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Osmosis ticker OSMO

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  • 8 reviewed developments
  • 40 cited sources

Summary

Sovereign proof-of-stake chain (osmosis-1) running the Osmosis exchange application on the Cosmos SDK with CometBFT consensus. OSMO holders delegate to validators; governance capped the active set at 70 in May 2026, after earlier cuts to 120 in February 2025 and 100 in September 2025. Unbonding takes 14 days and double-signing is slashed. Superfluid staking, which once let approved liquidity-pool shares count toward stake, was switched off for all pools by proposal 956 in July 2025, and no pool was eligible on 2026-09-27. A block commits once validators holding more than 2/3 of voting power precommit it, assuming less than 1/3 is byzantine. On 2026-09-27 the six largest validators held more than a third of bonded stake. Osmosis is secured by its own validator set, not by Cosmos Hub stake. 710121417202122

Design

System
Layer 1 blockchainOsmosis is a sovereign Cosmos SDK application chain (chain ID osmosis-1) with its own OSMO-staked validator set. In April 2026 Osmosis governance approved redeploying its exchange onto the Cosmos Hub, but the matching Cosmos Hub vote was rejected and the proposal required both to pass, so Osmosis still runs as its own chain.
Settlement family
Cosmos SDK
Scarce resource
Stake (proof of stake)
State model
Accounts
Finality
Economic finality
Who makes blocks
Validators selected round-robin in proportion to voting power, per the CometBFT consensus specification. Voting power comes from OSMO delegated to each validator; the pool-share staking route was switched off for all pools in July 2025.
Fork choice
No fork choice in the Nakamoto sense: a height is decided by +2/3 precommits. Two conflicting commits would require at least 1/3 of voting power to double-sign, which is attributable and slashable. If more than 1/3 of voting power is offline the chain stops producing blocks instead of forking.

Qualifications

Tradeoffs

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Emphasizes
Security and Scalability
Gives up
Breadth of participation. Block production is limited to a capped set of 70 validators, and governance shrank the set partly to get faster, more reliable blocks. On 2026-09-27 six validators together held more than a third of bonded stake, enough to halt the chain. Nodes need 32 to 64 GB of memory. Osmosis halts rather than forks if more than a third of voting power is unavailable.Scalability here means short block intervals for one exchange-focused chain, not a sourced throughput figure. Security means the chain's own OSMO stake plus attributable slashing; it is not borrowed from the Cosmos Hub. A 2025 plan to add Bitcoin timestamping through Babylon was approved by governance but was not confirmed live in this review.
Full node at home
Demanding 356The Osmosis docs give 32 GB of RAM as the minimum recommendation for a mainnet node and 64 GB for a validator; the repository README lists a quad-core CPU, 64 GB RAM, 1 TB NVMe storage and a 100 Mbps connection. Storage is modest with pruning: official pruned snapshots were about 28 GB on 2026-09-27, against about 24 TB for an archive snapshot. Memory is the main barrier for typical home machines.
Throughput claims
No classified figure recorded

Scaling layers

No scaling layer recorded in this profile.

