{"id":3420,"date":"2025-12-08T12:00:35","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T12:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drpc.org\/blog\/?p=3420"},"modified":"2025-12-12T11:49:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T11:49:19","slug":"rpc-endpoints-and-nodes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drpc.org\/blog\/rpc-endpoints-and-nodes\/","title":{"rendered":"What Are RPC Nodes and Endpoints? A Complete Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3420\" class=\"elementor elementor-3420\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-593bd24 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"593bd24\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7946a5e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7946a5e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Introduction<\/b><\/h2><p class=\"p1\">Every blockchain dApp relies on a fundamental layer of infrastructure that sits between the user interface and the underlying network: <span class=\"s1\"><b>RPC nodes and RPC endpoints<\/b><\/span>.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">They form the transport layer that dApps use to read blockchain state, submit transactions, and interact with smart contracts.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Despite their importance, many developers treat RPC as a \u201cblack box\u201d \u2014 a simple URL they plug into <a href=\"https:\/\/drpc.org\/blog\/web3-js-vs-ethers-js\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Web3.js or Ethers.js<\/a>.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">In reality, RPC nodes are highly specialized machines configured to handle large volumes of JSON-RPC requests with predictable throughput, low latency, and high availability.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">RPC endpoints act as the publicly exposed access points to these nodes, often behind load balancers, caching layers, <a href=\"https:\/\/drpc.org\/blog\/nodecore-open-source-rpc-infrastructure\/#:~:text=already%20built%20in.-,Technical%20Overview,are%20served%20from%20the%20closest%20region%2C%20reducing%20latency%20and%20improving%20reliability.,-2.%20Provider%2DAgnostic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">georouting systems<\/a>, or decentralized provider networks.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">In this guide, you\u2019ll learn what RPC nodes are, how RPC endpoints work, the difference between the two, and why optimized global endpoints dramatically improve dApp performance.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">This is an advanced, production-grade explanation intended for developers, DevOps teams, and CTOs designing scalable blockchain systems.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-684e30b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"684e30b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Understanding RPC Nodes<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b90d162 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b90d162\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6484c4b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6484c4b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>NODE TYPE<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a7c07fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a7c07fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>PURPOSE<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9abf12b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"9abf12b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>RUNS CONCENSUS<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6486291 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6486291\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>OPTIMIZED FOR<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-155426b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"155426b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Validator Node<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-291192e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"291192e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Produce blocks, validate transactions<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae9da88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae9da88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Yes<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7015c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7015c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Deterministic uptime and staking security<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d07eaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4d07eaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Full node<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a745ce8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a745ce8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Stores and verifies full chain history<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec3c810 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec3c810\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84ee2d2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"84ee2d2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Data integrity<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16e7766 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"16e7766\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>RPC node<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d6f092 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d6f092\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Serves JSON-RPC requests to applications<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-76da3fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"76da3fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c919ce7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c919ce7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">High throughput, low latency<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c1a1fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c1a1fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3><b>Definition<\/b><\/h3><p class=\"p3\">An <span class=\"s2\"><b>RPC node<\/b><\/span> is a blockchain node configured to handle JSON-RPC requests from external applications (dApps, wallets, explorers, backends). Unlike validator nodes, RPC nodes are optimized for data throughput \u2014 not consensus.<\/p><h3><b>What RPC Nodes Actually Do<\/b><\/h3><p class=\"p3\">At an engineering level, RPC nodes handle:<\/p><ul><li><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>State lookups<\/b><\/span>: balances, contract storage, nonce<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\"><b>Execution simulation<\/b><span class=\"s1\">: <\/span><span class=\"s2\">eth_call<\/span><span class=\"s1\">, gas estimation<\/span><\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Historical queries<\/b><\/span>: logs, block data<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Transaction broadcast<\/b><\/span>: submitting raw signed transactions<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Tracing and debugging<\/b><\/span>: advanced EVM traces (optional)<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Filtering<\/b><\/span>: indexed event logs, bloom filters<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"p3\">Internally, an RPC node consists of:<\/p><ul><li><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Execution layer client<\/b><\/span> (e.g., Geth, Nethermind, Erigon)<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Storage layer<\/b><\/span> (state trie, receipts trie, block DB)<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Networking layer<\/b><\/span> (P2P gossip, block sync protocols)<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>RPC service modules<\/b><\/span> (JSON-RPC HTTP, WebSocket, IPC)<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"p3\">RPC nodes often disable:<\/p><ul><li><p class=\"p1\">Consensus duties<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Mining \/ validation responsibilities<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Peer-heavy features unnecessary for serving queries<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"p3\">This configuration lets them handle <span class=\"s2\"><b>hundreds of thousands of requests per second<\/b><\/span> when scaled horizontally.