# Network Participation **Network Participation** tracks engagement metrics within blockchain networks, such as **staking activity**, **transaction validation**, and **user engagement**. It gauges the level of **decentralization**, community involvement, and network security provided by active participants. **Usage**:\ Higher levels of **staking participation** on networks like **Polkadot** or **Cosmos** suggest a more secure and robust ecosystem. Active validator participation ensures that the blockchain remains decentralized, with no single entity holding too much influence over the network's consensus mechanism. **Key Data**: * **Staking Rates**: Active participation in PoS networks, rewards distribution. * **Validator Decentralization**: Number of independent validators, stake concentration. * **Governance Participation**: Token holder involvement in network decisions. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.satoshiterminal.io/research-suite/data-coverage/tokenomics/network-participation.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.