Cosmos (ATOM) is a cryptocurrency powered by the Cosmos Network designed to carry out transactions between blockchains and pay fees. The Cosmos platform focuses on compatibility with other blockchains and it is capable of interacting with other cryptocurrencies and applications, which other blockchain networks cannot achieve. The project consists of a number of independent blockchains which are called ""zones"". Zones are powered by Tendermint, a technology that packages the consensus and networking layers of a blockchain into a generic engine. It helps apps developers pay more attention to the future application than they do to the infrastructure of the underlying protocol.