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Avalanche: What are Subnets and What's Wrong With Appchains | Kevin Sekniqi & Patrick O'Grady
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Comparing Cosmos and Avalanche Networks: Efficiency, Security, and Interoperability
Cosmos network focuses on low fixed cost and smaller set of channels with overhead of maintaining channel synchronization information, suitable for chains with no interest in creating a community-sourced security budget. Avalanche network emphasizes a fixed cost for syncing the P chain and a very low variable cost, making it efficient to send messages between subnets. It is preferred by communities like JP Morgan, which seek to provide their own security and incentivize the ecosystem's growth. Avalanche network offers faster transaction settlement speed and addresses challenges faced by roll-up operators, while Cosmos network's implementation of IBC is heavy and outdated. Despite this, the vision of Cosmos' architecture is considered to be correct, with the implementation being the issue.
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