[Infura Launches DIN AVS, Introducing Decentralized RPC and API Marketplace]
The Infura team under Consensys has launched a Decentralized Infrastructure Network (DIN), which will deploy Autonomous Validation Service (AVS) on the EigenLayer mainnet. This brings economic security and decentralization to a field long dominated by a few centralized RPC providers. DIN has already been integrated into MetaMask, Ethereum Layer 2 network Linea, and Infura, processing over 13 billion requests per month and covering Ethereum, multiple Layer 2 networks, and more than 20 alternative Layer 1 networks.
Under the AVS model, node providers are rewarded for uptime and accurate data, while penalized for downtime or errors. DIN mitigates reliance on centralization through decentralized RPC node provisioning, verified by independent observers and protected by stETH re-staking, with plans to gain support from ETH and EIGEN. During the pilot phase, the testnet processed over 7 billion requests with a success rate exceeding 99% and a median latency of less than 250 milliseconds.