{"id":3264,"date":"2025-10-09T11:37:04","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T11:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drpc.org\/blog\/?p=3264"},"modified":"2025-10-09T11:41:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T11:41:18","slug":"token2049-infrastructure-insights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drpc.org\/blog\/token2049-infrastructure-insights\/","title":{"rendered":"Token2049 Singapore 2025: Key Infrastructure & RPC Insights"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the buzzing floors of Token2049 Singapore to late-night conversations with builders, our team gathered a fresh perspective on where infrastructure, tooling, and RPC are heading. Below are seven major insights<\/b><\/span> that tickled our thinking \u2014 with commentary from Luke (Partnerships)<\/b><\/span> and Armando (DevRel \/ Lead Hackathon Ambassador)<\/b><\/span>.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ll be in Buenos Aires at Devconnect Argentina<\/b><\/span>, we\u2019d love to catch up and dig deeper into these ideas in person.<\/p>\n

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Decentralization of infrastructure is front and center again<\/b><\/h3>\n

Michael Morgan (CEO of SwapKit) summed it up: \u201cNobody cares about decentralization until it does.\u201d<\/i> Luke emphasized that recent network outages have brought the issue of centralized RPC fragility squarely back into the conversation. Infrastructure must be resilient not just on paper but in real-world failure modes \u2014 and end-to-end decentralization (across providers, geographies, governance) is proving essential.<\/p>\n

RPC pain is real \u2014 especially on Solana<\/b><\/h3>\n

In multiple conversations with dApp founders building on Solana<\/b><\/span>, Armando heard a recurring theme: RPC instability remains a major bottleneck. Timeouts, rate limits, and regional routing inconsistencies plague many teams. The need for ultra-reliable, low-latency RPC across Solana\u2019s nodes is still wide open \u2014 and a space we\u2019re watching closely from dRPC\u2019s stack roadmap.<\/p>\n

Observability baked into infrastructure<\/b><\/h3>\n

Gone are the days when metrics, tracing, and alerts are afterthoughts. Builders are expecting all layers \u2014 RPC, data, caching \u2014 to ship with observability built-in by default. That makes tools like NodeHaus far more critical, not optional.<\/p>\n

Modular \/ composable infrastructure continues to win<\/b><\/h3>\n

Instead of prepackaged monoliths, more teams favor modular, interoperable tooling<\/b><\/span>. Swap in or out a cache, tracing layer, or routing module \u2014 that flexibility is becoming a default requirement for scaling stacks.<\/p>\n

Edge & geo-aware deployments for latency gains<\/b><\/h3>\n

Deploying RPC nodes closer to the user \u2014 or routing queries via edge layers \u2014 is no longer optional for global applications. Every millisecond counts, and builders are prioritizing low-latency paths above all.<\/p>\n

Failover & resilience > raw uptime<\/b><\/h3>\n

Several panels emphasized that surviving partial failures<\/i> is more meaningful than just \u201c99.99% uptime.\u201d Infrastructure must be able to route, fallback, and absorb cascading failures without breaking the application layer.<\/p>\n

Community & open source are catalysts, not just ideals<\/b><\/h3>\n

The pushback against opaque \u201cinfra-as-a-service\u201d models was sharp. Many builders prefer open, extensible tooling<\/b><\/span> over black-box APIs. That momentum aligns directly with dRPC\u2019s choice to open source NodeCore, as well as collaborate with community contributors.<\/p>\n

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Meet us in Buenos Aires \u2014 Devconnect Argentina<\/b><\/h3>\n

We\u2019ll be rolling into Devconnect Argentina<\/b><\/span> with boots on the ground \u2014 Luke and Armando will be there to demo, discuss, and debate all things RPC, infrastructure, and censorship resistance. Let\u2019s sit down and work together \u2014 see you in Buenos Aires.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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