Celebrating the one-year anniversary of the Cosmos mainnet launch, the Everett Protocol team is proud to announce the public beta of Keplr Extension and Keplr Web.

One Wallet for the Cosmos Ecosystem

The Cosmos ecosystem architecture is unique in that it is a network of multiple independent blockchains that co-exist.

Whereas Ethereum applications are deployed on top of the same Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), Cosmos-based applications exist as independent blockchains with no limitations on technical architecture and standard.

While application-specific blockchains allows applications to build without constraints of the base-layer protocol, this problem presents challenges for service providers as they have to account for presenting user interactions across a diverse set of networks in a homogeneous manner. This problem is further exacerbated by the fact that most wallets only support specific standard transactions (i.e. transfer, staking, vote), with no support for signing arbitrary transaction messages that may be specific to the blockchain application.

Going Beyond Staking

Much of the work in unifying the interchain ecosystem has been done by wallets. Yet, the emphasis has primarily been on staking & token transfers.

We fundamentally believe that the Cosmos ecosystem is maturing to the point where use-cases beyond staking are taking shape. From creating a multiasset-collateralized USDx stablecoin with Kava, uncensorable social networks built by Forbole, interest-bearing fiat-backed stablecoins by E-Money and many more, we are reaching the point where staking is just a small part of what defines the Cosmos ecosystem.

Keplr is one small step in the transition from the novel Cosmos use-case being staking to the applications and its features that exist within the ecosystem.

Keplr Extension

Install Keplr Extension for Chrome / Firefox