Santa Clara, California, April 27, 2024, Chainwire
CARV, the largest modular data layer for gaming and AI, today announces its highly anticipated debut node sale. This is another important milestone toward CARV’s mission to maximize data innovation while ensuring individuals can share the value created in a user-owned Internet.
Starting May 13, users around the world can become part of CARV’s decentralized data network, helping to redistribute value and earn rewards by running lightweight authentication nodes.
The what and why of nodes
Imagine a future where your data is truly yours – a future where users have the power to own, control, and monetize all personal data generated. CARV’s groundbreaking data value exchange platform makes this vision a reality. With its modular data layer, CARV is revolutionizing the way personal data is used and shared in gaming, AI and countless other sectors, paving the way for a user-owned internet where individuals can rightfully benefit from the value their data creates.
More than 2.5 million users have already joined this data revolution, making CARV one of the largest ecosystems with unique active wallets (UAW) of over 650K across multiple blockchain networks including zkSync, Linea, opBNB, Ronin and more 40+ chains.
As the CARV ecosystem continues to expand, running authentication nodes is critical to maintaining integrity and security in the decentralized data processing environment. Authentication nodes validate attestations produced by Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) nodes, ensuring data processing is performed securely and as intended. A majority of honest verifiers of more than 50% is crucial for accurately verifying and recording attestation results on the blockchain, thus maintaining the reliability of the protocol and preserving privacy.
The benefits of running nodes with CARV
CARV’s debut node sale makes this possible by offering a limited supply of 100,000 verification nodes through a multi-tiered pricing system, starting at less than $500. In return, node operators will earn a significant portion of the network’s initial $CARV tokens. 25% of the total supply will be allocated for distribution to verifiers, which will be released over time.
Under the release model, which features a 25% reduction every six months, it is expected that approximately 50% of the tokens will be released in the first year alone. With over 700 games and AI companies integrated, rewards also come from ecosystem partners. Verifier nodes are designed to be easy to use, as light as getting up and running in just a few steps. There is also a one-click solution to delegate to a node as a service provider as well.
This bold step towards decentralization enables users to become active participants in the new data economy that respects user autonomy and privacy.
“We have reached an inflection point where users are rightfully demanding ownership and compensation for their data,” said Victor Yu, co-founder of CARV. “Our node sale is a big step toward realizing that vision by allowing everyone to become active stakeholders in a truly decentralized data ecosystem.”
The CARV junction sale will be carried out in phases:
- Settings / Organization Sales: May 3, 2024, 12:00 UTC (e.g. via launchpads, syndicate DAOs, NFT communities, and more)
- Launch of whitelist node sales: May 13, 2024, 12:00 UTC (available 48 hours)
- Launch of public junction sales: May 15, 2024, at 12:00 UTC
For more information about the CARV Node Sale and how to participate, visit here or https://node.carv.io/
Highlights of CARV
- Veteran team from Gaming, AI, Web3 Experiences: CARV’s founding team comes from Electronic Arts, Garena, Tencent Games, Coinbase, OKX, BNBChain, Google, TikTok Ads, McKinsey, LINO, d.Live (exit to TRON), Contentos (listed on Binance) and more.
- Initiator of ERC7231a standard adopted by the Ethereum Foundation in early 2024 to bind multiple Web2 and Web3 identities to a single non-fungible token (NFT) and enable encrypted aggregation of identity data across multiple domains.
- 750+ games and AI companies integrated in the CARV ecosystem. Top games and AI partners include MARBLEX from Netmarble, $100 billion technology player with over 40% ownership of leading major language models, Off the Grid, Pixels, Pixelmon, Illuvium, Axie Infinity, BinaryX, Shrapnel and more. CARV is profitable with monthly revenues in the millions.
- Ranked in the top 3 worldwide based on activity in the chain with an average of more than 500,000. daily unique active wallet (UAW). Also ranked number 1 at Ronin, zkSync and Linea, deployed on more than 40 chains.
- $20 million in funding from Tier 1 VCs and gaming backers. Vertex Ventures (subsidiary of Temasek), ConsenSys (MetaMask), Tribe Capital, HashKey Capital, IOSG, OKX Ventures, Fenbushi Capital, Infinity Ventures Crypto, No Limit Holdings, Draper Dragon, Lyrik Ventures, Arweave, W3GG, EVOS Gaming, LiquidX, SNACKCLUB , MARBLEX by Netmarble and more.
About CARV
CARV is the largest modular data layer for gaming, AI and ∞, revolutionizing the way data is used and shared. To pioneer a future where data generates value for everyone, CARV built CARV protocolthe modular data layer integrated with more than 40 chain ecosystems, and CARV game, its flagship gaming and super app. CARV has over 2.5 million registered users, 700 integrated games and is the largest application in Linea, opBNB, zkSync, Ronin and more. CARV is backed by top funds and ecosystems such as Temasek’s Vertex Ventures, ConsenSys (developer of Metamask), Tribe Capital, IOSG Ventures, HashKey Capital, Infinity Ventures Crypto, MARBELX and more. For more information visit carv.io
Contact
Co-founder and COO
Viktor Yu
CARV
media@carv.io