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 and protocols serving DeFi, NFTs, gaming, and other applications require constantly available node resources to reach blockchain data.
Such a resource-intensive industry needs providers that can deliver incredibly fast and reliable blockchain connections closer to wherever its users happen to be. This has become Ankr’s strong suit.
With enterprise-grade nodes operated by Ankr and our independent node providers worldwide, Ankr gives Web3’s global user base a more reliable, low-latency, and efficient experience no matter their location. With a globally distributed network, there are always nodes nearby, resulting in reduced latency for all kinds of applications.
This is one of the reasons why Ankr is the fastest-growing Web3 Infrastructure provider serving nearly 7 billion RPC requests daily on the 15+ blockchains supported by Ankr Protocol — and growing.
Ankr Powers Web3 Worldwide With Nodes in 24 Regions
Just like cell network providers or cloud service providers need equipment and servers close to their customers for fast and reliable service, Web3 infra providers need nodes running globally to provide the highest quality service to developers, dApps, and ultimately end users.
Ankr’s new nodes in Dubai serving the Middle East
If a cell provider only had infrastructure in North America but had customers all over the world, that would be a problem. The same principle applies to Web3. However, many of the largest Web3 infrastructure providers have limited service locations.
Most centralized providers like Alchemy and Infura only have nodes in one region. Alchemy’s servers are stored only in the eastern United States, and similarly, Infura’s servers are constrained to AWS data center locations also primarily in the eastern US. While they still serve traffic coming from around the world with high-quality connections, they could still be greatly improved by expanding the network globally.
Our Independent Node Providers Help Spread the Load & the Map
Not only are there Ankr-run nodes operating in more regions than any other provider, we are adding to a growing list of independent node providers and partners who add even greater location diversity. Among those putting up nodes to serve traffic coming to Ankr Protocol are:
Where Are Ankr’s Nodes Located?
Unlike less distributed providers, Ankr’s nodes are spread across independent data centers worldwide. Ankr has been installing bare metal servers for years in 24 of the various cloud regions in North America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Oceania, and Africa. See our full list of locations that have nodes serving blockchain requests coming to Ankr Protocol.
To serve users best, Ankr pays close attention to where high volumes of requests are coming from and quickly supplements the region with nearby nodes. These nodes are most often housed in colocation data centers (aka Colos) that offer high levels of security and reliability. Ankr also has a great partnership with Maxihost who recently helped us install over a hundred bare metal servers just in Latin America.
“We’ve been very intentional about where we’re placing our nodes. They need to be in close proximity to all DeFi users, P2E gamers, and Web3 users to provide a low-latency experience that is blazing fast. Onboarding more independent node providers to Ankr Protocol will make it even easier to make sure we can cover every part of the world.”
– Josh Neuroth, Ankr’s Head of Product
A map of top countries by request for the Binance Smart Chain on 5/3. Ankr measures this data for all supported chains on Ankr Protocol.
See Global Response Times On Our New Dashboard
Check out the data for yourself on our new dashboard. See average latency to various countries, where requests are coming from, and more. This is just the start of our tools designed to give our users all the data we can.
View our dashboard
Globally Distributed = A Better Choice for Web3 Development
A swarm of developers and projects are switching their infrastructure to Ankr as we offer global, fast, reliable, and affordable (or free) RPC services.
For more advanced services, Ankr Protocol’s Premium Plan is available at incredibly affordable prices for more power and endless flexibility for builders everywhere.
- Unlimited traffic
- Global node distribution
- Private endpoints
- Prioritized requests
- Advanced Developer APIs
- WebSockets (WS) capabilities
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