# What is Venom Pools? Venom Pools is a project of the Venom Foundation that allows users holding VENOM tokens to earn a yield by adding their tokens to a staking pool. It was created to meet the demand for staking pools in which users can pool their VENOM tokens together with Validators and earn rewards. The Venom blockchain network uses the energy-efficient Proof-of-Stake mechanism, in which transactions are validated by Validators holding a certain amount of VENOM. These Validators earn interest for validating transactions and create staking pools to increase their validation power. They then share a portion of the earned interest with users who have pledged their tokens to the pool. --- # 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.venompools.com/docs/general/what-is-venom-pools.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.