# IBC/Stargate is a paradigm shift in how blockchains communicate

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2021-02-19
- **Theme:** Crypto & DePIN — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/
- **Source:** The Akash Mainnet 2 Livestream w/ Greg Osuri and Adam Bozanich (Akash Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:11:21 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUeDGAt7IUk&t=681s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/crypto-depin/2021-02-19-ibc-stargate-is-a-paradigm-shift-in-how-blockchain-wbre/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "IBC/Stargate is a paradigm shift in how blockchains communicate," The Akash Mainnet 2 Livestream w/ Greg Osuri and Adam Bozanich (Akash Network), 19 Feb 2021, 00:11:21. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUeDGAt7IUk&t=681s

## Quote — verbatim

> What Stargate brings to the table is the interoperability while having that highly decentralized and distributed security model, so I think this is a paradigm shift in how blockchains communicate today.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

He calls IBC "Ethereum-level interoperability without the cost" (00:10:39), contrasting Cosmos sovereign security budgets with Ethereum's shared gas costs, and says Akash will be the first chain to upgrade to Stargate connectivity.