Capabilities

Capabilities of Osmosis: how each one is provided, or its research status
CapabilityHow it is providedNotes and sources
Account abstractionStructured assessment pendingNot yet assessed for any chain.
Atomic swapsUnknownNot yet assessed under the current definitions; no hash-time-locked or other cross-party swap mechanism was verified. Swaps against Osmosis pools settle all-or-nothing in one Osmosis transaction but trade against a pool, not between two parties. The limit-order book, whose trades also settle in one transaction, is a contract venue (a CosmWasm pool) recorded in the amm-or-cfmm row; its cited page names no publisher and shows no dated mainnet release, so no swap tool is shown live. IBC hooks can run a swap when a transfer arrives, which is a contract action. IBC token transfers are not swaps. 2829
Authenticated data publicationUnknownNot yet assessed under this row's current definition.
Light clientsBuilt into the protocolLimited scopeCometBFT consensus produces the validator-signed commits that IBC light clients check. IBC connections rely on on-chain light clients that verify the counterparty chain's consensus; relayers carry packets but do not replace verification. Limit: clients expire if not updated in time, and Osmosis governance regularly votes to recover expired clients. 8914
Native staking or delegationStructured assessment pendingNot yet assessed for any chain.
On-chain governanceStructured assessment pendingNot yet assessed for any chain.
Parallel executionStructured assessment pendingNot yet assessed for any chain.
Payment or state channelsUnknownNo payment or state channel layer anchored to Osmosis was reviewed. IBC channels are messaging paths, not payment channels. 8
Programmable spendingNative (protocol or core-team software) Earlier definitionOsmosis runs CosmWasm contracts and smart-account authenticators (signature checks, message filters, all-of and any-of composites, and contract-defined policies). On-chain parameters read 2026-09-27 let anyone instantiate contracts but restrict code upload to a governance-approved list of addresses. 4132627
Protocol-verified messagingStructured assessment pendingNot yet assessed for any chain.
Reversible transfers or recoveryUnknownNot yet assessed under the current definitions; the smart-account module lets an account add extra keys, message filters or contract-defined authenticators, and the docs present key rotation and recovery from a lost device as uses, but say the module provides these only as composable building blocks. No recovery role or delay defined for recovery, and no way to cancel or reclaim a sent payment, was found. The module is opt-in, and designated controllers can switch it off. 2526
RollupsUnknownThe review did not verify absence, so the rule that absence needs a source makes this unknown rather than not present. Earlier finding: no rollup settling to Osmosis was found in reviewed sources. IBC-connected chains are separate sovereign chains, not rollups. 9
Shielded transfersStructured assessment pendingNot yet assessed for any chain.
Signed partial offersUnknownNot yet assessed under this row's current definition.
Reading these values
How this feature is provided
Built into the protocol, core-team software or independent software says where a feature lives and who can change it. These are implementation layers, not quality: core-team software is not closer to the protocol than independent software.
Structured assessment pending
The shared review has not assessed this feature for any chain yet (Account abstraction, Native staking or delegation, On-chain governance, Parallel execution, Protocol-verified messaging and Shielded transfers). That does not mean it is absent, and a chain’s profile may already describe it.
Unknown
The review has not established this for this chain under the current definition; the note beside it says why. Unknown is not absent and not a low score. A feature reads “Not present” only when a source shows it is absent.
Earlier definition
Payment or state channels, Programmable spending and Rollups keep the earlier definition until the next fact-check. There, “Native” does not separate the protocol from core-team software, “Ecosystem software” does not say who publishes it, and “Partial” does not say which layer.
Reading across rows
The list of capabilities is incomplete. Do not read these rows as a chain leading or lagging overall.

