GetBlock is a premium RPC node provider and Web3 infrastructure platform. Launched in Q4 2019, GetBlock is one of the largest blockchain infrastructure vendors, offering RPC nodes for 75+ blockchain networks including Solana, Ethereum, Bitcoin, Polygon, BNB Smart Chain, and Layer 2 networks such as Base, Optimism, and Arbitrum. With GetBlock, teams of crypto applications don’t need to run their own blockchain nodes: instead, they can get connected to blockchains via ready-made API endpoints.
14 Jan 2021 4 minute read 0 comments GetBlock
The rapid rise in the prices of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies is attracting the attention of not only crypto investors but also regulators who are seeking to create a legal framework for working with cryptocurrencies and blockchain p...
12 Jan 2021 5 minute read 9 comments GetBlock
The outgoing difficult year will be remembered for the rise of the digital assets industry, the upgrade of the Ethereum blockchain project to version 2.0, and the "bull run" of decentralized finance (DeFi). By the end of the year, the Total Locked Va...
12 Jan 2021 3 minute read 0 comments GetBlock
An API is a description of the methods that one computer uses to communicate with another one. Blockchain APIs are useful for managing wallets, viewing and analyzing transaction notes, and getting all changes in the state of the network in real-time....
11 Jan 2021 5 minute read 0 comments GetBlock
2020 can be confidently called the year of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies. Crypto experts tend to believe that one of the factors of the increased interest in the topic of digital assets is the Covid-19 pandemic. The chaos in the global...
24 Dec 2020 4 minute read 0 comments GetBlock
All kinds of cryptocurrencies use blockchain, which serves as localized structures for documenting settlements that call for a specific digital currency. As a transaction ledger, it sustains identical copies throughout each computer appendage in a n...
22 Dec 2020 5 minute read 0 comments GetBlock
A node is any device connected to the blockchain network and is involved in relaying information. Any user can run the node. To do this, the corresponding training software has to be downloaded, installed, and accurately configured. All existing nod...
18 Dec 2020 3 minute read 0 comments GetBlock
Nodes form the backbone of blockchain networks. The robustness and working capacity of a distributed ledger depend on the existence of multiple independently managed and geographically deployed full nodes. Validators validate transactions and help e...
17 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments GetBlock
GetBlock, a service that provides access to blockchain nodes of the most popular cryptocurrencies, together with Hive (HIVE), a DPoS powered blockchain and cryptocurrency, are holding a crypto giveaway on Twitter which is dedicated to the oncoming ho...
15 Dec 2020 2 minute read 0 comments GetBlock
On December 1, the long-awaited Ethereum 2.0 upgrade went live. It was in development for many years, some people didn’t even believe it was possible to upgrade the network, but now it happened. It’s important to understand that this is only Phase 0...
9 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments GetBlock
We at GetBlock are excited to announce that we have become a technology partner of a global blockchain leader, ConsenSys, and added support for Hyperledger Besu nodes. Hyperledger Besu is an open-source Ethereum client developed under the Apache 2.0...
