Pocket Network (POKT)

OGAudit Web3 Research: @POKTnetwork $POKT - Universal Data Fabric Ambitions Meeting a Fresh All Time Low?

Pocket Network’s Proof of Relay model rewards node operators for servicing data requests across 50+ supported blockchains with token minting directly proportional to relay volume:

- Programmable deflation via net burn per relay cycle is designed to tie supply directly to network usage but a 2023 forum analysis flagged persistent negative real returns for node operators, meaning many sell rewards just to cover operating costs, creating structural sell pressure independent of price action.
- Recent exchange listings on Upbit, Bitget, WEEX and MEXC Futures expanded liquidity access and the Foundation onboarded market maker Wintermelt but Upbit has required temporary deposit/withdrawal suspensions during network upgrades (April 2025, March 2026), disrupting arbitrage during precisely the periods liquidity matters most.
- The Shannon upgrade (June 2025) and Phoenix v2 aim to cut relay costs by 30-75% and enable permissionless gateway creation, reframing Pocket beyond blockchain only RPC into a broader data relay layer that could serve AI model inference requests and general Web2 API calls, a significant expansion of the addressable market if it lands.

Is the Shannon/Phoenix pivot toward AI and Web2 API relay volume a genuinely larger market than blockchain RPC alone enough to reverse a token that just hit a fresh all time low or does the node operator profitability problem mean POKT’s tokenomics work against price recovery regardless of how successful the technical expansion is?

Category: Infrastructure
Coin Name: $POKT
Circulating Supply: 2.33B
Market Cap: $18.5M
Market Cap Rank: #724
OG (Trust) Score: 41.78
OG Score Rank: #102/954
Reviewed by 7 OG Auditors.

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OGAudit Web3 Research: @POKTnetwork

Is decentralized open data infrastructure with programmable deflation the backbone for reliable Web3 and AI access or is centralized RPC still too dominant?

Pocket Network has evolved far beyond a blockchain RPC network into a permissionless universal data fabric:

- Shannon upgrade transformed Pocket into a permissionless registry of public APIs supporting blockchain RPC, AI inference, Web2 APIs and open data sources.
- Programmable deflation burns 100% of relay fees but re-mints only 97.5% as node rewards.
- Supports 50+ blockchains with IBC and modular DA layer integrations planned to make Pocket fully blockchain agnostic.

Is this an underrated gem for decentralized infrastructure and DePIN or does sub-$35M market cap reflect real adoption risk?

Category: Infrastructure/DePIN
Coin Name: POKT
Circulating Supply: 2.32B
Market Cap: $31.2M
Market Cap Rank: #506
OG Score: 41.27
OG Score Rank: #551

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🧑‍💻 OGAudit Web3 Research

📢 Introducing @POKTnetwork; Pocket Network ($POKT) is a decentralized data infrastructure protocol that provides Web3 applications with censorship‑resistant, reliable access to blockchain data via a permissionless network of node operators. By replacing centralized RPC APIs with a distributed relay model, it empowers dApps to interact with multiple chains securely and cost‑effectively.

Category: DePIN
Ticker: $POKT
Market Cap: $33.40M
Market Cap Rank: #599
OG Score: 43.59
OG Score Rank: #453

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