Pocket Network Inc. is a software startup building a universal, decentralized API protocol for blockchains. It functions as an inclusive relay network for API requests to major blockchains, with a crypto-economic model that minimizes costs for developers while passing the value directly on to the full-node operators. Pocket uses a native cryptocurrency (POKT) to create a permissionless, two-sided marketplace between node providers who run full nodes and developers that want to query data from a blockchain for an application or service.
Pocket Network’s infrastructure platform will now be natively supported on the Algorand network. Through the AlgoSDK, Algorand will be the first blockchain to natively point to Pocket’s API protocol, which connects developers to a decentralized relay network of node operators and infrastructure providers, thereby lowering the barrier to blockchain application development. The result is unparalleled uptime, redundancy, and resiliency to applications, while saving developers time and money.