applications. Well, so was the Binance Smart Chain, Cardano, Solana, and NEO. Each individual blockchain carries specific advantages (and disadvantages) that the others don\u2019t, and it caters to different cohorts of developers and users.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22462\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22462\" style=\"width: 1436px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22462\" src=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-27-at-1.12.34-PM.png\" alt=\"The Cosmos home page\" width=\"1436\" height=\"692\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-27-at-1.12.34-PM.png 1436w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-27-at-1.12.34-PM-591x285.png 591w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-27-at-1.12.34-PM-621x299.png 621w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-27-at-1.12.34-PM-300x145.png 300w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-27-at-1.12.34-PM-874x421.png 874w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-27-at-1.12.34-PM-768x370.png 768w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-27-at-1.12.34-PM-600x289.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1436px) 100vw, 1436px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Cosmos home page<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What happens if you want to build a dAPP that uses ETH, NEO, and ADA? Most blockchain ecosystems aren\u2019t compatible with each other. This \u201cmy way or the highway\u201d approach has caused strife and competition among developers but has also birthed an industry of \u201cinteroperability\u201d projects that aim to glue these projects together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Further blockchain 2.0 limitations include scalability, usability, and sovereignty issues:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Scalability: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ethereum has a limit of 15 transactions per second, gas fees can get pricey.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Usability:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The EVM must accommodate every use case, so it optimizes for the average use case. Some developers have to make sacrifices to fit the mold.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Sovereignty: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ETH platform governs over all apps, for better or for worse.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cosmos vision is to usher in <\/span><b>\u201cBlockchain 3.0\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">where developers can build into a network that seamlessly transmits transactions with others. This \u201cInternet of Blockchains\u201d would allow developers to maintain sovereignty while functioning in the overall blockchain ecosystem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Essentially, Cosmos (and competitors like Polkadot) looked at the Blockchain 1.0 and 2.0 mess and said, \u201clet&#8217;s just build the <\/span><b>interoperability feature <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from the ground up.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, the Cosmos project is an ecosystem of multiple blockchains that are designed to play and grow together, <\/span><b>nicely<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This \u201cInternet of Blockchains\u201d where they\u2019re all connected has immense potential.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22461\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22461\" style=\"width: 1630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22461\" src=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-27-at-1.12.39-PM.png\" alt=\"Source: Cosmos\" width=\"1630\" height=\"798\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-27-at-1.12.39-PM.png 1630w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-27-at-1.12.39-PM-591x289.png 591w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-27-at-1.12.39-PM-621x304.png 621w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-27-at-1.12.39-PM-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-27-at-1.12.39-PM-874x428.png 874w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-27-at-1.12.39-PM-768x376.png 768w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-27-at-1.12.39-PM-1536x752.png 1536w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-27-at-1.12.39-PM-600x294.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1630px) 100vw, 1630px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22461\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Cosmos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cosmos ATOM cryptocurrency powers everything. As a proof-of-stake chain, Cosmos uses ATOM to reward stakers and enable the function of the various applications utilizing the network\u2019s computational power.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About the Cosmos (ATOM) Team<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cosmos was founded by developers Jae Kwon and Ethan Buchman in 2014 while creating Tendermint, the underlying consensus algorithm for the Cosmos network. The project was also aided by The Interchain Foundation (ICF), a Switzerland-based non-profit that provides capital to open-source blockchain projects.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2017, the ICF held a two-week ICO for the ATOM token, raising $17 million. Tendermint Inc would go on to raise another $9 million through a Series A round in 2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0The Cosmos software was released in 2019.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.coindesk.com\/business\/2020\/08\/10\/cosmos-founding-team-broke-up-early-this-year-the-project-didnt\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cosmos founding team split in 2020<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, but the project continued to gather momentum and it operates in a decentralized manner in a proof-of-stake network.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Inter-Blockchain Communication Protocol<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The premier Cosmos adaptation is the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/ibcprotocol.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inter-Blockchain Communication<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> protocol (IBC), which enables users to exchange digital assets and data across multiple sovereign, decentralized blockchains.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cosmos Hub is the economic center of the Cosmos network. It\u2019s essentially the center of a universe of interconnected blockchains.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Cosmos Hub products include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Marketplace: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">users can swap digital assets across the Interchain with low fees and instant transaction confirmation.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Router: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">connect chains by establishing IBC connections and operating decentralized bridges with other chains like Bitcoin and Ethereum.