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What if your gas fees were paid in a stablecoin — and you could run a validator from your own laptop? Gnosis Chain does both, and it has over 200,000 validators securing the network. Gnosis Chain is an EVM-compatible Layer 1 blockchain that was born from the 2021 merger of xDai Chain and GnosisDAO. It's built on Ethereum's technology stack but optimized for low-cost, high-speed transactions. Since its launch, it has maintained zero downtime and processed over 381 million transactions.

Sim shuts down on August 1 at 9 AM EST. That leaves 48 hours. If your product reads chain data through Sim, migrate to GetBlock now. It no longer costs a sprint. GetBlock publishes its migration runbook as machine-readable Markdown, so your coding agent can run it end to end. One line into Claude Code, Cursor, or Codex CLI starts it. Three phases, and you hold the controls in all of them. Assess: the agent scans source files, env files, and build configs, finds every endpoint, identifies the chain and interface behind each one, and checks coverage against GetBlock's live docs index rather than its training data. It also estimates your cost against your current bill. Plan: it writes the exact replacement for every endpoint, flags anything that needs a human decision, then stops. Nothing is edited without your approval. Implement: once you approve, it creates the endpoint list, swaps every URL, and verifies each one with a live call. Where you land: 130+ networks, Shared Nodes from $49/mo, Limitless Node with guaranteed RPS from $150/mo, Dedicated Nodes from $1,000/mo, plus TRON Energy Rental and Risk and Compliance APIs. Runbook and full write-up in the first comment.

Your GetBlock's dedicated node can now answer three questions it could not answer yesterday. Three add-ons are live on GetBlock Dedicated Nodes for EVM networks. > ERC-4337. A bundler runs beside your node and exposes the full account abstraction RPC, so smart contract wallets, paymasters, and gas sponsorship work against a client that has no concept of a UserOperation. > Overlay methods. Replay historical blocks against modified contract bytecode and read logs that were never written to the chain. This matters when a contract shipped without an event your analytics now depend on, because no normal query can recover data the chain never recorded. > Beacon API. Consensus layer data from the same node that serves your eth_* calls: validator balances and queue positions, slots, epochs, and finality. They join two add-ons already in production: Blockbook for Bitcoin and other UTXO networks, and MEV for Tier 1 programmable chains. All of them are enabled from the Add-ons tab in the dashboard. Teams already running a dedicated node do not need to redeploy. Each add-on gets its own technical deep dive over the coming weeks.

Shared Node Lineup Adjustment We reassess supported networks on a rolling basis, so the lineup reflects real usage instead of just growing indefinitely. Today we're discontinuing Shared Node support for the following networks: > Bahamut > Tenet > Oasis > Nervos > Allora If any of these are part of your setup, our team will help you migrate without disruption.

More throughput on every paid Shared plan: 150% bigger RPS limits Today we raised that ceiling across every paid Shared Node plan, with no change to pricing: ➤ Starter: 100 to 250 RPS ➤ Growth: 150 to 300 RPS ➤ Advanced: 300 to 450 RPS ➤ Scale: 400 to 600 RPS ➤ Pro: 500 to 800 RPS ➤ Premium: 700 to 800 RPS Everything else stays the same: identical prices, identical compute unit allocations, access to 130+ networks. The new limits were applied automatically to active subscriptions, so there is no migration and no config change on the customer side. For teams running production traffic, the practical effect is headroom during the moments that cost money. Traffic on a live dApp sits well under the ceiling most of the day, then spikes on a listing, an airdrop claim, or a volatile hour on the order book. Those spikes now clear on the plan you already pay for. Tier-by-tier breakdown in the comments.

