NodeOps Network

NodeOps Network is a chain-agnostic DePIN orchestration layer that enables developers and infrastructure operators to deploy, manage, and monetize blockchain nodes and general-purpose compute across more than 90 protocols without writing specialized infrastructure code.

Founded in June 2023 and launched on mainnet in July 2025, NodeOps addresses a persistent pain point in decentralized infrastructure: running validators and full nodes across multiple blockchain networks requires deep protocol expertise, manual configuration, and significant ongoing maintenance. NodeOps abstracts this complexity behind a unified deployment dashboard and a managed compute marketplace.

Core Products

The NodeOps Console is the flagship product — a no-code, one-click deployment interface where operators can spin up nodes for more than 90 blockchain protocols, including Solana, without writing custom configuration files. Compute providers contribute machines to the platform by staking 2,000 $NODE tokens per machine, creating a permissionless supply side accessible on demand.

The NodeOps Cloud functions as a decentralized compute marketplace, matching workloads from developers and infrastructure buyers with capacity contributed by global providers. Pricing is handled in USD; users burn an equivalent amount of $NODE to receive non-transferable computing credits, creating a direct link between platform demand and token economics.

The UNO Orchestration Layer is NodeOps's own Arbitrum Orbit L3 blockchain, deployed in July 2025. It serves as the enforcement backbone of the network: automating provider onboarding, monitoring deployment uptime, distributing rewards, and penalizing nodes that fail to meet service-level agreements. This on-chain enforcement layer makes SLA compliance verifiable and automated, distinguishing NodeOps from centralized cloud alternatives.

Additional products include a Security Hub for AI-powered container and code vulnerability scanning, a Staking Hub that pools $NODE to meet validator minimums across supported protocols, and CreateOS — a workspace for building and deploying AI agents in production that has emerged as a major product focus through 2025 and 2026, including MCP integrations for Claude, Cursor, and ChatGPT.

Security Architecture

NodeOps operates as an Actively Validated Service (AVS) secured by three restaking ecosystems simultaneously: EigenLayer (Ethereum restaking), Babylon (Bitcoin restaking), and Solayer (Solana restaking). Restaking operators from each network reuse existing crypto-economic trust to provide security for NodeOps's off-chain compute operations, earning 15% of AVS yield generated on the platform.

This tri-chain restaking design reduces dependence on any single chain's restaking ecosystem while expanding the addressable pool of economic security and potential operators.

$NODE Token

The native token, $NODE, launched with the mainnet in Q3 2025 and is primarily issued on Ethereum with bridging to Arbitrum. The tokenomics model is a Burn-and-Mint Equilibrium: users burn $NODE to receive computing credits (the primary deflationary mechanism), and the protocol mints new $NODE only when it generates protocol revenue — at a ratio governed by token holders. This design ties supply expansion directly to real platform usage rather than speculative demand.

Genesis supply was approximately 678 million $NODE, with roughly 110–133 million in circulation at launch. Community and ecosystem distribution received the largest allocation at 30%, with 15.5% reserved for an airdrop and 15% for protocol incentives — a structure weighted toward users and builders rather than insiders.

Participants who contribute compute capacity earn gNODE, a non-transferable reward token accrued for uptime and task completion, separate from the tradable $NODE supply.

Team and Funding

NodeOps was co-founded by Naman Kabra and Shivam Tuteja, with a 15-person team operating across engineering, infrastructure, and growth. In May 2024, the project raised a $5M seed round led by L1D, with participation from Bitscale Capital, Blockchain Founders Fund, Finality Capital, and angel investments from Polygon co-founders Sandeep Nailwal and Jaynti Kanani.

Notably, NodeOps reached cash-flow positive status in January 2024 — before this external round closed — indicating the business was generating real subscription revenue before any external capital infusion.

Traction and Scale

As of mid-2025, NodeOps reported cumulative revenue of $3.77 million (per Xangle Research) to $4.5 million (company-reported), with annual recurring revenue between $3–4.1 million. The company claims the top rank among profitable DePIN platforms globally by revenue, a figure Xangle's third-party analysis partially corroborates.

Platform scale: 700,000+ registered users, 24,000 compute providers across 60+ blockchain ecosystems, and more than 83,000 machines under management, with 61,000+ deployed nodes. Revenue is entirely subscription-based — no token sales fund operations.

Solana Ecosystem Fit

NodeOps connects to the Solana ecosystem on two fronts. First, Solana is among the 90+ protocols supported by the Console — operators can spin up Solana validators and full nodes without manual configuration. Second, and more structurally significant, NodeOps uses Solayer (Solana's native restaking protocol) as one of its three AVS security layers. SOL stakers who delegate through Solayer can serve as Restaking Operators for NodeOps, earning yield from compute operations while providing crypto-economic backing for the platform's off-chain guarantees.

NodeOps is not a Solana-native project — its core infrastructure runs on Ethereum and Arbitrum, and $NODE is an EVM-chain token. But through Solayer integration, it connects Solana's security budget and staker base to a multi-chain infrastructure platform, opening a practical pathway for Solana stakers to earn yield from DePIN infrastructure activity.

Direction of Travel

Since late 2025, NodeOps has increasingly pivoted public messaging toward AI agent infrastructure under the CreateOS brand, with partnerships spanning BNB Chain, the Canton Network, and Fluence for decentralized GPU compute. The DePIN orchestration positioning is evolving into a broader narrative around production AI infrastructure — using the node deployment network as the underlying compute layer for AI agent workloads, not only blockchain validation. Recent integrations bring the latest Claude and GLM models directly to the CreateOS platform, signaling an intent to compete with developer-focused AI deployment services alongside its established DePIN infrastructure business.