What does it mean to be ATOM-Aligned?

ATOM-Alignment is all about incentive-alignment, creating mutual benefits for all involved parties.

ATOM-aligned chains gain access to incredible services like IBC Eureka (bridging, interop, smooth liquidity & user onboarding UX), Highway, the massive ATOM community, the ICF's $300M treasury for support (e.g., marketing, liquidity infusion) and association with Cosmos’ primary brand asset.

In return, ATOM-Aligned chains benefit ATOM in some way:

- By integrating $ATOM into their Apps.
- By accruing fees in $ATOM.
- Or routing transactions through the Cosmos Hub.

Practical Support For New Projects

For upcoming Cosmos chains like Babylon, Nillion, and others still in stealth mode, aligning with $ATOM is a "no-brainer", as they can leverage the Hub's cutting-edge services to bootstrap their own community and economic activity on their chains and apps.

While ATOM-alignment works very well for young projects and new launching L1s, it doesn't work for other's that already made it part of their marketing as being "ATOM unaligned" (which is ridiculous). @0xMagmar

ATOM-Alignment focuses on incentive alignment, aiming to create mutual benefits for all involved parties. It's fully opt-in and will not be forced on anyone.

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