Limitless Node is now for everyone Sales used to handle all orders. This phase is over. Limitless Node is now fully self-serve. Any GetBlock user can configure and deploy one straight from the dashboard, the same way you would a Dedicated Node, with the node provisioned automatically in minutes. Here is what that gives you: ⚬ Fixed RPS with unlimited requests and no compute unit billing, so finance and engineering plan against one number ⚬ Isolated capacity with dedicated routing for consistent latency under steady load ⚬ 11 supported chains, with full and archive configurations ⚬ Up to 7x lower cost than a comparable dedicated setup The lineup also grew. Solana now has an entry-level tier, so teams can validate a workload on isolated capacity without committing to a four-figure monthly bill. Annual billing saves 20% across every tier. Limitless Node sits between Shared and Dedicated. If your traffic has a predictable shape and high volume, it is the most efficient line on our menu. Deployment link in the comments.

GetBlock now supports Midnight on Mainnet and Testnet. Midnight reached mainnet in late March 2026: a privacy-focused L1 and Cardano partner chain for applications where confidentiality, compliance, and verifiability need to coexist. That opens up what transparent chains struggle to support: confidential DeFi, regulated identity and data apps, tokenized real-world assets, onchain compliance logic. We added Midnight's test network back in December 2025. With mainnet open, you can now build on both. – Midnight Mainnet and Testnet access through managed RPC endpoints – JSON-RPC and WebSocket connectivity – Custom infrastructure deployments Organizations adopting Midnight for privacy-sensitive and regulated workloads also need infrastructure providers that meet enterprise security and operational standards. GetBlock's SOC 2 Type II-attested platform provides this trusted foundation.

GetBlock RPC Benchmark: Every RPC Provider Says It Is Fast, We Built One Tool So You Can Check Today we are launching the GetBlock RPC Benchmark, a free speed and reliability test for any RPC endpoint. Paste a URL, and in about 60 seconds you get p50/p95/p99 latency, jitter, error and timeout rates, block freshness, and an overall score, compared side by side with GetBlock's production infrastructure. Three things make it different: ⬩ It runs live. Every benchmark tests our real endpoints at the moment you click, so the comparison is honest by design. If we lose a run, you see it. ⬩ It tests what you actually build. The method mix adapts to your use case: wallet, trading bot, data indexer, or NFT marketplace, across Ethereum, Solana, Bitcoin, and dozens of other networks. ⬩ It is verifiable. Our performance is independently tracked on CompareNodes and streamed to a public Grafana dashboard, and the benchmark methodology is open. Infrastructure decisions deserve data, and the industry has run on marketing claims for too long. We would rather compete on numbers. Basic checks are free with no signup. Link in the first comment.

GetBlock now supports Robinhood Chain across all node services. Robinhood Chain opened its mainnet on July 1: a permissionless Layer 2 built for tokenized equities, ETFs, and real-world assets. It runs as an Arbitrum Nitro rollup with ETH for gas, ~100ms blocks, and arrival-order sequencing that removes priority gas auctions from the execution path. Stock Tokens, the chain's flagship asset class, bring individual equities onchain as ERC-20 contracts with native price feeds. For builders, this is a rare moment: a new network where the defining applications have not been written yet. Trading venues, RWA lending, collateral systems, and agent-driven finance all need one thing before anything ships, and that is reliable node infrastructure. That is where we come in: > Shared Nodes: HTTPS and WSS endpoints, mainnet, free plan included > Dedicated Nodes: single-tenant deployments, mainnet and testnet, in New York, Frankfurt, or Singapore > Enterprise: throughput and uptime terms sized to the workload Robinhood Chain runs on the same infrastructure behind our 130+ supported networks, with 99.99% uptime and SOC 2 Type II-attested operations. Endpoint setup takes literally 30 seconds. Link in the first comment.

Reliability should be something you can check for yourself. We launched the new GetBlock status page: a single live view of node health, planned maintenance, and past incidents across our full network. What you can now see in one place: → Node health for every major protocol, testnet and mainnet → Separate status for our Singapore, New York, and Frankfurt clusters → One-minute checks, so the page reflects the last sixty seconds rather than the last hour → A maintenance schedule tracker for upcoming work → Full incident history with timestamps and resolution notes → Client updates, chain migrations, and network sunset notices in one feed The status page is part of a wider push toward steadier service. We recently raised compute unit limits by up to 75% across all Shared Node plans. If you run production workloads, you can now confirm the state of your infrastructure before you open a ticket. Link below.