Cosmos Hub

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Summary

Cosmos Hub (ATOM) is the flagship chain of the Cosmos ecosystem, built on Tendermint/CometBFT with IBC protocol. Founded by Jae Kwon and Ethan Buchman, the project has endured severe governance crises: ATOM 2.0 rejected (37.4% NoWithVeto), Jae Kwon's AtomOne fork, a no-confidence vote against ICF leadership, and North Korean-linked developers contributing to the Liquid Staking Module. ATOM was named a security in SEC lawsuits against Binance and Kraken (both dropped without adjudication). Three critical IBC vulnerabilities were disclosed but patched without exploitation. Ecosystem health is declining with key projects departing.

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Timeline(17 events)

2017-04-06

Cosmos ICO raises ~$17M in 28 minutes

2019-03-13

Cosmos Hub mainnet launches

2020-02-01

Jae Kwon departs amid accusations of abusive behavior

2022-06-08

Osmosis DEX exploited for $5M

2022-10-01

Dragonberry/Elderflower IBC vulnerabilities disclosed and patched

forum.cosmos.network

2022-11-01

ATOM 2.0 whitepaper vetoed (37.4% NoWithVeto)

2023-05-01

Huckleberry IBC vulnerability disclosed by Jump Crypto

2023-06-01

SEC names ATOM as security in Binance lawsuit

cointelegraph.com

2023-11-01

Proposal 848 passes: max inflation cut from 20% to 10%

2023-11-27

Jae Kwon announces AtomOne fork over inflation changes

2024-04-01

ASA-2024-007 IBC reentrancy bug disclosed ($126-150M at risk)

2024-09-01

Proposal 952: No-confidence vote against ICF leadership passes

2024-10-15

North Korean-linked LSM developer involvement disclosed

2024-12-01

Ethan Buchman steps down from ICF Council

2025-03-03

SEC drops Kraken lawsuit; ATOM securities designation unresolved

2025-04-10

IBC Eureka launched connecting Cosmos, Ethereum, and Bitcoin

2026-01-01

Anoma co-founder declares Cosmos ecosystem 'pretty much dead'

bitcoinethereumnews.com

Provenance & Audit Trail

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