Pocket Network

aid: pocket-network
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pocket-network/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
apis:
- aid: pocket-network:pocket-network-path-gateway-api
  name: Pocket Network PATH Gateway API
  tags:
  - Pocket Network
  - Grove
  - PATH
  - RPC
  - Relays
  humanURL: https://path.grove.city/
  properties:
  - url: https://path.grove.city/develop/path/introduction
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://path.grove.city/develop/path/cheatsheet
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/pocket-network-path-gateway-api-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: json-schema/pocket-network-relay-schema.json
    type: JSONSchema
  - url: json-ld/pocket-network-context.jsonld
    type: JSONLD
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/path-gateway-relays.yaml
  - url: https://github.com/buildwithgrove/path
    type: SourceCode
  description: PATH is the open-source Go gateway (github.com/buildwithgrove/path) that exposes Pocket
    Network Shannon as a single HTTP surface. It proxies JSON-RPC, REST, and WebSocket relays to
    Shannon suppliers, scores them via QoS, and signs each relay with the operator's gateway and
    application keys. Grove operates the largest hosted PATH deployment on rpc.grove.city across
    69+ chains, both as authenticated portal endpoints and as no-key public endpoints per chain
    (e.g. eth.rpc.grove.city, solana.rpc.grove.city).
- aid: pocket-network:pocket-network-shannon-rpc-api
  name: Pocket Network Shannon RPC API
  tags:
  - Pocket Network
  - Shannon
  - Cosmos
  - Blockchain
  humanURL: https://dev.poktroll.com/
  properties:
  - url: https://dev.poktroll.com/
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://docs.pokt.network/pokt-protocol/the-shannon-upgrade
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/pocket-network-shannon-rpc-api-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: json-schema/pocket-network-shannon-actor-schema.json
    type: JSONSchema
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/shannon-blocks.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/shannon-applications.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/shannon-suppliers.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/shannon-gateways.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/shannon-services.yaml
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/shannon-tokenomics.yaml
  - url: https://github.com/pokt-network/poktroll
    type: SourceCode
  description: The Shannon chain is a Cosmos SDK + CometBFT chain (github.com/pokt-network/poktroll)
    that supplanted Morse in June 2025. The REST surface exposes the standard Cosmos modules (bank,
    staking, base) alongside Pocket-specific modules — application, supplier, gateway, service,
    session, proof, and tokenomics. Service fees are denominated in compute units (1 USD = 1B CU)
    and post-PIP-41 a 97.5% mint ratio makes POKT deflationary. Grove operates a public Shannon
    mainnet REST endpoint at shannon-grove-api.mainnet.poktroll.com.
- aid: pocket-network:pocket-network-cometbft-rpc-api
  name: Pocket Network CometBFT RPC API
  tags:
  - Pocket Network
  - Shannon
  - CometBFT
  - Tendermint
  - Consensus
  humanURL: https://dev.poktroll.com/
  properties:
  - url: https://docs.cometbft.com/v0.38/rpc/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/pocket-network-cometbft-rpc-api-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - type: NaftikoCapability
    url: capabilities/cometbft-status.yaml
  - url: https://github.com/pokt-network/poktroll
    type: SourceCode
  description: The CometBFT (Tendermint) JSON-RPC surface exposed by every Shannon full node on
    port 26657. Covers consensus-level queries (status, net_info, blocks, block_results, tx),
    mempool inspection, and synchronous transaction broadcast. Grove operates a public Shannon
    mainnet CometBFT RPC at shannon-grove-rpc.mainnet.poktroll.com.
name: Pocket Network
tags:
- Web3
- Blockchain
- RPC
- Decentralized Infrastructure
- Pocket Network
- Grove
- PATH
- Shannon
- Cosmos
- POKT
kind: contract
image: https://kinlane-productions2.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
access: 3rd-Party
common:
- type: Portal
  url: https://pocket.network
- type: Portal
  url: https://grove.city
  name: Grove
- url: https://path.grove.city/
  name: PATH by Grove
  type: Documentation
- url: https://docs.pokt.network/
  name: Pocket Network Documentation
  type: Documentation
- url: https://docs.grove.city/
  name: Grove Documentation
  type: Documentation
- url: https://dev.poktroll.com/
  name: Shannon Developer Docs
  type: Documentation
- url: https://status.pocket.network/
  name: Pocket Network Status
  type: StatusPage
- url: https://status.grove.city/
  name: Grove Status
  type: StatusPage
- url: https://explorer.pocket.network/pocket-mainnet
  name: Pocket Network Explorer
  type: Documentation
- url: https://wallet.pocket.network/
  name: Pocket Network Wallet
  type: Documentation
- url: https://forum.pokt.network/
  name: Pocket Network Forum
  type: Forum
- url: https://discord.gg/pocket-network
  name: Pocket Network Discord
  type: Forum
- url: https://github.com/pokt-network
  type: GitHubOrganization
- url: https://github.com/buildwithgrove
