# IBC

[Inter Blockchain Communication (IBC)](https://ibcprotocol.org/) is a protocol that’s part of the [Cosmos](https://cosmos.network/) technology stack, allowing seamless communication between blockchains. It’s designed to overcome one of the core challenges of legacy public blockchains, which is that they were built to operate as silos, with no opportunity to transfer data or tokens between platforms/chains.

IBC enables BitSong to interoperate with any other IBC-enabled blockchain in the Cosmos ecosystem. Furthermore, with innovations such as the [Evmos](https://evmos.org/) or [Axelar](https://axelar.network/), IBC is also being used to power bridges to non-Cosmos blockchain ecosystems like Ethereum.

What does this mean in practice? IBC allowed us to list $BTSG on any Cosmos DEX such as [Osmosis](https://app.osmosis.zone/?from=ATOM\&to=BTSG) or others that will be deployed in the future. It will also allow anyone holding NFTs, Fan Tokens, or BTSG, the possibility to use them in applications on other compatible blockchains. For instance, as the Cosmos DeFi ecosystem develops, someone could use the value stored in their BitSong-issued NFTs as collateral to take out a loan.

\
Therefore, both BTSG and FanTokens or NFTs have their doors open to other ecosystems and can be moved at the discretion of each operator, using the available tools. On the [map of zones](https://hub.mintscan.io/chains/ibc-network), one can see every interchain movement or transaction made on one or more channels, and the same channels open to other blockchains. 

For example BitSong at the moment is communicating with 6 chains through 14 different relayers.

<figure><img src="/files/A8ad713nscZBsTSHGg01" alt=""><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

<br>


---

# Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation

If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question.

Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter:

```
GET https://docs.sinfonia.zone/italian/products/exchange/ibc.md?ask=<question>
```

The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language.
The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation.

Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.