Definitions, schema version and review history

Ecosystem & custody

Ecosystem products for Osmosis
Product typeStatusNotes and sources
Automated market makersNative to the protocolOsmosis weighted pools, Osmosis stableswap pools, Osmosis concentrated liquidity pools, Osmosis order book (CosmWasm pools)The exchange is built into the chain: pool management, weighted, stableswap and concentrated-liquidity pools are chain modules, and CosmWasm pools add contract-based venues such as the limit-order book. A single swap can route across pool types. A separate taker fee (default 0.1%) funds OSMO burns, staking rewards and the community pool. 12328 As of Sep 27, 2026.
Issuer-native stablecoinsNone foundCircle's USDC list includes Noble and Injective, not Osmosis. USDC on Osmosis arrives as IBC or bridge representations. Since late August 2026 governance treats Alloyed USDC as the canonical USDC on Osmosis (proposal 1039, followed in September by proposal 1042 moving protocol-held USDC into it). It is an Osmosis wrapper exchangeable 1:1 for USDC.noble, USDC.inj or USDC.eth.axl, not issuer-native USDC. 1823313435 As of Sep 27, 2026.
Algorithmic stablecoinsUnknownAlgorithmic or hybrid stablecoins currently trading on Osmosis were not reviewed. As of Sep 27, 2026.
BridgesNative to the protocolIBC, IBC Eureka (via the Cosmos Hub), Axelar, Wormhole Gateway, Nomic (nBTC), Skip:Go routingIBC connects Osmosis to other IBC chains through light clients. The asset-listing docs name Axelar as a canonical bridge for Ethereum and other major networks (proposal 206), plus Wormhole, Nomic, Squid and Skip:Go routes; the frontend routes through Skip:Go. Governance also recognizes Wormhole and Eureka, an IBC-based route to Ethereum through the Cosmos Hub (proposal 928), as canonical bridges. In February 2025 Wormhole said it would stop hosting Osmosis transfers in its Portal and stop subsidizing Gateway IBC relaying. Alloyed assets pool bridged versions of one asset behind a 1:1 wrapper. Risk: Each bridged asset is only as sound as its bridge. On 25 June 2026 the Nomic bridge minted about 40.65 BTC of unbacked nBTC on Osmosis, undisclosed for 74 days, pulling allBTC backing to about 64%. An emergency upgrade on 7 September froze the attacker's allBTC; allBTC deposits and withdrawals stay suspended until the nBTC is removed. A recovery plan passed on 20 September (proposal 1044), but part of it needs an upgrade not yet shipped. Expired IBC clients freeze routes until governance recovers them; rate limits only cap abnormal flows. 919242930313233 As of Sep 27, 2026.
Block explorersEstablished in the ecosystemMintscan, Celatone, Ping.pub, ATOMScan, Explorers.guruThe chain registry lists 15 explorers for osmosis-1, including Mintscan, Ping.pub, ATOMScan and Explorers.guru; Celatone runs an Osmosis explorer that covers contracts. Listing is not a quality or completeness check; explorer data is provider-indexed. 43637 As of Sep 27, 2026.
Hardware walletsEstablished in the ecosystemLedgerSee the custody rows: Ledger's Osmosis page points users to its own Ledger Wallet app for managing and staking OSMO; Trezor Suite does not support Osmosis accounts. 3839 As of Sep 27, 2026.

Hardware-wallet custody

Hardware-wallet custody for Osmosis
Device makerStatusWhat users can and cannot do
LedgerNative supportSame as native: YesCan: Send and receive OSMO in the Ledger Wallet app
Can: Stake OSMO from the Ledger Wallet appLedger's Osmosis page tells users to manage and stake their Osmosis with the Ledger Wallet app; its list of actions (send, receive, swap, stake) is general page wording rather than an OSMO-specific compatibility table. It does not describe providing liquidity or using Osmosis pools from Ledger Wallet; those actions normally go through a separate Osmosis-capable wallet connected to the device, which was not verified here. 38 As of Sep 27, 2026.
TrezorNone foundSame as native: NoCannot: Manage osmosis-1 accounts in Trezor Suite
Cannot: Treat OSMO representations on other networks as Osmosis custodyTrezor's page says Osmosis is not supported in Trezor Suite and lists OSMO only on Evmos through MetaMask or Rabby; third-party signing paths for native Osmosis accounts were not exhaustively checked. 39 As of Sep 27, 2026.

Public data

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Public-data lookups for Osmosis
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Tokens and assetsNot available yetPublic-data lookups for this chain are not built yet.
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Sourced developments

Developments: Review overdue Reviewed Sep 27, 2026; next review was due Oct 7, 2026, 12:00 UTC.

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Sources

Oldest dated source check: Source checked Sep 27, 2026 Next check due Oct 27, 2026.

All 40 sources were checked in the last 30 days.

