IBC

How THORChain has configured the IBC module

The Inter-Blockchain Communication Protocol (IBC) is a protocol that allows blockchains to talk to each other. Chains that speak IBC can share any type of data as long as it's encoded in bytes, enabling the industry’s most feature-rich cross-chain interactions. IBC is secure and permissionless.

To get an overview of the adoption that IBC has seen, checkout MapofZones to get a graphical representation of the different chains that has IBC enalbed and how many IBC transactions that flow between these chains:

You can find more information about IBC in their official docs.