The Lava Protocol aims to provide decentralized and scalable access to blockchain data through the use of a network of providers and consumers. It utilizes a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism and incentivizes participants through the use of its native LAVA token. The protocol includes features such as a stake-weighted pseudorandom pairing function, backfilling, and a lazy settlement process to improve scalability and efficiency. The roadmap for the Lava Protocol includes further development of governance, conflict resolution, privacy, and quality of service, as well as support for additional API specifications. It is designed to be a public good that enables decentralized access to the Web3 ecosystem.
Read more about Lava in the litepaper and visit the Docs
Lava is built using the Cosmos SDK which runs on top of Tendermint Core consensus engine.
Note: Requires Go 1.18
make buildOr check out the latest release.
Join Lava's testnet, read instructions here