Main Projects
The ICON Foundation prioritizes funding for infrastructure and product development that contribute to achieving the goal of blockchain interoperability.
ICON’s General Message Passing
ICON’s General Message Passing is a layer that standardizes general cross chain messages across any interoperability protocol. It is currently integrated with BTP, which is ICON's own interoperability protocol. It will soon be integrated to IBC, Cosmos' interoperability protocol, followed by other integrations.
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Integrated Protocols
ICON Network
The ICON Network is an open source, layer 1 delegated proof-of-stake (DPoS) blockchain that is optimized for cross chain development. The ICON Network uniquely offers support for Java smart contract execution, which is ideal for building minimal latency cross-chain dApps.
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Publications
The Blockchain Transmission Protocol (“BTP”) is a chain-agnostic and trustless generic messaging protocol that is designed to minimize this tradeoff with the use of gas-efficient, on-chain light clients.
A governance mechanism designed to ensure the security and integrity of Contribution Proposals.
The On-chain Decentralized Autonomous Governance System for Managing and Implementing Changes to the ICON Network
This paper outlines our 2017 vision and philosophy of the ICON Project and details on the supporting proprietary technologies that have been in development in the years leading up to 2017.