{"date": "2025-03-18", "provider": "thirdweb", "type": "new-service", "title": "thirdweb MCP server (Insight data, Engine tx execution, contract analysis) for any EVM chain", "summary": "pipx-installable MCP (thirdweb-mcp) exposing Insight real-time data queries, Engine transaction execution and contract source/ABI analysis on any EVM chain by chain ID; requires a thirdweb Secret Key. thirdweb also lists Robinhood Chain support.", "sources": ["https://blog.thirdweb.com/changelog/thirdweb-mcp-server-v0-1-beta/"], "verified": true, "date_display": "2025-03-18 beta (ongoing)"}
{"date": "2026-01-01", "provider": "Avalanche Foundation", "type": "shutdown", "title": "Avalanche Retro9000 archived - new applications closed", "summary": "retro9000.avax.network now says 'Retro9000 is no longer active... New applications are closed' and redirects to build.avax.network/grants. C-Chain Round 2 (Mar 30-Apr 30 2026) ranked projects by AVAX burned with 10x Build Games and 5x new-project multipliers.", "sources": ["https://retro9000.avax.network/", "https://www.avax.network/about/blog/the-avalanche-foundation-announces-retro9000-c-chain-round-2"], "verified": true, "date_display": "2026 (site states program no longer active; last documented round C-Chain Round 2, April 2026)"}
{"date": "2026-03-03", "provider": "Dune", "type": "new-service", "title": "Dune MCP Server (12 tools, 100+ chains) - uses existing Dune API credits", "summary": "Hosted MCP at https://api.dune.com/mcp/v1 with table discovery, query execution and visualization for Claude/Cursor/Codex/ChatGPT; consumes your Dune API credits (no separate free allowance).", "sources": ["https://dune.com/blog/dune-mcp", "https://docs.dune.com/api-reference/agents/mcp"], "verified": true, "date_display": "2026-03-03 (ongoing)"}
{"date": "2026-03-04", "provider": "Helius", "type": "new-service", "title": "Helius for Agents: MCP server (60+ tools), Claude Code plugin, CLI (95+ cmds), Skills; self-serve plans from $1", "summary": "Helius shipped an agent toolkit for Solana: helius-mcp, a Claude Code plugin bundling MCP + DFlow MCP + skills, helius-cli, and domain skill packs (Build, DFlow, Phantom, SVM). Agents can autonomously create accounts with plans starting at $1. LaserStream gRPC remains its streaming product.", "sources": ["https://www.helius.dev/blog/helius-for-agents", "https://www.helius.dev/docs/laserstream"], "verified": true, "date_display": "2026-03-04 (ongoing)"}
{"date": "2026-03-17", "provider": "bloXroute", "type": "price-change", "title": "bloXroute modular pricing: free transaction sending on 8 chains, per-service mempool/block streams", "summary": "bloXroute replaced fixed tiers with per-chain modular services (Gateway, Mempool streams, Blocks, Receipts). All users can send transactions free of base cost on Solana, BSC, Base, Ethereum, Hyperliquid, Monad, TON and X Layer; term discounts for longer contracts; legacy Enterprise/Elite/Ultra bundles remain.", "sources": ["https://bloxroute.com/pulse/built-to-scale-bloxroutes-new-pricing-model/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-04-01", "provider": "The Graph / Edge & Node", "type": "new-service", "title": "The Graph Gateway v27.6.0 adds x402 pay-per-request query payments; graph-node 0.43 provider failover; DIPs near mainnet", "summary": "Edge & Node's April/May 2026 update: Gateway supports x402 pay-per-request at the HTTP layer; graph-node v0.43.0 adds per-chain RPC config, automatic provider failover and subgraph log querying; DIPs (indexing payments, GIP-0076/86/87/88) contracts on testnet with mainnet imminent; Canton Network support. No new Graph Foundation grant wave found in the last 90 days.", "sources": ["https://forum.thegraph.com/t/edge-nodes-april-may-2026-update/6944"], "verified": true, "date_display": "2026-04/05"}
