Cosmos Scraps Plans for Hub Smart Contracts amid Builder Exodus

Cosmos, a blockchain network focused on interoperability between independent chains, said Wednesday it would scrap plans to bring smart contracts to the Cosmos Hub — just three months after first unveiling the idea — citing weak developer demand and high implementation costs.

The move marks a retreat from efforts to turn the Hub into a multichain smart contract platform that was intended to support decentralized applications natively, rather than relying on other Cosmos-based chains.

In a July 16 update on X, the Cosmos team said it is “pausing the launch of an EVM platform on the Cosmos Hub, citing “high costs,” potential to “disrupt the UX for the Hub’s most important users,” and the need for “massive resources and time to catch up with existing L1 ecosystems.”

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