Lava is a protocol that provides fast and reliable RPC & APIs for every blockchain. Think of it like a marketplace for data infrastructure.
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RPC Providers join Lava to handle user requests and transactions, while Restakers help secure the network and boost top Providers. Providers and Restakers earn tokens from the blockchains they support. NEAR Protocol, Starknet and 40+ chains are already supported, with Lava handling more than 90 billion data requests across over 3 million monthly users.

Lava powers access to the onchain world.

Staking and restaking LAVA helps provide fast, reliable and secure RPC for every chain:

• Chains create an incentive pool on Lava, with any token e.g. NEAR token.
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• RPC providers register on Lava blockchain and stake LAVA.
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• RPC providers are selected to serve requests, with size of LAVA stake being an influencing factor.
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• LAVA holders stake to Lava Validators and restake to Providers on Lava.
  
  
• LAVA restakers boost top Providers by increasing their stake. Providers with more delegations serve more requests, therefore improving overall network performance.
  
  
• RPC providers and restakers get rewarded via incentive pools. See: pools.lavanet.xyz.
  
  
• Users get responses from the fastest, most reliable RPC providers.

Bundled Restaking Rewards refer to the bundles of tokens a Provider and a Restaker will receive every month for their contributions.

For example, a LAVA token holder, after helping secure the network by staking to a Validator, might choose to restake to a Provider and boost him in the selection process. If the Provider earns rewards from 5 different incentive pools, the Restaker will receive 5 different tokens at the end of the month.

By supporting the RPC on your favourite chains, you can earn tokens from your favourite chains.

Explore all live and upcoming pools on Lava: pools.lavanet.xyz ‍
Read about Bundled Staking Rewards: www.lavanet.xyz/blog/introducing-pools-lavanet-xyz

We already support multiple incentive pools on Lava for Providers and Restakers. You can explore pools at pools.lavanet.xyz.

‍There are 40+ other networks which do not yet have incentive pools but for which you can still run a node on Lava.