# **Node Search Update** 🔎
who will be the first to test Node Search! Stay tuned for further instructions for the lucky ones that made it.
For those who missed out, there will be more opportunities for you to access our upcoming releases.
# **What is Node Search?**
Node Search is Nodepay’s decentralized answer engine, designed to deliver highly accurate, real-time answers supported with citations.
Node Search utilizes Nodepay’s real time data retrieval infrastructure which has since gathered over 800M+ annotated data attributes related to the web3 ecosystem.
Learn more: https://docs.nodepay.ai/nodepay-components/core-components-of-nodepay/node-search
# **How is Nodecoin used in Node Search?**
Nodecoin serves as the payment method for accessing Node Search. Nodecoin will be used as a gas token
**What’s next for Node Search?**
The mission behind Node Search is to allow users to ask anything related to Web3 (and other specific industries) and be provided with the most up-to-date answers - using real-time data from the bandwidth provided by our global user nodes.
Your user nodes not only powers the infrastructure behind Node Search, but also allows you to earn Nodepay’s AI ecosystem token - Nodecoin.
We’re still in the early stages of development, focusing on enhancing search accuracy and refining the UI/UX.
Node search is expected to launch publicly in Q2 2025.
