Lava Protocol and Evmos: Pioneering the Future of Incentivized Public RPC

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The Evmos Blog
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4 min readOct 11, 2023

In the ever-evolving landscape of blockchain technology, collaboration and innovation are key. Evmos is proud to partner with Lava Protocol on an exciting venture that promises to redefine the developer experience within the Evmos ecosystem: the Incentivized Public RPC (ipRPC).

Lava Protocol’s Incentivized Public RPC creates an open-source specification that serves as a public-good infrastructure across Cosmos and Web3. With Evmos, Lava has focused on enhancing the fundamental communication protocol for blockchain read/write — the Remote Procedure Call (RPC). The goal is to increase developer onboarding tenfold by powering a public good Evmos RPC resilient, fast, and decentralized endpoint. This is no ordinary RPC solution; Lava’s ipRPC offers a more reliable developer experience with higher rate limits and multiple fallback layers supported by node runners from both the Evmos and Lava communities. Lava ensures a high quality of service by rewarding providers according to their performance.

RPC vs ipRPC

Users who interact with a blockchain are often unaware of the underlying RPC (Remote Procedure Call) process that retrieves information from a node. This interaction must be secure, fast, reliable, and accurate. However, traditional RPC often struggles with these aspects, leading to an enduring challenge for Web3. Lava Network’s innovative approach with ipRPC (Incentivized Public Remote Procedure Call) addresses these challenges. Unlike traditional RPC, ipRPC leverages decentralization not just for ideology but to provide redundancy, higher rate limits, and multiple layers of fallback. Lava Network’s offerings — Gateway, SDK, and Server Kit — provide robust solutions for accessing multi-chain RPC programmatically and creating high-throughput applications. The inception of ipRPC is rooted in realizing the unreliability and fragmentation of existing solutions for free ecosystem onboarding. By introducing full peer-to-peer access from the front end using the Lava SDK & badges, Lava ensures faster response times and a more resilient network, setting a new standard for blockchain data access.

Transforming the RPC Landscape with Evmos

Lava Protocol’s collaboration with Evmos amplifies its vision of creating reliable public good infrastructure in the Cosmos ecosystem. The goal is to enhance developer onboarding by powering a public good Evmos RPC endpoint, marked by resilience and decentralization.

Unique Features:

  • Enhanced Developer Experience: Higher rate limits, multiple fallback layers, and performance-based rewards.
  • Community Engagement: Monetization opportunities for node runners, engagement of Evmos community.
  • Dashboard Monitoring: A dedicated dashboard for real-time insights.

Onboarding and Incentives

The onboarding process for community node runners is simple and efficient. Customized documentation and a dedicated flow for Evmos RPC providers enable easy participation. Community engagement is at the heart of ipRPC. The incentive pool offers rewards in EVMOS tokens, allowing node runners to monetize their RPC nodes. This innovative approach opens new doors for ANY node runner to contribute and benefit in the Cosmos ecosystem.

Lava has implemented mechanisms to ensure high uptime and uninterrupted access to Evmos data. Upgrades are seamless, with zero downtime, and providers can intentionally “freeze” their service for maintenance.

Integration with Lava SDK & Gateway further enhances the ipRPC, providing higher rate limits, intuitive UI, and low-latency peer-to-peer connections.

Lava’s vision extends beyond RPC, aiming to power reliable public infrastructure. They plan to expand with advanced pools for bounties, rich APIs, and more. Feedback channels have been established with node runners for continuous refinement and improvement of the system.

A Collaborative Future

Lava Protocol’s Incentivized Public RPC, in collaboration with Evmos, is a landmark initiative that promises to redefine the developer experience, empower the community, and set new standards in the blockchain space. By weaving innovation, community engagement, quality assurance, and future-readiness into one comprehensive solution, Lava and Evmos are shaping the future of public-good infrastructure in the Cosmos ecosystem. The blend of Lava’s innovative approach to RPC and its collaborative spirit with Evmos is a huge milestone. Stay tuned for more to come.

Learn More

Build fast services with high data reliability with Evmos and Lava now.

Check out our Evmos Academy to use Evmos ipRPC.

Find all Lava endpoints you can use to connect to Evmos here.

Learn more about Lava’s vision on Evmos RPC.

About Evmos

Evmos is an EVM-compatible, IBC-enabled blockchain in the Cosmos ecosystem designed for cross-chain dApp development.

The Evmos Core Development Team is on a mission to create and ship the foundational tools necessary for building the cross-chain applications of the future. With groundbreaking roadmap features like EVM Extensions, the Evmos SDK, and the Evmos dApp Store, Evmos gives developers the freedom to take advantage of the IBC and connect their smart contracts to the Cosmos Ecosystem.

This revolutionary technology frees developers from the confines of today’s siloed blockchains.

The future is cross-chain.

Helpful Resources

💻 Developer Documentation: https://evmos.dev/

👾 Official Discord: https://discord.gg/evmos

🐙 GitHub: https://github.com/tharsis/evmos

🕊 Twitter: https://twitter.com/EvmosOrg

📯 Telegram: @EvmosOrg

📄 Medium: https://evmos.blog/

🖥 Evmos Website: https://evmos.org

🌋 Evmos Jobs Board: https://boards.eu.greenhouse.io/evmos

Evmos is the EVM stack for building natively cross-chain decentralized applications.

We encourage you to read the Evmos Manifesto and learn more about our plans to build a cross-chain future.

DISCLAIMER: None of this is financial advice. This content is strictly for educational purposes. It’s not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets.

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