  type: GitHubOrganization
- url: https://github.com/pokt-network/poktroll
  name: Shannon Protocol (poktroll)
  type: SourceCode
- url: https://github.com/buildwithgrove/path
  name: PATH Gateway
  type: SourceCode
- url: https://github.com/pokt-network/path
  name: PATH (pokt-network mirror)
  type: SourceCode
- url: https://github.com/pokt-network/shannon-sdk
  name: Shannon SDK (Go)
  type: SDK
- url: https://github.com/pokt-network/poktroll-clients-py
  name: poktroll Clients (Python)
  type: SDK
- url: https://github.com/pokt-network/shannon-tx-builder
  name: Shannon Transaction Builder (Python)
  type: SDK
- url: https://github.com/pokt-network/pocket-js
  name: pocket-js (JavaScript Protocol Library)
  type: SDK
- url: https://github.com/pokt-network/homebrew-pocketd
  name: Homebrew tap (poktrolld)
  type: Tool
- url: https://github.com/pokt-network/pocketdex
  name: Pocketdex (SubQuery indexer)
  type: Tool
- url: https://github.com/pokt-network/pocket-explorer
  name: Pocket Explorer
  type: Tool
- url: https://github.com/pokt-network/poktroll/releases
  name: poktroll Releases
  type: ChangeLog
- url: https://medium.com/decentralized-infrastructure
  name: Grove Blog (Decentralized Infrastructure on Medium)
  type: Blog
- url: https://pocket.network/blog/
  name: Pocket Network Blog
  type: Blog
- url: https://pocket.network/pocket-developer-guide/
  name: Shannon Developer Guide
  type: GettingStarted
- url: https://pocket.network/shannon-upgrade-faq/
  name: Shannon Upgrade FAQ
  type: Documentation
- url: https://pocket.network/decentralized-data-stack/
  name: Decentralized Data Stack
  type: Documentation
- url: https://grove.city/chains
  name: Supported Chains
  type: Documentation
- url: https://grove.city/partners
  name: Grove Partners
  type: Documentation
- url: https://grove.city/pricing
  name: Grove Pricing
  type: Pricing
- url: https://pocket.network/legal/privacy-policy/
  type: PrivacyPolicy
- url: https://pocket.network/legal/terms-of-service/
  type: TermsOfService
- url: plans/pocket-network-plans-pricing.yml
  type: Plans
- url: rate-limits/pocket-network-rate-limits.yml
  type: RateLimits
- url: finops/pocket-network-finops.yml
  type: FinOps
- url: rules/pocket-network-rules.yml
  type: SpectralRules
- url: vocabulary/pocket-network-vocabulary.yml
  type: Vocabulary
- type: Features
  data:
  - Shannon protocol — Cosmos SDK + CometBFT chain replacing Morse in June 2025
  - 5,000+ independent nodes serving 60-69+ blockchains (EVM, Layer-2s, Cosmos, Solana)
  - PATH gateway (Go, MIT) — open-source single-binary gateway for any operator to run
  - Grove hosted endpoints — rpc.grove.city per-chain subdomains for portal and public traffic
  - Compute-unit metering — $1 = 1B CU, deflationary via POKT burn on every relay (PIP-41)
  - On-chain actors — Application, Supplier, Gateway, Validator, Source Owner
  - RelayMiner — supplier-side daemon proxying relays with revenue-share splits
  - Quality-of-Service scoring inside PATH routes around degraded suppliers automatically
  - Public free per-IP endpoints across every supported chain for development
  - 99.9% uptime target on Grove public endpoints
  - Authenticated portal applications via opaque Application IDs in URL path
  - Permissionless service registration — anyone can add a new chain by staking a service
  - F-Chains public-data program for non-profit/public-goods consumers
  - $1 per billion compute units wholesale, $1 per million relays Grove pay-as-you-go (RELAY2025)
  - poktrolld CLI (homebrew-pocketd) for full Cosmos SDK tx/query/keys operations
  - Shannon SDK (Go), poktroll-clients-py (Python), shannon-tx-builder (Python)
  - Pocketdex (SubQuery) indexer powering Pocket Explorer
  - Pocket Network Foundation governance with on-chain PIP proposals
  - Available as decentralized RPC backend for Cosmos Keplr chain registry integrations
  sources:
  - https://pocket.network/
  - https://grove.city/
  - https://path.grove.city/
  - https://docs.pokt.network/
  - https://dev.poktroll.com/
  - https://github.com/pokt-network/poktroll
  - https://github.com/buildwithgrove/path
  updated: '2026-05-25'
created: '2026-05-25'
modified: '2026-05-25'
position: Consuming
description: Pocket Network is the decentralized RPC layer of Web3 — a permissionless, fully open
  data delivery protocol built on Cosmos SDK and CometBFT (the Shannon upgrade, June 2025). 5,000+
  independent supplier nodes serve relays across 60-69+ blockchains, metered in compute units at
  $1/billion and settled on-chain in POKT under deflationary tokenomics (PIP-41, 97.5% mint ratio).
  Grove (grove.city) is the for-profit infrastructure company that operates the largest gateway
  on the network — rpc.grove.city — and maintains PATH, the open-source Go gateway any operator
  can run to expose Pocket Network as a single HTTP endpoint. Grove offers free no-API-key per-IP
  public endpoints per chain (eth.rpc.grove.city, solana.rpc.grove.city, etc.) plus paid portal
  applications with relay analytics and SLAs. Together they form the canonical decentralized
  alternative to Alchemy / Infura / QuickNode for serving JSON-RPC, REST, and WebSocket traffic
  to any public blockchain.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: [email protected]
  X: apievangelist
  url: https://apievangelist.com
specificationVersion: '0.16'