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The Top 5 Blockchain Node Providers in Web3 (2023) - Ankr
December 27, 2022
What are blockchain nodes?
Blockchain technology has revolutionized the way we think about data storage and transfer, enabling the creation of decentralized networks that can...
Development
Ankr’s Public RPCs: Instant Connections to Dozens of Chains
December 21, 2022
Ankr provides the best blockchain RPC/API free tier with ungated community access, open-source developer tools, and connections that scale with you.
Ankr’s Remote Procedure Call (RPC)...
Development
Web3 Data Challenges and the State of APIs
December 21, 2022
An odyssey of data and frustration of a developer
Ah, the joys of querying Web3. It's like going on a grand adventure, where you're not...
After Action Report: Our Findings From the aBNBc Token Exploit
December 20, 2022
After restoring security and responding to the events of the Dec. 1st exploit of our aBNBc token, Ankr has carefully reviewed the facts and taken...
Ankr Makes Progress With Recovery Program Targets and Milestones
December 20, 2022
It’s been a week since Ankr detected a hack that resulted in excessive minting of our BNB liquid staking token (aBNBc) and its rapid exchange...
Development
Ankr Supports More Regions Than Any Web3 Infrastructure Provider
December 19, 2022
Web3 is a truly global movement that serves every country and corner of the world. The crypto industry never sleeps – and the 24/7 markets...
Development
Ankr Leads the Pack In Blockchain RPC/API Services: A Year of Outstanding Performance
December 16, 2022
Since 2017, Ankr has been helping blockchain developers create dApps by providing the highest quality to different chains. Exceptional dApps need high-performance infrastructure...
What's the Difference Between RPCs and APIs?
December 15, 2022
If you are just beginning your journey into the world of Web3 development, you may have come across terms such as "RPC" and "API" and...
Web3 Analysis
What Do Infrastructure Providers Do? We Connect the World to Web3
December 14, 2022
Ankr makes Web3 work behind the scenes by connecting devs & decentralized apps to blockchains via RPC/API services.
In Web3, it can be a real challenge...
Web3 Analysis
Providing An End-to-End Launch Solution for New Layer-1s
December 12, 2022
**Ankr helps new Layer-1 chains get up and running with all of the infrastructure and tools they need to thrive and reach a growing developer...
Web3 Analysis
What Are The Best Use Cases for AppChains?
December 9, 2022
Application-specific blockchains are exactly what they sound like: a blockchain network dedicated to one particular application. These application-specific blockchains act like child-chains that are attached...
Announcements
The aBNBc Token Report: Security Updates Applied & Compensation for Affected LPs
December 2, 2022
Ankr identified a hack on Dec. 1st, in which malicious actors accessed the developer private key and altered the smart contract for our BNB liquid...
Announcements
Ankr announces token model change for all Reward Bearing and Earning Tokens
December 1, 2022
Everything you need to know about Ankr’s move to rename all reward-bearing tokens and discontinue support for reward-earning tokens to streamline users’ liquid staking experience.
Today,...
Development
Everything You Need to Know About Fantom as a Developer
November 30, 2022
Fantom uses a DAG(Directed Acyclic Graph), which is different from how most other layer 1s work. This makes the transactions lightning fast. So fast that...
Development
Ankr’s IP Address Policy & Your Privacy: What You Should Know
November 30, 2022
TL;DR
1. Ankr doesn't store PII or have a method to correlate wallet transactions to IP addresses.
**2. Ankr does not use our RPC to front-run transactions...