  1. Osmosis overview (external site)Osmosis documentation · retrieved
  2. OSMO token (external site)Osmosis documentation · retrieved
  3. osmosis-labs/osmosis repository (external site)Osmosis maintainers · retrieved
  4. Osmosis chain registry record (external site)Cosmos chain-registry maintainers · retrieved
  5. Joining Mainnet (external site)Osmosis documentation · retrieved
  6. Osmosis chain snapshots (external site)Osmosis · retrieved
  7. Byzantine Consensus Algorithm (external site)Cosmos Docs (CometBFT specification) · retrieved
  8. IBC overview (external site)Cosmos Labs · retrieved
  9. IBC on Osmosis (external site)Osmosis documentation · retrieved
  10. Osmosis staking module parameters (on-chain query) (external site)Osmosis on-chain state via Osmosis public REST endpoint · retrieved
  11. Osmosis bonded validator count (on-chain query) (external site)Osmosis on-chain state via Osmosis public REST endpoint · retrieved
  12. Osmosis slashing module parameters (on-chain query) (external site)Osmosis on-chain state via Osmosis public REST endpoint · retrieved
  13. Osmosis CosmWasm code upload and instantiate parameters (on-chain query) (external site)Osmosis on-chain state via Osmosis public REST endpoint · retrieved
  14. Osmosis governance proposals, newest 200 (on-chain query) (external site)Osmosis on-chain state via Osmosis public REST endpoint · retrieved
  15. Osmosis proposal 1007: Integration and Migration of Osmosis into the Cosmos Hub (on-chain record) (external site)Osmosis on-chain state via Osmosis public REST endpoint · retrieved
  16. Cosmos Hub proposal 1029: Acquisition and Merger of Osmosis into the Cosmos Hub (on-chain record) (external site)Cosmos Hub on-chain state via PublicNode REST endpoint · retrieved
  17. Osmosis proposal 1017: Reduce Validator Set to 70 (on-chain record) (external site)Osmosis on-chain state via Osmosis public REST endpoint · retrieved
  18. Osmosis proposal 1042: Migrate Protocol USDC to Alloyed USDC (on-chain record) (external site)Osmosis on-chain state via Osmosis public REST endpoint · retrieved
  19. Osmosis proposal 1044: Alloyed BTC: Restore backing after the nBTC incident (on-chain record) (external site)Osmosis on-chain state via Osmosis public REST endpoint · retrieved
  20. Osmosis proposal 956: Remove Superfluid Staking and Deprecate the x/superfluid Module (on-chain record) (external site)Osmosis on-chain state via Osmosis public REST endpoint · retrieved
  21. Osmosis superfluid-eligible assets (on-chain query, empty list) (external site)Osmosis on-chain state via Osmosis public REST endpoint · retrieved
  22. Osmosis bonded validators with stake (on-chain query) (external site)Osmosis on-chain state via Osmosis public REST endpoint · retrieved
  23. Osmosis proposal 1039: Migration of Parameters and Usage from Noble USDC to Alloyed USDC (on-chain record) (external site)Osmosis on-chain state via Osmosis public REST endpoint · retrieved
  24. Osmosis proposal 928: Add Eureka as a Canonical Bridge Service Provider (on-chain record) (external site)Osmosis on-chain state via Osmosis public REST endpoint · retrieved
  25. Smart accounts (external site)Osmosis documentation · retrieved
  26. Smart account module (external site)Osmosis documentation · retrieved
  27. CosmWasm on Osmosis (external site)Osmosis documentation · retrieved
  28. Orderbook (external site)Osmosis documentation · retrieved
  29. Cross-chain swaps (external site)Osmosis documentation · retrieved
  30. Listing an asset: transfer methods (external site)Osmosis documentation · retrieved
  31. Alloyed assets (external site)Osmosis documentation · retrieved
  32. IBC rate limit (external site)Osmosis documentation · retrieved
  33. Updates to Wormhole's supported networks (external site)Wormhole · retrieved
  34. USDC contract addresses (external site)Circle · retrieved
  35. CCTP supported blockchains (external site)Circle · retrieved
  36. Mintscan Osmosis explorer (external site)Mintscan · retrieved
  37. Osmosis Explorer (Celatone) (external site)Celatone · retrieved
  38. Osmosis wallet (external site)Ledger · retrieved
  39. Osmosis wallet (external site)Trezor · retrieved
  40. Osmosis to Become a Bitcoin Secured Network (BSN) via Integration with Babylon Genesis (external site)Osmosis Community Hall (forum blog) · retrieved

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