What is the Lava token?

—The Lava token is integral to the Lava Network Ecosystem—

LAVA is the token which coordinates all contributors to the Lava Network.

Utility:

• Incentivizes data providers (e.g. node operators) to provide reliable blockchain access
• supports staking for securing Lava blockchain, protocol governance and rewards
• supports restaking to direct traffic to top providers

Tokenomics:

• Total Supply: 1 billion tokens, with no inflation of supply.
• Circulating Supply: ~250 million tokens, with unlocks in 2026
• Burn: Influenced by the RPC traffic on Lava Network - higher traffic and demand results in lower burn rates. The burn occurs monthly. 1.5% of the total supply has already been burned: burn.lavanet.xyz

Trading:

• Information available below.

Important deposit & withdrawal notes

If you are unsure what to do, contact support in Discord before depositing or withdrawing!

REMEMBER: Lava is available as ERC20 on Arbitrum (CEXs such as Bybit, MEXC) and as Native Lava (Kucoin & Osmosis). Check which address you are depositing and withdrawing to first:

• deposits and withdrawals of ERC20 Lava from Bybit, MEXC: use your EVM address on Arbitrum.
• deposits and withdrawals of Native Lava from Kucoin, Osmosis: use your LAVA address. We suggest popular wallets such as Keplr or Leap.