<\/p><p class=\"p3\">For developers who want to review the full JSON-RPC method specification used by most blockchain nodes, <a href=\"https:\/\/ethereum.org\/en\/developers\/docs\/apis\/json-rpc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">see the official Ethereum documentation<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d2f9c1a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d2f9c1a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>RPC Nodes vs Full Nodes vs Validator Nodes<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a0f2659 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a0f2659\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a22cea elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a22cea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>NODE TYPE<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dd2ae1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1dd2ae1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>PURPOSE<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18b88ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"18b88ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><p><b>RUNS CONCENSUS?<\/b><\/p><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1cd767 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c1cd767\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>OPTIMIZED FOR<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d82f35c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d82f35c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Validator Node<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef0620a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef0620a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Produce blocks, validate transactions<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f87c616 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f87c616\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Yes<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8ac7b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d8ac7b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Deterministic uptime &amp; staking security<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-57c13d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"57c13d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Full node<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42ffa58 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"42ffa58\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Stores and verifies full chain history<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1fbacc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1fbacc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d86bc6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d86bc6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Data integrity<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1f4125 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e1f4125\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>RPC Node<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee4a666 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee4a666\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Serves JSON-RPC requests to applications<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-058d276 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"058d276\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cccd424 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cccd424\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">High throughput, low latency<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-888e2eb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"888e2eb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>RPC nodes are the <a href=\"https:\/\/drpc.org\/blog\/rpc-infrastructure-management-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>application-facing layer<\/b><\/span><\/a> of Web3 \u2014 not the consensus layer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91f10e3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"91f10e3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1e8f1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1e8f1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>What are RPC Endpoints?<\/b><\/h2><h3><b>Definition<\/b><\/h3><p class=\"p3\">An <span class=\"s2\"><b>RPC endpoint<\/b><\/span> is a URL or WebSocket address that exposes JSON-RPC functionality from one or more RPC nodes to external applications.<\/p><p class=\"p3\">You are not connecting directly to a machine \u2014 you are connecting to an <span class=\"s2\"><b>access interface<\/b><\/span>.<\/p><h3><b>Examples of RPC Endpoints<\/b><\/h3><ul><li><p class=\"p1\">https:\/\/ethereum.publicnode.com<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">https:\/\/polygon.llamarpc.com<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">https:\/\/bsc-dataseed1.binance.org<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">https:\/\/lb.drpc.live\/eth<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"p3\">Endpoints vary in:<\/p><ul><li><p class=\"p1\">latency<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">throughput<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">uptime<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">geographic proximity<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">provider decentralization<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">underlying node quality<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">methods supported (standard vs tracing extensions)<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"p3\">Behind a single RPC endpoint, there may be:<\/p><ul><li><p class=\"p1\">A single RPC node (bad for reliability)<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">A cluster of nodes behind a load balancer<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">A decentralized provider network like <span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drpc.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>dRPC<\/b><\/a><b><\/b><\/span><\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">A geo-distributed set of endpoint clusters (US\/EU\/Asia)<\/p><\/li><\/ul><h3><b>How RPC Endpoints Enable Blockchain Communication<\/b><\/h3><p class=\"p3\">Ethers.js \/ Web3.js \u2192 RPC Endpoint \u2192 Load Balancer \u2192 Backend RPC Nodes \u2192 Blockchain P2P Network.<\/p><p class=\"p3\">The RPC endpoint is your <a href=\"https:\/\/drpc.org\/blog\/choosing-rpc-stack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>entry point<\/b><\/span><\/a>. The RPC node is the <span class=\"s2\"><b>machine serving the request<\/b><\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-65d669a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"65d669a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>RPC Nodes vs RPC Endpoints: Key Differences<\/b><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13e1c79 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"13e1c79\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d8bc11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7d8bc11\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>ASPECT<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2142b75 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2142b75\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>RPC NODE<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-13dc97d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"13dc97d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\"><b>RPC ENDPOINT<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9eee83c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9eee83c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Definition<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5768410 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5768410\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Machine running node software optimized for RPC<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9d4c854 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9d4c854\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Public access URL to reach RPC