Skip to main content
Connecting to a network is the process of establishing light clients, a connection, and a channel between the bank’s digital ledger and the counterparty chain. Relayers then carry packets between them. The Cosmos Tokenization Suite (CTS) network connectors handle this process. See How IBC Works for the function of each component. See the IBC documentation for the protocol detail.

Network tiers

Connections to off-chain systems are also supported and scoped per deployment. Cosmos to Cosmos corridors use native IBC and need no additional connector. A bank selects which networks are in scope during setup. The selection determines which assets it can host and where clients can move its tokenized deposit.

Connecting to another bank

Two banks that each run CTS connect their digital ledgers directly. Neither bank needs the other’s provider choices to match its own, and no central settlement vendor sits between them. The path supports 24/7 payments: coordination messages flow over IBC, while the resulting obligations settle separately. See Settlement Asset Custody for 24/7 Payments.
The page is a placeholder for the operational detail. The procedure for adding a network, relayer operation and monitoring, and the approval steps a bank applies before enabling a counterparty all still need to be documented.