How IBC Works: Packet Verification & Light Client Security
Channel: Interchain
Date: 06/10/2022

Colin Axnér of Interchain, gives an overview of how IBC works to connect different blockchains - looking at the IBC packet lifecycle & security properties of a Light Client

► Watch part 1 here:
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z60PPZDz4Gc&ab_channel=InterchainFoundation


► Skip ahead:
00:00 Colin Axner, IBC Software Engineer, Interchain
0:56 - How IBC Packets are verified by a receiving chain
2:45 - Packet Acknowledgments
5:28 - Packet Timeouts
6:26 - Types of Channels (ordered and unordered)
7:38 - Security properties of a Light Client
8:56 - Light Client misbehavior processing



► About the Speaker
Colin Axnér, IBC Software Engineer at Interchain.


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The content of this video was correct at the time of recording - August 2021.



► About IBC
Inter-Blockchain Communication Protocol (IBC) is a fundamental paradigm shift in interoperability, allowing for arbitrary data transfer across blockchains in a trust-minimized, secure, and extensible manner. 

While incubated within the #Cosmos ecosystem, IBC is now being adopted across blockchain ecosystems - from Polkadot and Kasuma, to NEAR Protocol, Hyperledger and Corda blockchain.

Learn more about IBC here: https://ibcprotocol.org/
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Among others, we help maintain the Cosmos Hub, Cosmos SDK, CosmWasm, CosmJS, IBC, and Tendermint Core. 

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