# 1.4 - How does Samurai differ from RING? Besides operating on a more efficient, scalable, affordable and faster chain (Fantom), Samurai also employs the use of protocol owned liquidity to seek additional revenue-generating opportunities. Although, the protocol's codebase remains to be largely based off of RING, Samurai has deviated from RING's underlying model in numerous ways, ranging from utilising a NaaS (Nodes as a Service model), NFT nodes, dynamic rewards pool, tokenomics and much more. --- # 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://samurainodes.gitbook.io/docs/1.-what-is-samurai-and-how-does-it-work/1.4-how-does-samurai-differ-from-ring.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.