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IBC Operations

Document type: DevOps guide
Doc ID: DEVOPS-IBC-OPS
Status: Final v0.1
Release date: December 21, 2025
Author: Nicolas Turcotte, Founder
Source repo: dcorps-docs-public (docs/devops/IBC_OPERATIONS.md)
Last updated: 2025-12-24

Scope: Operational requirements for IBC relayers and channel health.

1. Relayer requirements

  • Minimum two independent relayers per IBC channel.
  • At least one relayer operated by the foundation or core ops team.
  • At least one relayer operated by an independent operator.

2. Reference relayer

  • Baseline implementation: go-relayer.
  • Configuration and secrets should be stored outside this repo.

3. Monitoring

4. Channel lifecycle

  • Channel IDs are assigned during IBC handshake.
  • Publish channel IDs in release notes and environment documentation once established.

5. Runbook

Operational recovery steps are in docs/devops/RUNBOOK-IBC.md.