diff --git a/docs/architecture/adr-003-dynamic-capability-store.md b/docs/architecture/adr-003-dynamic-capability-store.md index 4ec3f1a615..76b12e1ea4 100644 --- a/docs/architecture/adr-003-dynamic-capability-store.md +++ b/docs/architecture/adr-003-dynamic-capability-store.md @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ ## Context -Full implementation of the [IBC specification](https://github.com/cosmos/ibs) requires the ability to create and authenticate object-capability keys at runtime (i.e., during transaction execution), +Full implementation of the [IBC specification](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc) requires the ability to create and authenticate object-capability keys at runtime (i.e., during transaction execution), as described in [ICS 5](https://github.com/cosmos/ibc/tree/master/spec/core/ics-005-port-allocation#technical-specification). In the IBC specification, capability keys are created for each newly initialised port & channel, and are used to authenticate future usage of the port or channel. Since channels and potentially ports can be initialised during transaction execution, the state machine must be able to create object-capability keys at this time.