Question 1

What is ANKR?

Accepted Answer

ANKR is the utility token of Ankr Network. Official materials list its uses as payment for network services, collateral and rewards for node providers, delegated staking to independent nodes, and governance of the Ankr Staking system. These uses correspond respectively to service users, node operators, delegators, and governance participants; holding ANKR does not itself automatically grant a particular service, node income, or voting outcome. Specific functionality also depends on the Ankr product being used and the rules applicable at the time.

Question 2

What role does ANKR play in Ankr Network's node services?

Accepted Answer

In Ankr Network's design, independent node providers run full nodes and provide RPC request services for supported chains; ANKR can serve as collateral behind those providers and connect service use, node operation, and token participation. These nodes primarily serve as infrastructure for developers and applications to access blockchain data and broadcast requests; they are not the same as consensus validators on the underlying PoS chains. In other words, delegating ANKR to an Ankr independent full node supports the RPC service network, rather than directly obtaining a validator position on an underlying chain.

Question 3

What does delegated ANKR staking actually support, and what do returns depend on?

Accepted Answer

Delegating ANKR means staking tokens to a selected independent full node to show support for that node's ability to provide RPC services. Node providers need their own collateral, while delegators' funds add support; according to the official explanation, delegators can share in the rewards earned by the nodes they support. The outcome depends on the selected node's operation and the applicable reward, fee, and exit rules, rather than on a fixed yield rate. Before delegating, distinguish between “staking to an Ankr independent full node” and “delegating to a validator on a PoS chain”: the assets they serve, sources of risk, and asset-handling rules are not the same.

Question 4

How can ANKR holders participate in Ankr Staking governance?

Accepted Answer

ANKR holders can propose and vote on changes to the Ankr Staking system. This mechanism concerns the Staking system itself; it cannot be used to infer that holders can directly determine every blockchain served by Ankr or all commercial products. Under the process described in the current documentation, submitting a proposal requires locking 5,000,000 ANKR, and the proposal is queued for 2 days first; the proposer's tokens are locked for 14 days. Voting is calculated at 1 ANKR for 1 vote, and tokens locked in voting can be used for multiple proposals. After a proposal passes, it is implemented by the Ankr team, so “passing a vote” and automatic on-chain execution are not the same stage.

Question 5

What does it mean that ANKR is fully unlocked and has no inflation?

Accepted Answer

Ankr has announced that the entire ANKR supply has been unlocked and that there is no inflation. This means supply will no longer increase through new minting or scheduled future unlocks; it does not mean that all tokens are tradable at the same time, nor does it mean the price will necessarily rise. A fixed supply describes only one supply-side condition. Market price is also affected by holder buying and selling, liquidity, the actual transmission of service use into token demand, and overall market conditions. Therefore, when assessing ANKR's economic effects, “no new unlocks/inflation” should be considered separately from actual use and tradable supply.

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