[Discussion] CosmWasm on Cosmos Hub (not proposal)

There is prior art to this discussion with a previous proposal with lots of thoughtful comments here . This proposal passed in Summer of 2020. It’s interesting because it is for specific development work but also implies that the hub would adopt this work eventually. One comment that I think is relevant to the discussion I’d like to use this post for comes from Ethan Frey. In response to the cost of his original proposal to support CosmWasm on the hub he had updated information: That means, that after this proposal, and completion of that grant, the hub should have all the foundations they need and have no requirement to offer more payment to CosmWasm. That said, the two clear proposals I could see in the future are developing particular contracts to run on the hub, and adding support for another language for smart contracts. We’re at a point where CosmWasm is again being considered for the hub based on 3 factors. Liquid Staking Zaki has recently completed work on a native Cosmos SDK liquid staking module . This design makes it possible to convert an ATOM delegation to a voucher for that specific ATOM delegation. These vouchers are not fungible between each other.…

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