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Custodian: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hub can store digital assets from different chains.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Zones in Cosmos are connected to the Cosmos Hub through the IBC, which enables information to flow at a rapid and extremely cost-efficient pace\u2013 most transactions on Cosmos cost $0.00.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All zones connected to the Cosmos Hub are interoperable with every other zone, meaning every independent dapp, validator, and consensus mechanism can exchange information.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tendermint:\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tendermint is the engine that keeps the whole Cosmos machine running, and it plays a variety of roles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, it enables developers to build interoperable and operational blockchains without having to start from scratch. This lowers the barrier to entry for new developers to enter the ecosystem.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Tendermint Byzantine Fault Tolerance (BFT) algorithm allows the network of computers running the Cosmos software to uphold and secure the network, validate transactions, and commit new blocks to the blockchain. This proof-of-stake (PoS) consensus algorithm requires validator nodes to power the blockchain and vote on network changes by staking ATOM.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In order to become a validator in the Cosmos network, a node must be one of the top 100 nodes staking ATOM.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Final Thoughts: Keep Your Eye on Cosmos (ATOM)<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If Bitcoin made money a monetizable network, and Ethereum did the same for computation, Cosmos is one of the projects that aims to monetize the interoperability between multiple blockchains.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other words, Cosmos is a blockchain-building toolkit that enables developers to roll their own blockchain out for a specific use case and immediately connect it to a flourishing and rapidly growing ecosystem for a fraction of the cost of running on a network like that of Ethereum. It\u2019s more than just another blockchain network, it\u2019s meant to be an environment and toolset for a variety of blockchains to be built.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cosmos does three things:<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It makes it easy for developers to build into a blockchain network by using Tendermint BFT and the Cosmos SDK. <\/span><b>A world where blockchains play together nicely!<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blockchains can transfer value through the IBC while also maintaining their sovereignty.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cosmos apps can <\/span><b>scale <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">without an astronomical rise in network fees.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A more apt comparison than Cosmos vs. Ethereum is Cosmos vs. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/what-is-polkadot\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Polkadot<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22463\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22463\" style=\"width: 1634px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22463\" src=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-27-at-1.12.24-PM.png\" alt=\"apps on Cosmos\" width=\"1634\" height=\"1060\" srcset=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-27-at-1.12.24-PM.png 1634w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-27-at-1.12.24-PM-591x383.png 591w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-27-at-1.12.24-PM-621x403.png 621w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-27-at-1.12.24-PM-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-27-at-1.12.24-PM-694x450.png 694w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-27-at-1.12.24-PM-768x498.png 768w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-27-at-1.12.24-PM-1536x996.png 1536w, https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Screen-Shot-2021-11-27-at-1.12.24-PM-600x389.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1634px) 100vw, 1634px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22463\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">apps on Cosmos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As evidenced by popular Cosmos dApps like <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/osmosis-osmo-guide\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Osmosis<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Cosmos is able to provide developers a toolkit to build powerful applications, as well as a functional network without as many scalability constraints as that of Ethereum.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cosmos is a decentralized blockchain ecosystem in which developers can build their blockchain into a network of interoperable other blockchains.\u00a0 Now, if that first \u201cWhat is Cosmos\u201d tagline sounds like your typicaly cryptocurrency jargon, we&#8217;ll break it down for you.\u00a0To best understand Cosmos\u2019 value, it\u2019s worth examining how other similar blockchain ecosystem projects fail.\u00a0 Bitcoin<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":22460,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"iawp_total_views":34,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5712],"tags":[27950,27951,27949],"class_list":{"0":"post-22459","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-guides","8":"tag-cosmos","9":"tag-ibc","10":"tag-osmosis"},"wppr_data":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What is Cosmos (ATOM): A Guide to the Network of Blockchains<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Cosmos is a rapidly growing network of blockchains with extremely low network fees\u2013 let&#039;s explore how Cosmos and its token ATOM function.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/cosmos-atom-guide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What is Cosmos (ATOM): A Guide to the Network of Blockchains\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Cosmos is a rapidly growing network of blockchains with extremely low network fees\u2013 let&#039;s explore how Cosmos and its token ATOM function.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/cosmos-atom-guide\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"CoinCentral\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/moskovalex\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-05-26T17:15:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-28T00:41:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Cosmos-atom-crypto.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Alex Moskov\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AlexMoskov\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Alex Moskov\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/cosmos-atom-guide\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/cosmos-atom-guide\/\",\"name\":\"What is Cosmos (ATOM): A Guide to the Network of Blockchains\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/cosmos-atom-guide\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/cosmos-atom-guide\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Cosmos-atom-crypto.