Launched a POKT/WETH liquidity pool on Arbitrum.

Served 2 billion relays this week.

Launches "POCKET BINGO" incentive program on 2026-03-20, distributing 3,000 POKT to each of the first 5 participants who complete any line of tasks (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) with valid proof submissions.

Hosts a trivia contest on Discord on 2026-03-13 with prizes totaling 20,000 POKT distributed to the top three participants (10,000 POKT for first place, 7,000 POKT for second place, and 3,000 POKT for third place).

Served 8.5 billion+ relays in the past 30 days as of March 18, 2026.

Hosts an AMA (Ask Me Anything) session on 2026-03-11 at 1 PM EST during its Ecosystem Call, covering network roadmap, validator expansion, and token economics.

Added @stakeup_tech as a new validator to the network.

Added StakeandRelax as a validator to the network.

Identified an accounting bug in the protocol that was underpaying nodes for services performed and causing the network dashboard to underreport actual relay counts.

Runs a meme contest awarding 20,000 POKT total to the top 3 submissions, with deadline on 2026-03-01 at 8:30 AM EST and winner announcement on 2026-03-02.

Launches "The Cipher Hunt" promotional event on Farcaster from February 21, 2026 at 11 AM EST to February 22, 2026 at 10 AM EST, where participants decode 5 coded messages to win POKT rewards.

Integrated with AnChain AI for decentralized blockchain data infrastructure for AI agents. Hosts 4-week hackathon with AnChain AI, offering 2,000 USDC in prizes for projects on on-chain intelligence, risk mitigation, decentralized RPC, and AnChain's risk platform.

Served 1.7 billion+ relays over the last 7 days ending February 16, 2026.

Maintained 99.97% uptime over the last 7 days ending February 16, 2026.

Ranked 9th in Santiment's top lending projects by development activity for March 2026.

Activated v1.31 network upgrade on 2026-02-10, introducing a 2.5% token burn on every relay transaction. Reduced net supply by 38,000+ POKT in 30 days ending March 18, 2026, and burned a net 8,000 POKT this week.

Supports 60+ blockchains including Ethereum and Solana as of March 18, 2026.

Launched Ambassador Program with monthly POKT compensation of $100-$500, including 16 Ambassadors in first batch. Added 6 ambassadors in Batch 02.

Integrated with nodefleet, operates 5,000+ independent node operators as of March 18, 2026.

Partnered with Developer DAO to launch DevDAO Cloud, a high-performance redundant workload marketplace that integrates RPC supply/demand management with the ability to resell excess capacity back to the Pocket Network.

GetBlock officially transitions from Grove to Pocket Network, with their RPC traffic now served through the decentralized network.

F-Chains Program grants open RPC endpoints at $1 USD per 1 billion compute-units with no key requirements.

Bitget exchange removes POKT/USDT spot trading pair effective December 12, 2025 at 10:00 UTC.

MCP integration with Claude AI goes live, allowing on-chain data queries through the AI assistant.

Bridge functionality launches for Solana and Base networks, allowing users to wrap Cosmos POKT to Ethereum and bridge wPOKT to Solana or Base while a unified bridge remains under construction.

Partnership with Decentralized Load Balancer guarantees Web3 foundations unlimited data access at wholesale pricing.

Users of free public RPC endpoints must update endpoint URLs by November 25th deadline.

Network remains operational during Cloudflare outage, demonstrating decentralization advantage in real-time.

Shannon network upgrade completes with chain, token, and RPC supply migration fully deployed and battle-tested, opening the network to broad community-led growth phase with BuildWithGrove acknowledged as core technical contributor.

Partnership with XRPL announced to provide data infrastructure for their new EVM sidechain.

Igniter Staking platform integrates Keplr wallet support, enabling users to stake with a minimum of 5 POKT tokens.

ottoevc joins the Foundation as new Head of Protocol, returning to the project after being involved at its beginning.

Version v0.1.30 protocol upgrade goes live with improved consensus syncing and enhanced relay validation for better data integrity.

Featured in The Street financial publication as a crypto x AI leader in the data economy space, gaining mainstream media exposure.

The protocol transitions to a usage-based fee model and integrates with dozens of new partners including XRPL and Akash following the Shannon upgrade.

Protocol expands capabilities beyond RPC to support AI/agent data, Signal proxy relay, and Tor nodes with self-healing network infrastructure.

DAO unanimously elects new Foundation Director @thepoktopus

Major protocol migration successfully completed with DAO treasury, Foundation treasury, wPOKT vault, and exchange accounts transferred to Shannon network.

Trading volume surpasses 1 trillion KRW on Upbit, marking significant Korean market traction following recent exchange listing.

Keplr wallet integration goes live, expanding token accessibility and infrastructure support.

Perpetual contract launches on BitMEX with 50x leverage, expanding derivatives market presence.

Token lists on Bithumb exchange, expanding Korean market presence.

Bridge resumes operation with unwrapping only; current wPOKT system being deprecated for new Axelar bridge implementation.

Price surges 364% with concurrent spike in social dominance to 0.5% of crypto discussions.

Token surges 364% amid capturing 0.5% of all crypto social discussions, indicating unusual market momentum.

New KRW trading pair launches as part of South Korean market expansion.

Token added to Binance Markets Alpha Projects section for enhanced trading visibility.

Upgrades Shannon mainnet to v0.1.33 at block height 703,870 on 2026-04-07 13:00 UTC, a consensus-breaking upgrade requiring mandatory token migration from Morse network and validator coordination.

Token lists on Upbit exchange, causing 280% price surge in 24 hours.

Network migration begins in 8 days; holders advised to bridge tokens to wPOKT, Base, or Sol chains for easier transition.

Bybit exchange plans to delist token on May 30, 2025 due to low trading volume; team contests decision.

Protocol mainnet launches June 3rd, 2025 at 10AM PT with confirmed exchange support.

Critical mainnet launch approaching; urgent infrastructure readiness required.

Protocol upgrade delivers lowest-cost RPC services, beating competitors by up to 75%.

Implements token burning mechanism through v1.31 upgrade, burning 2.5% more POKT than minted. Burned 1,240,648 POKT and minted 1,215,490 POKT in the last 30 days.

Major protocol migration in progress with published guidance for all network participants.

RPC costs reduced by 30-75% with new token burn mechanism for each relay processed.

New deflationary mechanism implements token burns per relay while reducing RPC costs by 30-75%.

New protocol upgrade implements token burn mechanism for every data request, creating deflationary pressure tied to network usage.

New pricing model establishes 1 USD = 1B Compute Units with burn-based tokenomics and bulk discounts.

New tokenomics implementation shifts to burn-based model with neutral supply mechanics to combat inflation.

Shannon upgrade launches with economic model overhaul to enhance protocol growth and data provision capabilities.

Shannon upgrade implements token burn mechanism for relay services, creating sustained buy pressure.

New tokenomics implements burn mechanism for each relay, balanced by community-governed minting to maintain supply neutrality.

Protocol upgrade implements usage-based token burn and DAO-controlled emissions for deflationary economics.

Node operation requires only 1MB throughput with basic PC hardware and internet connection. Open participation model allows anyone to become a network supplier.

High inflation rates persist due to no demand-side token burns, while usage remains essentially free.

New protocol upgrade removes centralized gateway dependencies, reducing regulatory risk exposure.

Shannon Upgrade will enable first fully permissionless open data provision with 10B+ daily relay capacity.

In uptrend with target of $0.15, focused on DePIN and AI narrative.