Node Operators & Suppliers
Suppliers are the backbone of Pocket Network. They run the infrastructure that serves the network’s data services, from blockchain RPC to REST APIs, LLM inference, and MCP servers, and earn POKT rewards for every relay they prove they delivered.
What Suppliers Do
A Supplier is any entity that stakes POKT and runs a RelayMiner to serve requests for the services it is staked on. When an Application sends a relay (an API request to a service), the protocol assigns it to a session of Suppliers who compete to serve it. Suppliers that successfully serve relays and submit valid proofs earn POKT rewards.
Why It Matters
Pocket Network’s value proposition — decentralized, redundant access to data services, paid per request — depends entirely on Suppliers. More Suppliers means more geographic diversity, more service coverage, and more resilience. Serving the services that AI agents call through the Agentic Portal is a growing share of that work. The protocol’s economics are designed to make running Supplier infrastructure profitable for operators who maintain high quality of service.
Getting Started
Running a Supplier requires a minimum stake of 59,500 native POKT, a reliable server, and basic Linux administration skills. Budget several hours for initial setup.
New Providers: Start with the Provider Quickstart — get running in 15 minutes with just the essentials.
- Review requirements: Hardware & Infrastructure — what specs you need
- Stake as a Supplier: Supplier Staking — how to stake and configure
- Set up the RelayMiner: RelayMiner Setup — deploy the HA RelayMiner in front of your backends
- Choose services: Services — what a service is, and how to supply one from its card
- Understand rewards: Rewards & Economics — how you earn
For Production Operators
- RelayMiner Operations — scaling relayers and miners, sizing Redis, and RelayMiner metrics
- Monitoring — Prometheus, Grafana, and operational metrics
- Upgrades — Cosmovisor, version management, chain halt recovery
- F-Chains — earning from PNF-subsidized chain coverage
- Troubleshooting — common issues and solutions
In this section
Archival Node Operation
Running archival nodes for Pocket Network — which chains need them, storage requirements, and how PATH detects archival capability.
Learn more →F-Chains: How Suppliers Participate
How Supplier nodes earn from F-Chains-supported chains — staking requirements, eligible chains, and how to qualify.
Learn more →Hardware & Infrastructure Requirements
Server specifications, recommended configurations, and infrastructure considerations for Pocket Network operators.
Learn more →Monitoring
Prometheus metrics, Grafana dashboards, and operational monitoring for Pocket Network node operators.
Learn more →Node Upgrades
Cosmovisor setup, version management, chain halt recovery, and upgrade procedures for Pocket Network operators.
Learn more →RelayMiner Operations
Run the HA RelayMiner in production: architecture, scaling relayers and miners, sizing Redis, ports, monitoring, and upgrades.
Learn more →RelayMiner Setup
Deploy the HA RelayMiner (pocket-relay-miner) in front of your backends: keys, Redis, relayer and miner configuration, validation, startup, and your first claims.
Learn more →Supplier Rewards & Economics
How Supplier nodes earn POKT — compute units, reward calculation, settlement timing, and practical earnings expectations.
Learn more →Supplier Staking
Stake POKT as a Supplier — concepts, configuration, and CLI commands.
Learn more →Troubleshooting & FAQ
Common issues and solutions for Suppliers, Gateways, Applications, and general pocketd usage.
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