GoGoPool

GoGoPool is a permissionless liquid-staking and validation protocol on Avalanche. Users can deposit AVAX to receive stAVAX (originally ggAVAX), a liquid staking token that accrues value from Avalanche validation rewards and MEV strategies, while node operators ("Minipool Operators") can launch full Avalanche validator nodes with only 1,100 AVAX — 1,000 from matched liquid-staker deposits plus 100 of their own AVAX collateralised in GGP tokens. The protocol also supports Avalanche Subnets (Layer 1s) by giving them a cheap, permissionless way to recruit validators.

GoGoPool earns yield by pooling money from two types of participants — liquid stakers and node operators — who together fund full validators on Avalanche's main network (the Primary Network).

How liquid stakers earn yield

You deposit AVAX into GoGoPool's shared pool and receive stAVAX, a token that grows in value over time. Your deposited AVAX is matched 1-to-1 with an operator's own funds to create a 2,000-AVAX validator node (a "minipool"). stAVAX's value increases from two main sources:

• Base Validation Yield — the standard staking rewards Avalanche pays out to validators, measured in 15-day cycles.
• MEV Yield — extra rewards from the latest 14-day cycle, coming from strategies that capture value from transaction ordering (Maximal Extractable Value).

There is no protocol fee. Two small costs are subtracted: a delegation fee (aimed at 0% when using internal minipools, or a 2% minimum if outside delegators are involved), and a minor opportunity cost from AVAX sitting idle in the pool.

You can also put stAVAX to work in external DeFi apps — like Balancer V2, Uniswap V3, Yield Yak, Wombat Exchange, or DeltaPrime — for extra yield on top.

How node operators earn yield

Operators put up 1,000 AVAX of their own money plus a minimum of 10% of that amount in GGP tokens (up to 150%) as insurance collateral. They then receive another 1,000 AVAX from the deposit pool to launch a full validator node. Their earnings include:

• Native validation rewards on both the operator's and the staker's share of AVAX.
• An operating fee for running the hardware.
• Monthly GGP token rewards — taken from a pool of 15% of the total GGP supply. These rewards are split: 70% goes to operators, 10% to the OracleDAO, and 20% to the ProtocolDAO Treasury. The more GGP you stake, the larger your share of these rewards.
• Additional rewards for validating Avalanche Subnets (Layer 1 blockchains).

How GGP acts as insurance

If an operator has very low uptime and causes the protocol to lose rewards, affected stakers are compensated using the operator's staked GGP tokens.

Governance

The ProtocolDAO (a community-governed body) controls how rewards are split, adjusts protocol settings, and decides on future token inflation (starting at 0% for 4 years, with the DAO able to add 2–5% later).

GoGoPool raised a $5 million seed funding round. According to the company page ("Our Story" timeline), the founding team (Steven Gates and Johnny Gault) met in Barcelona at the first Avalanche Summit in 2021, after which "seed funding was achieved to the tune of $5 million dollars." The following investors are listed as investing partners on both the homepage and company page: Coinfund, Framework, FinTech Collective, Silverstone Ventures, Republic Capital, Avalaunch, Builder Capital, GBV Capital, Alpha Crypto, Flow Traders, and Taureon Capital. No later funding rounds (Series A, etc.) are disclosed on the official site.