nodes<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bbc41ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bbc41ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Visibility<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75101fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75101fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Internal infrastructure<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c0621e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c0621e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Externally exposed interface<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-490e97e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"490e97e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><b>Role<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-81c6361 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81c6361\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Execute JSON-RPC methods<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f53b4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6f53b4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Route requests from clients<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df604cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df604cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Scaling<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c466a2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c466a2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Vertical + horizontal<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50da72f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"50da72f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Endpoint-level load balancing and georouting<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f21447e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f21447e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Reliability<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0465a28 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0465a28\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Depends on node health<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-049c7a9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"049c7a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">Depends on traffic routing + provider architecture<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3d9599 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c3d9599\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><b>Examples<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ea89db9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ea89db9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Geth node, Erigon node<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58fd58d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"58fd58d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>https:\/\/drpc.org\/chainlist\/eth-mainnet-rpc<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1d2fcc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f1d2fcc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\"><strong>The key lesson:<\/strong><\/p><p class=\"p2\"><em>A high-quality RPC endpoint depends entirely on the architecture behind it \u2014 not just the URL.<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84adb01 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"84adb01\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc8b88a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fc8b88a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Why High-Quality RPC Endpoints Matter<\/b><\/h2><p class=\"p1\">A poor RPC endpoint slows down your entire application, regardless of how optimized your front-end or backend is.<\/p><h3><b>1. Latency Drives UX<\/b><\/h3><p class=\"p1\">A single RPC request can:<\/p><ul><li><p class=\"p1\">fetch a balance<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">load a contract state<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">pull logs for UI rendering<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"p1\">Each request adds latency.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Global, low-latency endpoints reduce time-to-first-render.<\/p><h3><b>2. Endpoints Must Handle Request Spikes<\/b><\/h3><p class=\"p1\">Production apps often generate:<\/p><ul><li><p class=\"p1\">bursts of read calls<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">parallel contract calls<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">multi-tenant traffic<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"p1\">Low-quality endpoints rate-limit or timeout.<\/p><h3><b>3. Reliability Impacts Transaction Success<\/b><\/h3><p class=\"p1\">Poor endpoints \u2192 stuck transactions \u2192 failed swaps \u2192 user frustration.<\/p><h3><b>4. Geo Proximity Matters<\/b><\/h3><p class=\"p1\">The closer the endpoint to the user:<\/p><ul><li><p class=\"p1\">fewer network hops<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">faster HTTPS handshake<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">lower median latency<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"p1\">This is why global RPC networks outperform regional node providers.<\/p><h3><b>5. Endpoints Impact Multi-Chain Architecture<\/b><\/h3><p class=\"p1\">If your dApp supports multiple networks:<\/p><ul><li><p class=\"p1\">Ethereum<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">BNB Chain<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Polygon<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Arbitrum<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Base<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\">You need <\/span><b>consistent JSON-RPC behavior<\/b><span class=\"s2\"> across them. <\/span>Bad endpoints break cross-chain abstractions.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">For a chain-specific example, the <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.bnbchain.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">BNB Chain developer documentation provides a detailed overview of its RPC endpoint structure and supported methods<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31a036f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31a036f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>How RPC Endpoints Work Behind the Scenes<\/b><\/h2><h3><b>Front-End Routing Layer<\/b><\/h3><p class=\"p3\">This layer terminates:<\/p><ul><li><p class=\"p1\">HTTP requests<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drpc.org\/blog\/rpc-vs-websocket\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WebSocket connections<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">TLS handshakes<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"p3\">It may include:<\/p><ul><li><p class=\"p1\">CDN caching layers (for static RPC responses)<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">HTTP\/2 upgrades<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Retriable connection pools<\/p><\/li><\/ul><h3><b>Load Balancer<\/b><\/h3><p class=\"p3\">The load balancer selects which RPC node receives the request.