Yeliz Akmaca 
Lava Network provides a decentralized Data Access Layer designed to meet developers’ needs for blockchain data access. As the blockchain world becomes increasingly multi-chain, dApps must fetch data from multiple chains. The main access methods are Remote Procedure Calls (RPC) and Data Indexing.
Lava delivers these services through a decentralized marketplace, where Developers (Consumers) request data and node operators (Providers) supply it. Providers are rewarded based on Quality of Service (QoS), ensuring a fast, reliable, and scalable infrastructure.
Team and Founders
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Lava Network was founded in 2022 to solve multi-chain data infrastructure challenges.
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Founders: Israeli entrepreneurs Yair Cleper (CEO) and Gil Binder.
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Yair Cleper previously built successful Web2 ventures (Supersmart, Octopai).
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The team consists of experienced engineers focused on scalable and resilient blockchain infrastructure.
Project Idea
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Lava Network aims to decentralize Web3 data access infrastructure.
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It eliminates single points of failure and censorship risks from centralized RPC providers such as Infura and Alchemy.
Primary Objective
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Decentralized Data Marketplace connecting Developers (Consumers) needing RPC services with node operators (Providers).
Key Feature
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Incentivized Performance ensures Providers are rewarded or penalized based on speed and reliability for consistently high-quality data access.
How Lava Works
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Lava is a decentralized RPC routing protocol acting as a resiliency layer for on-chain economies.
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The RPC Routing Engine hides infrastructure complexity and provides high-speed, low-latency access.
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Global node providers join permissionlessly, and the fastest nodes are automatically selected.
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Stakers route traffic to reliable providers; failing nodes are isolated instantly.
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Chains create incentive pools using LAVA, and Providers earn rewards.
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Developers use the Lava RPC API; chains adopt the Public RPC model; enterprises use the Smart Router for performance and failover.
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Supports standard RPC, archive requests, debug/trace, and processes millions of requests daily with 99.99% uptime.
Investors and Partners
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Seed Round: 15 million dollars.
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Lead Investors: Jump Capital, Hashkey Capital
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Lava partners with blockchains, L2 rollups, wallets, and dApps to expand decentralized data access.
Governance
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Governance is powered by $LAVA token holders.
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Token holders vote on protocol development, parameters, fees, and strategic decisions.
Token Utility
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Providers stake LAVA.
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Validators secure the network with staked LAVA.
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Restakers gain traffic-routing influence.
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Chains purchase RPC services with LAVA.
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Used for governance voting.
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Used for Enterprise Smart Router payments.
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Used to fund Public RPC access.
LAVA Token Information
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Token: LAVA
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Total supply: 970.47M
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Max supply: 1B
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Circulating supply: 264.5M
Token Distribution
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Future Initiatives: 15%
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Provider Rewards: 6.6%
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R&D and Ecosystem: 31%
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Supporters: 17%
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Core Contributors: 27%
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Validator Rewards: 3.4%
Roadmap
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Seed Round early 2024, raising 15M and expanding the team.
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Mainnet launch with full utility of $LAVA and the decentralized data marketplace.
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Ecosystem expansion, onboarding more chains, rollups, and developers to reach product-market fit.
Key Features
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Fully decentralized and permissionless RPC infrastructure.
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24/7 multi-chain data access for AI agents.
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Single API integration for 30+ chains.
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Performance-based routing engine.
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Fast chain integration using JSON specification.
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Enterprise RPC Smart Router solution.
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Global node network with low latency and high uptime.
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1M+ daily users and over 1M dollars in on-chain revenue.
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