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Web3

Binance & QuickNode Team Up To Deploy Fast Binance Smart Chain (BSC) Node Infrastructure for Web3 Developers

QuickNode deploys global Node RPC service for Binance Smart Chain to support the growing number of users, developers and dApps using the BSC network!

Web3

Polygon is Now Live on QuickNode API!

The teams at Polygon and QuickNode have joined forces to provide robust, reliable, high-performance node infrastructure to developers & projects building on top of Polygon.

Web3

The Importance of Web3 Provider Redundancy

In a time when we are trying to build unstoppable apps, we must understand the importance of Web3 providers and redundancy of Web3 providers.

Web3

QuickNode 2020 Recap

A look back at QuickNode's accolades & accomplishments in 2020.

Developer Tools

Getting Started With QuickNode

QuickNode is a Web3 developer platform used by teams big & small to build and scale blockchain applications. Access 30+ chains and 35+ networks in seconds, and get tools to ship the best version of your dApp. Read more on how to use QuickNode to buildthe dApp of your dreams!

Bitcoin

QuickNode Supports Bcoin Client for BTC

Today we announce support for Bcoin, a Bitcoin client written in JavaScript and maintained by dozens of generous and thoughtful volunteers. It has several neat features, read more below!

Blockchain

Awesome dApp, but too Slow? #DeadInTheWater

One of the most critical factors of choosing any app and continuing to use it, is its speed. When users can use an app to work quicker and achieve their goal, they are going to hang, but it’s a fact that when an app lags, they’re going to look to competitors for an alternative.

Ethereum

Introducing Etherflow

As providers of Ethereum node infrastructure, we often see new users struggle with choosing a library, connecting to a node, and understanding which call is needed to accomplish their goals. So we created an OSS tool to help!

Web3

UniCrypt: 100Xing API Blockchain Back-end Polling Speed & Halving Cost

"I can confirm that switching to QuickNode sped up our back end API blockchain polling near to 100x. This is not a ballpark figure, the speed increase was measured for long-running ethereum cron jobs and the results were exponentially better in every case."

Ethereum

Dune Analytics: Freeing Bandwidth & Money to Level Up

"I logged on to Quicknode, entered my credit card details and changed the URL in our kubernetes config map and everything worked. Out of the box. No further configuration. No custom code."

DeFi

Fides-Exchange Partner Spotlight

With security, transparency and performance being central to the Fides-Exchange mission from the beginning, they knew that they needed powerful, cost-effective infrastructure to operate.

Ethereum

Uniswap Flash Swaps — A Hidden DeFi Money Lego

In this article, we will explore Uniswap and one of its most innovative features: flash swaps!

Web3

xDai Chain is Live on QuickNode!

xDai is the ideal cryptocurrency for everyday payments and transactions. User-friendly tools make xDai easily adoptable for crypto and non-crypto users alike!

Web3

Introducing WebHooks for Ethereum

Webhooks are the best way for server-side apps to send automated messages or information to other server-side apps. So how do you accomplish this in the Web3 world where your dApp is based on Ethereum blockchain?

Blockchain Application

PARTNER SPOTLIGHT: Bankless

Stefan van As is the author of Delphereum which is a Delphi interface to the Ethereum blockchain that allows for development of native dApps. Through this interface, he developed the lean, airtight DeFi desktop app offering the highest possible yield on stablecoin savings: Bankless.

API

Stress Management for Devs & IT PT2: Stress Hacking in the COVID era

Stress can be an insidious slow burn that engulfs over time just underneath our awareness, or it can strike like lightning and take over in a moment. In IT and dev life, we have our own brand of stressors that can overwhelm & wreak havoc on productivity and every area of our lives.

API

Partner Spotlight: KnowMeNow

KnowMeNow has leveraged blockchain to completely alter the Know Your Client - anti-money-laundering and risk management process forever.

DeFi

DSA-SDK  -  DeFi Development Simplified

Building, integrating and working among different DeFi protocols is still a headache for many developers. DSA-SDK simplifies cross-protocol interactions using smart-contracts and Spells. In this guide we will swap ETH to DAI using Kyber Protocol and DSA Spells.

Blockchain

PARTNER SPOTLIGHT: Coalichain

Coalichain is a surprisingly unique organization when you consider the stark problem that they are working to solve: the imbalance of power between governance and the people.

DeFi

DeFi-SDK — A Beginner’s Guide

Integrating with different Ethereum protocols and performing common tasks is cumbersome. Today we will explore DeFi-SDK and how it simplifies working with several DeFi protocols in parallel.

Health

Stress Management for Devs Pt 1: Reducing Pain and Burnout

In part one of this series, we will focus on the day-to-day physical aspect of developer-specific stress and some ways to address it.

Developer Tools

Top Hacks to Reduce Dev Cycles for dApps

Developing decentralized applications (dApps) can be a rigorous, time heavy and stressful process. Real-time changes and fixes post-release, which are normally possible in traditional apps, are not (easily) possible in dApps.

Education

An Ultimate Guide to Synthetix

A decentralized protocol for derivative trading of Synthetic assets (synths) on Ethereum.

Web3

QuickNode Compare: in-browser benchmarks for Web3 endpoints

Time is a universal rule that everyone lives by. The time it takes for a resource to load — dictates whether you make the conversion or not. Speed matters.

Blockchain

Dev Cycle Black Hole: ETH Node Syncing and Maintenance

BOTTOM LINE: If devs are working on the time hemorrhage associated with node infrastructure and syncing to the Ethereum blockchain, they are not actually doing what they are paid to do: developing the app.