<\/p><p class=\"p3\">Selection strategies include:<\/p><ul><li><p class=\"p1\">round-robin<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">least-connections<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">latency-based routing<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">regional georouting<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">provider health scoring<\/p><\/li><\/ul><h3><b>RPC Node Tier<\/b><\/h3><p class=\"p3\">This is the actual machine executing JSON-RPC logic:<\/p><ul><li><p class=\"p1\">execution client (Geth\/Nethermind\/Erigon)<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">storage engine<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">WebSocket server<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">trie database<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"p3\">Latency here is dictated by:<\/p><ul><li><p class=\"p1\">database access speed<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">execution client performance<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">state access patterns<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">cache hits vs misses<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">block propagation latency<\/p><\/li><\/ul><h3><b>Provider Network Layer<\/b><\/h3><p class=\"p3\">Traditional RPC providers run:<\/p><ul><li><p class=\"p1\">one central node cluster<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">few physical locations<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"p3\">Decentralized RPC providers (like dRPC) run:<\/p><ul><li><p class=\"p1\">multiple independent providers<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">globally distributed clusters<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">failover routing<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">latency-aware traffic shifts<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"p3\">This results in:<\/p><ul><li><p class=\"p1\">lower median latency<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">lower tail latency (p95\/p99)<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">higher resilience<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">more <a href=\"https:\/\/drpc.org\/docs\/specs\/balancing\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stable performance under load<\/a><\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b78102e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b78102e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Why Developers Should Care About RPC Architecture<\/b><\/h2><p class=\"p1\">RPC performance creates <span class=\"s1\"><b>real-world effects<\/b><\/span>:<\/p><ul><li><p class=\"p1\">Slow RPC \u2192 slow dApp<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Unreliable RPC \u2192 failed transactions<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Inconsistent RPC \u2192 debugging nightmares<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">No geo distribution \u2192 global users penalized<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Provider outages \u2192 dApp downtime<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"p1\">The RPC layer is as critical as:<\/p><ul><li><p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drpc.org\/blog\/web3-smart-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smart contract design<\/a><\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Front-end performance<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Backend indexers<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">DevOps infrastructure<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"p1\">Many devs only realize this when their app scales (and the RPC endpoint can\u2019t keep up).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e15fd6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e15fd6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Global Low-Latency Endpoints with dRPC<\/b><\/h2><p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drpc.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">dRPC<\/a> is designed to solve the problems above using:<\/p><ul><li><p class=\"p1\">decentralized provider networks<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">global endpoint clusters<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">automatic failover<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">consistent JSON-RPC support across chains<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">optimized request routing<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drpc.org\/nodecloud-multichain-rpc-management\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">multi-chain RPC endpoint<\/a> exposure<\/p><\/li><\/ul><h3><b>Key Architectural Advantages<\/b><\/h3><h4><b>Global Geo-Distributed Infrastructure<\/b><\/h4><p class=\"p1\">dRPC routes users to the nearest cluster automatically:<\/p><ul><li><p class=\"p1\">Reduces latency by up to 80%<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Lowers p95\/p99 variance<\/p><\/li><\/ul><h4><b>Decentralized Providers<\/b><\/h4><p class=\"p1\">Multiple independent node operators:<\/p><ul><li><p class=\"p1\">Reduce risk of provider outages<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Improve reliability<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Increase redundancy<\/p><\/li><\/ul><h4><b>High-Throughput Design<\/b><\/h4><p class=\"p1\">Optimized for burst loads from:<\/p><ul><li><p class=\"p1\">Wallets<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">DEXs<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Web3 games<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Analytics apps<\/p><\/li><\/ul><h4><b>Multi-Chain Support<\/b><\/h4><p class=\"p1\">Everything exposed through a unified interface:<\/p><p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drpc.org\/chainlist\">https:\/\/drpc.org\/chainlist<\/a><span class=\"s2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"file:\/\/\/Attachment.tiff\" alt=\"Attachment.tiff\" \/><\/span><\/p><p class=\"p1\">This includes:<\/p><ul><li><p class=\"p1\">Ethereum<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">BNB Chain<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Polygon<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Arbitrum<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Optimism<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Base<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Avalanche<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\">Cronos<\/p><\/li><li><p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drpc.org\/chainlist\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">180+ others<\/a><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p class=\"p4\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drpc.org\/nodecloud-multichain-rpc-management\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Connect to global low-latency RPC endpoints with dRPC.<\/b><\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e676829 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e676829\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>FAQs<\/b><\/h2><h3><b>What is an RPC endpoint in blockchain?<\/b><\/h3><p class=\"p3\">An RPC endpoint is a public interface URL that allows dApps to communicate with blockchain nodes via JSON-RPC or WebSocket.<\/p><h3><b>How do RPC endpoints differ from RPC nodes?<\/b><\/h3><p class=\"p3\">RPC nodes are the machines running blockchain clients. RPC endpoints are the access points routing requests to these nodes.<\/p><h3><b>Why are global low-latency RPC endpoints important?<\/b><\/h3><p class=\"p3\">They reduce request time, improve UX, increase transaction success rates, and provide consistent performance worldwide.<\/p><h3><b>Can multiple dApps use the same RPC endpoint?<\/b><\/h3><p class=\"p3\">Yes \u2014 production-grade endpoints are shared across applications and load-balanced across multiple nodes.<\/p><h3><b>Does dRPC provide decentralized RPC endpoints?<\/b><\/h3><p class=\"p3\">Yes. dRPC exposes decentralized, high-speed RPC endpoints across 180+ networks.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cadc8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5cadc8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Take-Away<\/b><\/h2><p class=\"p1\">RPC nodes are the backbone of blockchain data access, responsible for executing JSON-RPC requests at high throughput.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">RPC endpoints serve as the entry points that route traffic to these nodes, often across globally distributed clusters.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">Understanding the difference between the two and relying on high-quality global endpoints \u2014 is essential for building scalable, low-latency, production-grade blockchain dApps.<\/p><p class=\"p1\">With decentralized infrastructure and worldwide routing, <span class=\"s1\"><b>dRPC<\/b><\/span> offers developers a reliable way to access multi-chain RPC endpoints with speed and consistency.<\/p><p class=\"p1\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/drpc.org\/nodecloud-multichain-rpc-management\">Start building high-performance dApps using dRPC endpoints today<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Every blockchain dApp relies on a fundamental layer of infrastructure that sits between the user interface and the underlying network: RPC nodes and RPC endpoints. 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