GetBlock is a service that provides a fee-free connection to blockchain nodes of the most popular cryptocurrencies. We support such tools like JSON-RPC, REST, and WebSockets, which facilitates direct synchronization with the blockchain.
20 Oct 2021 2 minute read 1 comment GetBlock
Bitcoin network now fully recovered from Chinese anti-miners witch-hunt.Bitcoin difficulty is back above 20T while the N.Y. authorities issue another ‘cease-and-desist’ order to cryptocurrency services. Bitcoin difficulty in green for four months in...
15 Oct 2021 2 minute read 0 comments GetBlock
ARK Invest’s Cathie Wood claims Bitcoin (BTC) is ready for 10x rally while DOT explodes onto Top-10 cryptos. Today, on Oct. 14, 2021, Bitcoin (BTC) price briefly touched $58,000 level. Thus, flagship crypto smashed five-months high: Bitcoin hasn’t b...
14 Oct 2021 2 minute read 1 comment GetBlock
What’s special about running an archive node and who may need this option? GetBlock answers. Typically, modern blockchains utilize three types of nodes, i.e. full nodes, archive nodes and light nodes. Here's the differences between them - and which...
11 Oct 2021 2 minute read 1 comment GetBlock
Here’s why integrating blockchain nodes API into your application may be a smart bet right now, in Q4, 2021 GetBlock, a high-profile blockchain nodes provider, lists the advantages of connecting to BSC, Polygon, Ethereum nodes API, for modern Web3 b...
6 Oct 2021 2 minute read 3 comments GetBlock
And who else can benefit from the PRC anti-crypto witch-hunt. It looks like in Q3-Q4, 2021, Beijing is deadly serious in its anti-crypto attacks. How does it affect the segment as a whole? And why is this a story about great opportunities? What happe...
29 Sep 2021 2 minute read 3 comments GetBlock
Missed Solana and Avalanche rallies? GetBlock found some tokens you should give a look. Since its inception in mainnet in mid-2015, Ethereum is a benchmark of smart contracts environments. All notable concepts, designs, instruments, and so on had bee...
28 Sep 2021 2 minute read 0 comments GetBlock
Cross-chain interoperability, i.e. the opportunity to seamlessly move value between different blockchains, becomes the new normal for Web3 industry. GetBlock reviews the most crucial products and assets in this red-hot segment. In 2020-2021, when Et...
21 Sep 2021 2 minute read 0 comments GetBlock
Amidst savage rivalry with Polygon (MATIC) and Ethereum’s L2s, Binance Smart Chain remains a popular smart contracts environment BSC nodes is one of go-to technical environments for early-stage dApps. Here’s what has been accomplished by Binance Smar...
17 Sep 2021 2 minute read 1 comment GetBlock
Cardano (ADA), a red-hot blockchain platform ranked #3 by market capitalization (after Bitcoin and Ethereum) has finally activated its Alonzo hardfork in mainnet. Now it can host decentralized applications - but will developers come? TL;DR: It’s only...
14 Sep 2021 2 minute read 0 comments GetBlock
Web3 refers to the whole range of decentralized (peer-to-peer) technologies, but which infrastructure is crucial for it? Let’s start with libraries and wallets Ideologically, Web3 or Web 3.0 is set to replace Web2.0, a generation of Internet infras...
