# What is Minipool? A Minipool represents a validator that is jointly funded equally by `AVAX` contributed by the minipool operator and `AVAX` matched from GoGoPool's liquid staking deposit pool. Thanks to Minipool design architecture, users can become validators on the Avalanche network with nearly half the usual `AVAX` requirement. For the borrowed `AVAX`, the minipool operator needs to provide collateral in terms of `GGP`, which is the GoGoPool's protocol token, at least 10% of the amount of the borrowed `AVAX`. In return, GoGoPool distributes `GGP` rewards to the minipool operators based on their staked `GGP` as insurance, up to a maximum of 150% of the borrowed `AVAX`'s value. #### Benefits * **Lower Entry Costs**: Minipools lower the financial barriers to becoming a validator, requiring significantly less `AVAX` and simplifying the process with tools like the One-Click launcher. * **Simplified Validator Launch Options**: Minipools support a One-Click Launcher for users with no coding experience, making it possible to launch a validator effortlessly. For advanced users seeking more control, a Manual Launcher is available, allowing them to customize and run their own nodes. * **Enhanced Yield Opportunities**: Minipool operators not only earn from native validator yields and GGP staking rewards but also receive additional incentives from subnet projects for validating their subnets alongside the Avalanche mainnet. * **Validator Networking and Incentives**: Minipools not only simplify the process for subnets to efficiently find numerous validators via GoGoPool’s marketplace but also enhance the appeal of validators to subnet projects, which offer additional incentives for their participation. This two-way benefit streamlines operations and fosters a robust support system for both validators and subnets. * **Increased Decentralization and Security**: By enabling more participants to become validators, minipools enhance the decentralization and security of the Avalanche network, contributing to its overall resilience and integrity. --- # 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.hypha.sh/gogopool/minipool/what-is-minipool.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.