# Nerve Network > DeFi for everyone. Instantly. Across all chains. Nerve Network is a cross-chain infrastructure network that connects blockchain ecosystems for decentralized finance. It provides asset exchange, settlement, swap, and staking services across multiple chains. Nerve Network is a cross-chain infrastructure network built to connect otherwise isolated blockchain ecosystems for decentralized finance. It operates as a settlement and exchange layer that lets digital asset holders swap, bridge, and stake assets across many chains. It serves DeFi users, liquidity providers, and developers seeking cross-chain access to assets and services. The network functions as its own chain with cross-chain asset exchange and settlement built into its infrastructure, addressing the fragmentation of value that separate blockchains create. Assets move between supported networks through bridging and swap mechanisms, secured by the network's own consensus and validator staking system. Its product lineup includes NerveSwap, a decentralized exchange for token trading, alongside a cross-chain bridge, a block explorer, and node and staking tools for network validation. The network connects to a broad set of external chains and is used by traders, liquidity providers, and node operators participating in its validation process. - Type: Network - Sector: Infrastructure - Status: Active - Profile: https://thegrid.id/profiles/nerve_network ## Products - [NerveSwap](https://thegrid.id/profiles/nerve_network): NerveSwap is a decentralized exchange operated by NerveNetwork that lets users swap tokens bridged from multiple blockchains through an automated market maker model. Users can provide liquidity to trading pools, stake liquidity provider tokens through an integrated farming feature to earn NVT rewards, and deposit NVT into staking pools for annual returns. The platform also supports token listing and minting flows for bringing new cross-chain assets onto the network. (Decentralised Exchange, Inactive/Support Ended) - [NerveNetwork Mainnet](https://thegrid.id/profiles/nerve_network): NerveNetwork Mainnet is a Layer 1 blockchain providing cross-chain infrastructure for transferring and settling digital assets across multiple, otherwise isolated blockchain networks. It runs a proof-of-credit Byzantine fault tolerant consensus with a three-tier node architecture, where virtual bank nodes manage cross-chain multi-signature custody and consensus nodes produce blocks. The network's native token, NVT, is required for transaction fees and node staking, and the chain underpins applications such as swaps, asset bridging and token issuance built on top of it. (Cross-chain Infrastructure, Live, Main Product) - [NERVE Explorer](https://thegrid.id/profiles/nerve_network): NERVE Explorer is a block explorer for NerveNetwork Mainnet, providing search and visualization of blocks, transactions, accounts, cross-chain transactions, assets, and nodes across the network. Users can verify transaction status, inspect addresses, and monitor cross-chain activity in real time. (Block Explorer, Live) ## Assets - [NerveNetwork Token (NVT)](https://thegrid.id/profiles/nerve_network): NVT is the native token of NerveNetwork, a cross-chain settlement protocol linking multiple blockchains. It is used for cross-chain and on-chain transaction fees, node creation collateral, staking rewards, and governance voting. Supply is capped at 2.1 billion tokens, with 1.1 billion issued at launch and the remainder released through a gradually declining consensus emission schedule, while swap and listing fees are periodically burned. 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