Inter-Blockchain Communication: IBC

IBC is the Cosmos protocol that lets independent chains exchange tokens, data, and messages as easily as applications exchange packets on the internet. It establishes a light-client on each side to verify the counter-party’s consensus state, then channels packets through ordered, authenticated pathways.

In practice, this means assets move chain-to-chain without custodial bridges or wrapped tokens; it also lets smart contracts or modules call functions on remote chains. For Lylo, IBC is the transport layer that turns a single natural-language prompt into multi-step actions spanning multiple networks.

The protocol is permissionless—any IBC-enabled chain can connect by opening a channel—so the ecosystem grows organically. Every new connection widens Lylo’s reach without additional bridge risk or integration bottlenecks.