# Conversation on Interchain Security
**URL:** https://forum.cosmos.network/t/conversation-on-interchain-security/11131
**Category:** Conversation
**Created:** [July 23, 2023, 3:41am UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/conversation-on-interchain-security/11131 "2023-07-23T03:41:58Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@ZacCheah](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/ZacCheah)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2023, 3:41am UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/conversation-on-interchain-security/11131/1 "2023-07-23T03:41:58Z")
In the context of ICS, is it possible for Cosmos Hub validator to collectively secure, say X% of the consumer chain, while the consumer chain’s validator will secure the remaining, in this case 100 - X%.
This might help existing appchains moving to ICS.
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### Author:  [@waqarmmirza](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/waqarmmirza)
#### Post date: [July 23, 2023, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/conversation-on-interchain-security/11131/2 "2023-07-23T14:38:26Z")
it is not possible in RS version of ICS, but in the future, it will be possible to choose a subset of cosmos validator set. AFAIK.
But still it is different than your proposed version.
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### Author:  [@ZacCheah](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/ZacCheah)
#### Post date: [July 26, 2023, 3:17am UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/conversation-on-interchain-security/11131/3 "2023-07-26T03:17:24Z")
Yes, it is still different.
If ICS can help validate a percentage, and for AppChain’s own validator to validate the rest, it will be an important step-wise direction.
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### Author:  [@VK\_S16](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/VK_S16)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2023, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/conversation-on-interchain-security/11131/4 "2023-07-27T17:15:08Z")
What would be the advantage for the app chain’s own validators in doing this?
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### Author:  [@jtremback](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/jtremback)
#### Post date: [July 27, 2023, 10:07pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/conversation-on-interchain-security/11131/5 "2023-07-27T22:07:08Z")
Good question. This has been known in the past as “Layered Security”.
At Informal, we stopped working on it a while ago, in favor of helping collaborate on Mesh Security, which is a pretty flexible design which can do basically the same thing.
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### Author:  [@system](https://forum.cosmos.network/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 10, 2023, 10:08pm UTC](https://forum.cosmos.network/t/conversation-on-interchain-security/11131/6 "2023-08-10T22:08:04Z")
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