Cosmostation Joins Hands with Archway

Mikey JH Lee
Cosmostation
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4 min readApr 6, 2022

Cosmostation participates in Archway’s strategic funding round as a long-term ecosystem supporter

Cosmostation is thrilled to join hands with Archway as one of its early partners to participate in the strategic funding round led by HASHED & CoinFund.

Arch-into Cosmos Interchain-way

Background

A robust ecosystem does not only mean a secure consensus layer, but a network with both a solid base-layer and an active, healthy community of developers & users. That’s why developers & builders deserve better.

Fat protocol thesis did not come to existence without historical precedents: we all have seen that in many cases, base-layer smart contract blockchain networks over-perform in market cap while app tokens on application layers have a compartively low possibility to do so.

Lack of incentive alignment in the long term could be a huge entry barrier blocking newcoming developers from onboarding an ecosystem and building applications on top.

This is where Archway steps in: Archway, with an innovative protocol-layer reward distribution architecture at its core, aims to build a mothership-like smart contract blockchain ecosystem that carries all on-chain apps & developers along the journey.

A Friendly Symbiotic Ecosystem

Built with Cosmos SDK & Tendermint core, Archway($ARCH) is a unique, persmissionless smart contract blockchain specifically designed to incentivize the deployments of decentralized applications built on top. Archway focuses on distributing the inflationary rewards and gas fees to developers and their dApps according to the proportion of each project’s accrued value contribution to the whole network. This way, the L1 and app layer form a mutually beneficial relationship: a symbiotic win-win ecosystem.

Incubated by Ignite(formerly Tendermint) and forged by Phi Labs, Archway protocol leverages Inter-Blockchain Communication, Gravity Bridge and CosmWasm for seamless cross-chain interaction and scalability. With its genuine incentive system & Cosmos-native modules, Archway will perform as an on-ramp to Cosmos interchain ecosystem for many ecosystem outsiders.

Learn More about Archway

Find out more about Archway here👇

Cosmostation x Archway

Cosmostation is very excited to back Archway as an investor in this strategic funding round & long-term ecosystem builder. Cosmostation believes that proper developer incentive is critical for the success of both the ecosystem its native communities. Archway ensures it on a protocol-level, assuring a motivational reward alignment between core development and ecosystem scaling. We are thrilled to be a part of Archway’s journey of creating a strong & efficient developer-first ecosystem: a gateway/launchpad into the interchain.

As for next steps, Cosmostation will participate in various stages of preparing Archway’s mainnet launch and support the ecosystem with our years-long expertise in solid validator node operation & development of user-centric applications including Mintscan, Cosmostation Wallet, and more. Also as one of the biggest Cosmos interchain ecosystem supporters, Cosmostation will assist Archway in gaining more traction publicly in the interchain ecosystem. Welcome to the station!

Mintscan Block Explorer

Mintscan is a block explorer specifically designed for Tendermint-based networks, chosen by the majority of everyday users & exchanges.

Cosmostation Mobile Wallet

A non-custodial, open source mobile wallet for Proof of Stake(PoS) cryptocurrency assets on iOS and Android.

Cosmostation Web Wallet

Cosmostation Web is a web browser wallet with Ledger hardware wallet & Keystation support.

Cosmostation’s Philosophy in Strategic Partnership

For the community, by the community.

Cosmostation has been a genuine supporter & pioneer of the Cosmos interchain ecosystem since the genesis of the Cosmos Hub. We believe that it is one of our missions to contribute to the overall growth of the ecosystem with our resources and foster ecosystem growth through funding early-stage projects. Through alignment with early-phase networks and dApps, Cosmostation collaborates with its strategic partners throughout the whole lifetime of the protocol, supporting and co-building its short/long-term vision.

Connecting the whole IBC gang & ecosystem

Cosmostation is more than just a validator— Cosmostation also functions as a gateway to the interchain. Cosmostation supports the partnered networks with user-friendly applications(Mintscan and wallets) with years-long experience in the field & acts as a long-term backer of networks by helping them gain tractions in Cosmos interchain ecosystem.

About Cosmostation

Cosmostation provides a purely streamlined access to the interchain through developing a suite of user-friendly applications for partner networks we help secure as an industry-leading validator node operator and investor. Our interchain products ranging from Mintscan Block Explorer, Cosmostation Mobile Wallet(iOS, Android), Cosmostation Web Wallet, Cosmostation Extension, to spacestation.zone serve as both a powerful set of tools for protocols/exchanges to onboard users and for developers/validators to efficiently navigate networks.

Website: Cosmostation.io
Github: Cosmostation Github
Block Explorer: Mintscan.io
Android Wallet: Android — Google Play Store
iOS Wallet: iOS — Apple App Store
Web Wallet: Cosmostation Web
Browser Extension: Cosmostation Extension
Cross-Chain Bridge: Spacestation.zone
Medium: Cosmostation Medium Blog
Twitter: Cosmostation Official Twitter
Telegram: Cosmostation Announcement TG

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Cosmostation is a genesis validator for 60+ PoS blockchains and a key player in the Cosmos ecosystem, providing invaluable infrastructure legos essential for scaling and onboarding users onto blockchain networks.

Mikey JH Lee
Mikey JH Lee

Written by Mikey JH Lee

Senior BD at Artela Network | prev BD Lead @Cosmostation