ICNS is a naming protocol for Cosmos SDK and IBC-enabled chains that lets users associate human-readable names with blockchain addresses across the interchain ecosystem. ICNS's Twitter Score is 11 out of 1000 as of August 2026, ranking #83,622 among 483,508 tracked accounts.
ICNS operates by linking user-chosen names to wallet addresses, with support for chain-specific suffixes such as.osmo,.cosmos, and.juno, so a single name can resolve to different addresses on different chains. Its initial architecture relied on NameNFT, registrar, and resolver smart contracts, with core logic deployed on Osmosis. At launch, names were allocated by verifying users' X/Twitter handles, with oracle verifiers relaying confirmation data to contracts on Osmosis.
ICNS launched with a governance council that, per its own announcement, included Chainapsis, Cosmostation, Commonwealth, and Skiff, with responsibilities spanning verifier selection, suffix approval, contract parameters, upgrades, treasury distribution, and the protocol roadmap. Osmosis reported that developers from Chainapsis and Osmosis Labs built ICNS, and that it was integrated with Keplr, Cosmostation, Skiff, and Commonwealth at launch. An Osmosis community discussion noted that ICNS continued to serve as a naming layer on Osmosis, while characterizing it as a mature project open to competition. The protocol's app remains accessible, allowing users to claim names and use them in place of raw addresses.
ICNS has 5,469 followers as of August 2026 on X and has published 10 posts, with activity concentrated around its launch period and early integrations. ICNS has been mentioned by 36 accounts, with 52 total mentions.
Who follows ICNS on X?
The accounts that follow ICNS include 43 founders, 13 angel investors and 14 influencers. Among them are Tarun Chitra, John Wang, Zmanian, Notsofast, monetsupply.eth and Sunny Aggarwal.