The startup develops an open-source protocol for decentralized archiving and caching of blockchain data streams, ensuring permanent storage and validation of this data. By providing reliable backups, the solution enhances the scalability and availability of resources for developers in blockchain networks.
Funding
$12.9M raised to dateRaised to date based on public sources. This may differ from the amount the company actually raised and is based only on what is publicly available on the internet.
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Product
Problem
Accessing and validating blockchain data streams is difficult, especially for archival nodes, due to high storage costs and a lack of incentivization. This can lead to reliance on centralized solutions, creating single points of failure and hindering the scalability of Web3 applications.
Solution
KYVE Network provides a decentralized protocol for archiving and validating blockchain data, ensuring its immutability and accessibility. As a Layer 1 blockchain built with the Cosmos SDK, KYVE incentivizes nodes to store and validate data streams, creating a trustless data lake. The network utilizes a two-layer architecture, comprising a consensus layer for staking and governance, and a protocol layer for data pool management, funding, and delegation. KYVE's solution enhances data reliability and reduces the time required to access historical data, enabling developers to build more robust and scalable decentralized applications.
Target Audience
KYVE's primary users include Web3 developers, node operators, data engineers, and validators who require reliable, tamper-proof access to historical blockchain data.
Features
- Decentralized data validation and transfer protocol for Web3 data
- Data Lake for tracking validated data, accessible via REST-API
- Data Pipeline for no-code data sourcing and transformation into data warehouses
- KSYNC tool for rapid node synchronization with blocks, snapshots, and historical data
- Native integration with multiple blockchains, including Cosmos, NEAR, and Avalanche
- Two-layer architecture with separate consensus and protocol layers
- Support for custom data rollups, enabling scalability for dApps
- Governance participation through staking of the native $KYVE token