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Avalanche & QuickNode: Powering and Scaling the Future of Crypto

The future of Avalanche is bright, and QuickNode is proud to support the network with our robust cloud infrastructure.

Comparisons of Latency across Node Service Providers in Ethereum

QuickNode published benchmarking study showing a 2.4x latency improvement against popular infrastructure providers, Alchemy and Infura.

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!

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!

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

Partner Spotlight: KnowMeNow

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

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.

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.

Web3

QuickNode, Ethereum and Delphi

Setting up and managing a blockchain node is a difficult, time- and resource-consuming task... Here’s how to plug your free QuikNode endpoint in Delphi code 👉

API

Introducing QuickNode: The #1 Web3 Infrastructure Platform 🚀

Access 13 chains, tools and APIs to help you build the highest-quality Web3 applications! Started in 2017 QuickNode first launched supporting only Ethereum (ETH), running on OpenEthereum (fka Parity) client, in a single dedicated node instance, on a single cloud provider. Today QuickNode API supports 13 chains across 26 networks

Dapps

Key Management: UX and Security

Key management is important because keys give access to wallets/accounts, which can hold funds. Here are the 'dos' and 'donts' of key management within your dApp...

Ethereum

Ethereum for Java Developers

Enterprises all over the world use Java to build scalable systems which we use in our daily lives. Today, we will talk about Web3j – a library written in Java for Ethereum developers!

Blockchain

QuickNode at ETHIndia Hackathon

Last week, QuikNode attended ETHIndia 2019 as an event sponsor! We encountered a vibrant Ethereum community, building a variety interesting projects. Around ~1900 candidates registered, of which around ~68% were new to the Ethereum ecosystem.

Blockchain

Get To Know QuickNode!

QuikNode Wants Developers and Power-Users to Run Ethereum Nodes Faster Without All the Hassle