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Lava Network is a data marketplace where anyone can join to provide RPC & earn tokens from their favourite chains.
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A marketplace for RPC & APIs
Get paid to serve high quality relay requests

Serve any chain

Lava supports specifications for 25+ chains. Pick which to run nodes for based on profitability and expertise

Optimization insights

Get deep insights into how you can improve your performance and receive better scores from RPC consumers

Incentivized Public RPC

Lava works with ecosystems who pay node providers for serving public RPC. Decentralized web3, get paid

Join early in testnet

Lava is building towards mainnet and early contributors have the chance to make significant contributions today

Lava is making the marketplace where magic internet money can be used to pay for internet native infrastructure service. We are super stoked to contribute to Lava Network's testnet where blockchains find real use cases. Really impressed with the team and their innovative solutions to a fundamental problems in web3.
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Earn tokens from the chains you serve
Cahins create incentive pools & RPC providers earn tokens such as NEAR, ATOM, Evmos
Earn tokens from the chains you serve

Frequently asked questions

What is Lava?

Lava is a marketplace protocol connecting infrastructure Providers to Data Consumers. The protocol helps Providers offer their nodes and technical expertise to any chain, while earning tokens from those chains. Networks like NEAR, Cosmos Hub, Stargaze reward Providers in tokens from their chains and Providers receive useful tools to optimize and manage their service.

Already $1m+ in token rewards are live for Providers e.g. NEAR, ATOM, USDC: pools.lavanet.xyz

Join Lava - the data marketplace where you earn tokens from your favourite chains.

What partnerships is Lava looking for? How can I join?

Lava creates a peer to peer marketplace between data consumers and data providers. The protocol is modular and can extend to any type of data access service - we have started with RPC, but increasingly the protocol is expanding towards indexing and richer APIs. We are a permissionless network that can support small, medium or enterprise-size providers. 

Lava is looking for data providers - RPC providers, indexing providers, rich API providers etc - to join the network and work with us on our vision to build a modular data access network for web3. We’d love to hear from you - you can reach out to us at [email protected] or complete the typeforms above!

How do I get started serving RPC and APIs through Lava?

Of course, Lava is permissionless and you can already join the network without speaking to us. 

It’s super easy! You can follow the simple instructions in our Provider docs and complete this Typeform so we can reach out about testnet tokens. 

Make sure you join our Discord too, where we can help answer any questions and we will be in touch to send you testnet tokens for onboarding.

What is an RPC Provider on Lava?

Lava is a chain and API agnostic protocol for blockchain access. The peer to peer protocol connects data consumers with data providers. 

RPC providers can join the protocol, connect directly to developers and serve RPC relays. During testnet, Lava is working with top ecosystems such as Evmos and Axelar, and these chains offer programmes to pay providers for their service.

How do I benefit as an RPC or API Provider?

Providers serve relay requests through the Lava p2p protocol. Developers purchase on-chain subscription plans for a set number of Compute Units (each RPC or API request has a set computational cost), and these payments are distributed to Providers based on how many relays they served in a given period. Providers are also incentivized to have a high quality of service across latency, availability and data freshness.

During testnet, Lava is working with top ecosystems such as Evmos and Axelar, and these chains offer an additional programme to pay providers for their service: Incentivized Public RPC (ipRPC).

How is an RPC provider different from a Validator on Lava?

RPC providers serve requests from consumers via the Lava protocol. Payments with testnet tokens are sent a transactions & settled on the Lava blockchain, a Cosmos SDK appchain. 

Validators order transactions and reach consensus over the state of the Lava blockchain. 

Note that even if the blockchain goes down, because relays are peer-to-peer, Providers can still continue serving consumers and will be able to claim payments when the chain is back up.

Do I need to be a Validator and RPC Provider at the same time?

No! To make our service more scalable and remove barriers to entry, we have separated Validator and Provider roles.

What chains can I serve RPC requests for, on Lava? 

Lava supports 40+ networks currently, including Ethereum, Cosmos Hub, Aptos, Celo, Arbitrum, Starknet, Polygon, Osmosis, Fantom, Canto, Base, Evmos, Optimism and Juno.

New chains are added all the time and you can join our Discord to be the first to know about new opportunities to serve RPC. You can see some of Lava’s supported chains in our docs and website.