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-05-26T17:15:44+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-05-28T00:41:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0b8804b1fb558695b592459ee3d41568\"},\"description\":\"Cosmos is a rapidly growing network of blockchains with extremely low network fees\u2013 let's explore how Cosmos and its token ATOM function.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/cosmos-atom-guide\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/cosmos-atom-guide\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/cosmos-atom-guide\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Cosmos-atom-crypto.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Cosmos-atom-crypto.png\",\"width\":2000,\"height\":1000,\"caption\":\"Cosmos atom crypto\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/cosmos-atom-guide\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"What is Cosmos (ATOM): A Guide to the Network of Blockchains\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/\",\"name\":\"CoinCentral\",\"description\":\"Your Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other Cryptocurrency HQ\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0b8804b1fb558695b592459ee3d41568\",\"name\":\"Alex Moskov\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6c12f3f561bd6c8fa68af36f4733378ea1d33ad5d78c4027e4259b6f38925426?s=96&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6c12f3f561bd6c8fa68af36f4733378ea1d33ad5d78c4027e4259b6f38925426?s=96&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Alex Moskov\"},\"description\":\"Alex Moskov co-founded CoinCentral in 2017 as its first Editor-in-Chief, growing it into a leading crypto publication with over 12 million readers. With a finance degree from the University of Florida and over a decade in the industry, he\u2019s worked with top web2 and web3 companies on content strategy and business development. He privately consults VCs, founders, and business leaders. His writing has been seen in The Hustle, VentureBeat, Yahoo Finance, Harvard Business Review, and Business Insider. His articles on CoinCentral have been cited on publications like Forbes, TechCrunch, Vice,\u00a0 The Guardian, Investopedia, The Motley Fool, Seeking Alpha, and more. He also regrets not buying more Bitcoin back in 2012, just like you. You can connect with Alex on Twitter website https:\/\/alexmoskov.me. Alex currently runs a new-tech research and venture studio HollyFrank.\",\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/alexmoskov.me\",\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/moskovalex\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/AlexMoskov\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/author\/alexmoskov\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"What is Cosmos (ATOM): A Guide to the Network of Blockchains","description":"Cosmos is a rapidly growing network of blockchains with extremely low network fees\u2013 let's explore how Cosmos and its token ATOM function.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/cosmos-atom-guide\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"What is Cosmos (ATOM): A Guide to the Network of Blockchains","og_description":"Cosmos is a rapidly growing network of blockchains with extremely low network fees\u2013 let's explore how Cosmos and its token ATOM function.","og_url":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/cosmos-atom-guide\/","og_site_name":"CoinCentral","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/moskovalex","article_published_time":"2024-05-26T17:15:44+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-05-28T00:41:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2000,"height":1000,"url":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Cosmos-atom-crypto.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Alex Moskov","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@AlexMoskov","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Alex Moskov","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/cosmos-atom-guide\/","url":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/cosmos-atom-guide\/","name":"What is Cosmos (ATOM): A Guide to the Network of Blockchains","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/cosmos-atom-guide\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/cosmos-atom-guide\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Cosmos-atom-crypto.png","datePublished":"2024-05-26T17:15:44+00:00","dateModified":"2024-05-28T00:41:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0b8804b1fb558695b592459ee3d41568"},"description":"Cosmos is a rapidly growing network of blockchains with extremely low network fees\u2013 let's explore how Cosmos and its token ATOM function.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/cosmos-atom-guide\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/coincentral.com\/cosmos-atom-guide\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/cosmos-atom-guide\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Cosmos-atom-crypto.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Cosmos-atom-crypto.png","width":2000,"height":1000,"caption":"Cosmos atom crypto"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/cosmos-atom-guide\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"What is Cosmos (ATOM): A Guide to the Network of Blockchains"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/","name":"CoinCentral","description":"Your Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other Cryptocurrency HQ","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/#\/schema\/person\/0b8804b1fb558695b592459ee3d41568","name":"Alex Moskov","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6c12f3f561bd6c8fa68af36f4733378ea1d33ad5d78c4027e4259b6f38925426?s=96&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/6c12f3f561bd6c8fa68af36f4733378ea1d33ad5d78c4027e4259b6f38925426?s=96&r=g","caption":"Alex Moskov"},"description":"Alex Moskov co-founded CoinCentral in 2017 as its first Editor-in-Chief, growing it into a leading crypto publication with over 12 million readers. With a finance degree from the University of Florida and over a decade in the industry, he\u2019s worked with top web2 and web3 companies on content strategy and business development. He privately consults VCs, founders, and business leaders. His writing has been seen in The Hustle, VentureBeat, Yahoo Finance, Harvard Business Review, and Business Insider. His articles on CoinCentral have been cited on publications like Forbes, TechCrunch, Vice,\u00a0 The Guardian, Investopedia, The Motley Fool, Seeking Alpha, and more. He also regrets not buying more Bitcoin back in 2012, just like you. You can connect with Alex on Twitter website https:\/\/alexmoskov.me. Alex currently runs a new-tech research and venture studio HollyFrank.","sameAs":["https:\/\/alexmoskov.me","https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/moskovalex","https:\/\/x.com\/AlexMoskov"],"url":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/author\/alexmoskov\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22459","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coincentral.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}