🛰️ The Relay Network: Scaling WalletConnect Through Service Nodes
Behind every WalletConnect session is a distributed Relay Network—the infrastructure that routes encrypted messages between wallets and dApps, without ever storing user data 🛡️.
🔗 How It Works
Service Nodes form a rendezvous mesh, relaying payloads (e.g. swap requests, transaction metadata) with full end-to-end encryption (E2EE). This guarantees privacy and security, even across chains.
⚙️ Node Operator Requirements
To run a node:
Stake WCT as collateral
Meet strict performance SLAs (latency, uptime)
Pass network evaluations to avoid “Jailed” status 🧱
🧪 Status as of Q3 2025:
✅ 16+ operators online (Coinbase Cloud, P2P.org, Kiln…)
✅ 121M WCT staked
✅ 292M cumulative sessions served
🔥 Target: permissionless onboarding by Q4 2025
💰 Rewards
Node operators earn WCT emissions + future relay fees (once activated). All performance metrics and slashing rules are transparently coded—ensuring fair economics and decentralization 📉📈.
As WalletConnect evolves into a full-blown messaging layer for Web3, the Relay Network becomes its backbone—and WCT becomes the key to running it.
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