Applications (or gateways staking on behalf of applications) pay for RPC data requests by staking and burning POKT. Node operators serve RPC data requests for applications and receive block rewards (token incentives) in proportion to their work done.

Pocket Network is a decentralized infrastructure protocol (a blockchain) that provides RPC data for blockchains. Pocket Network was founded by Michael O’Rourke and launched in 2020.

Pocket Network is governed by the Pocket Network DAO. Pocket Network's investors include Placeholder, 1kx, Arrington Capital, etc.