👋Welcome To Viper Network
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Viper Network introduces a decentralized, incentivized RPC infrastructure to address a critical gap in the Web3 ecosystem: the lack of rewards for RPC nodes. Unlike validators, RPC nodes are natively unrewarded, discouraging participation and scalability. This has led to over-reliance on centralized Node-as-a-Service platforms and rate-limited public nodes, creating vulnerabilities and single points of failure for blockchain interactions.
As new Layer 1s, Layer 2s, and rollups emerge, dApps on these chains require seamless infrastructure to interact with them. However, building and scaling support for such a diverse and expanding ecosystem is a complex challenge, beyond the capabilities of centralized solutions. Web3 needs a high-performance, decentralized interaction layer to ensure scalability and resilience—an inevitability for the multichain future.
This doc outlines the Viper Network's approach to solving these challenges through incentivization, scalability, and a trustless infrastructure while highlighting its design mechanisms and vision for the decentralized Web3 ecosystem.
Before we dive into what we’re building at Viper, let’s take a moment to understand how blockchain interactions work and the crucial role that RPC plays in enabling them.
At its core, a blockchain is a distributed database—imagine it as a global Excel file maintained by thousands of interconnected servers, called nodes, spread across the world. All these nodes collectively agree on the content of this file, ensuring that the data remains consistent, secure, and immutable.
But here’s the catch: how do you access this distributed database? You can’t just open it on your computer because you don’t have the file locally. Instead, you need to interact with a server or an RPC node that holds the file.
Every interaction you have with a blockchain—whether it’s checking your account balance, reading smart contract data, or sending a transaction—requires you to communicate with these RPC nodes. Think of them as the pipeline connecting the outside world (your application, wallet, or dApp) to the underlying blockchain infrastructure.
RPC, or Remote Procedure Call, is the communication protocol that powers this interaction. It allows your computer to send queries (like What’s my account balance?) to an RPC node and receive responses. Essentially, RPC nodes act as translators between your requests and the blockchain’s data, enabling seamless communication between users and decentralized networks.
In essence, RPC is what makes blockchain usability possible, forming the backbone of every interaction with the network. This vital role highlights why reliable and scalable RPC infrastructure is critical for the growth and adoption of Web3 applications.
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