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GetBlock

GetBlock

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.


Community First: Why Web3 Progress is About Building Vibrant Communities

6 May 2022 3 minute read 0 comments GetBlock

Here’s why building a strong and passionate community is a must for a cryptocurrency product. Despite Web2 and even FCMG brands are also using ‘community first’ motto here and there, it is crypto and blockchain where communities a) have a say in many...

Economics of On-Chain Gaming: What’s Under Hood of Play-to-Earn Protocols

5 May 2022 2 minute read 6 comments GetBlock

Amidst another wave of crypto gaming euphoria, the right moment has come to explore the design of a typical game with NFTs. As per the estimations of DappRadar, there are almost 600 blockchain-based games up and running across various networks, in Ap...

Why We Need Web 3.0 (Why the Web 3.0 matters)

25 Apr 2022 4 minute read 0 comments GetBlock

The decentralized Web 3.0 Internet is already being created, and its development will solve a number of problems that exist today on the Web. In recent years, most areas of life, including the Internet, have undergone a dramatic transformation. The m...

To Ban or Not To Ban: How El Salvador and China Are Failing to Regulate Crypto

21 Apr 2022 2 minute read 0 comments GetBlock

Here’s why both China and El Salvador are textbook examples of imbalanced and shortsighted way to work with emerging tech On April 18, 2022, renowned crypto developer Andre Cronje broke the silence and made headlines by his surprising blog on crypto...

How To Start Trading NFTs

15 Apr 2022 2 minute read 1 comment GetBlock

While new NFT projects launch here and there, starting trading these magic digital artworks might be way easier than it looks. In this brief manual, GetBlock is going to cover the basics of non-fungible tokens trading. Which services are the best one...

How To Earn With Play-to-Earn: Basics of Hottest Crypto Trend Right Now

5 Apr 2022 2 minute read 0 comments GetBlock

Play-to-Earn or GameFi protocols became mainstream in Q3-Q4, 2021 - and euphoria around them still gains steam. Play-to-earn (blockchain games, decentralized gaming, and so on) is among the most eccentric technical developments of the Web3 era. It br...

Decentralized Applications, DNA of Web3: Who Uses Blockchain Nodes APIs Right Now?

17 Mar 2022 3 minute read 3 comments GetBlock

In this brief review, GetBlock’s team will number the most popular categories of decentralized applications as of Q1, 2022. Decentralized applications are arguably the most important technical advance brought to us by the invention of a blockchain. A...

Bitcoin Plummets to $36,400, Manchester City Announces Stadium in Metaverse, OpenSea Under Attack: GetBlock's Day in Crypto #24

23 Feb 2022 1 minute read 1 comment GetBlock

Crypto markets capitalization touch new lows as political tensions in Europe escalate. Bitcoin and all major altcoins are down in the last 24 hours together with stocks and indexes. Crypto market capitalization dips to three-weeks lows Today, on Feb....

Binance Smart Chain Flooded by Rug-Pulls, Warren Buffet Bets on Crypto, e-CNY Debuts at the Olympics: GetBlock’s Day in Crypto

17 Feb 2022 2 minute read 3 comments GetBlock

Here’s how the "Oracle of Omaha" increases its exposure to the shares of crypto-friendly companies. In recent days, the activity of crypto scammers and attackers in DeFi has increased dramatically. However, sometimes the teams of ‘yield farming’ prot...

Web3 Heavily Overhyped? Signal Founder, Twitter CEO and Stanford Professor Share Their Take

15 Feb 2022 2 minute read 0 comments GetBlock

In Q1, 2022, amidst a dramatic series of DeFi hacks, several eccentric anti-Web3 tirades made headlines.Web3 or ‘decentralized Internet’ remains the hottest trend in media and public discussions. At the same time, its definition hasn’t ossified yet....