{"date": "2026-06-01", "provider": "Envio", "type": "new-service", "title": "Envio HyperIndex subgraph compatibility mode (~200x faster than Graph Node) and v3.5-3.9 multichain features", "summary": "Run unmodified subgraph projects on HyperIndex via `pnpx envio@3.7.0-subgraph dev`. v3.5-3.9 added per-chain isolation, unlimited factory addresses, @crossChain, ClickHouse skipping indexes, 35 extra tx/block fields, per-handler field selection, Prometheus stall metrics. June update claimed 2.5x faster / 2x cheaper indexing (v3.1/3.2).", "sources": ["https://docs.envio.dev/blog/developer-update-august-2026", "https://docs.envio.dev/blog"], "verified": true, "date_display": "2026-06 to 2026-08"}
{"date": "2026-06-19", "provider": "Coinbase Developer Platform", "type": "new-service", "title": "Coinbase CDP: Solana SQL API (Aug 12), Base B20 event tables (Jun 22), remote MCP at agents.coinbase.com (Jun 19), x402 in CDP SDK (Jul 17), x402 Checkouts (Aug 6)", "summary": "CDP changelog Jun-Aug 2026: Data API Solana SQL (SPL/Token-2022 transfers + decoded instructions, ~3 months history), base.events B20 indexing, base.decoded_user_operations and transaction_attributions tables; Coinbase for Agents remote MCP connector (OAuth, Claude/ChatGPT) plus equities and futures trading via CLI/MCP; x402 primitives in @coinbase/cdp-sdk/x402 and x402_url on Checkouts (gasless USDC on Base); ERC-8021 builder-code attribution.", "sources": ["https://docs.cdp.coinbase.com/get-started/changelog", "https://www.coinbase.com/developer-platform/discover/launches"], "verified": true, "date_display": "2026-06-19 to 2026-08-25"}
{"date": "2026-07-01", "provider": "Alchemy", "type": "new-service", "title": "Alchemy MCP Server (168 tools, 100+ chains, hosted at mcp.alchemy.com)", "summary": "Hosted remote MCP server exposing token balances, NFT ownership, tx history, portfolio, gas estimates, simulation, traces, raw RPC and admin tools across 100+ chains. Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, ChatGPT; OAuth on first use. Pricing not stated in post (presumably billed as compute units on your Alchemy plan).", "sources": ["https://www.alchemy.com/blog/alchemy-mcp-server", "https://www.alchemy.com/docs/alchemy-mcp-server"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-07-01", "provider": "Robinhood / Arbitrum (Orbit)", "type": "new-chain-coverage", "title": "Robinhood Chain mainnet live (chain ID 4663) with Alchemy, QuickNode, Blockdaemon, dRPC, Validation Cloud, Goldsky, Chainstack, thirdweb, Tenderly", "summary": "Robinhood Chain public mainnet launched July 1, 2026 as an Arbitrum Orbit (Nitro) chain using ETH for gas. Robinhood docs list QuickNode, Alchemy, Blockdaemon, dRPC and Validation Cloud as production RPCs, with Goldsky, Tenderly, Chainstack, thirdweb also available; native public RPC is free but rate-limited. PublicNode also serves Robinhood Chain (27 nodes).", "sources": ["https://www.quicknode.com/builders-guide/best/top-10-robinhood-chain-rpc-providers", "https://robinhood.com/us/en/newsroom/robinhood-chain-launches-public-testnet", "https://www.publicnode.com/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-07-01", "provider": "Avalanche Team1 (supported by Avalanche Foundation)", "type": "credits-program", "title": "Avalanche Team1 Builder Grants: Mini Grants up to $10K, Accelerator Grants up to $30K", "summary": "Team1 launched Builder Grants on July 1, 2026: Mini Grants (up to $10K, open to all early-stage builders incl. infrastructure and developer tooling) and Accelerator Grants (up to $30K, selected by a committee of Avalanche insiders and community). Listed on the Avalanche Builder Hub as 'Apply Now'. Note: grants.team1.network blocked automated fetch; tier amounts verified via press coverage and Avalanche Foundation X post.", "sources": ["https://build.avax.network/grants/team1-mini-grants", "https://cryptobriefing.com/avalanche-team1-builder-grants-program/", "https://x.com/AvalancheFDN/status/2072350901470462289", "https://grants.team1.network/"], "verified": true, "date_display": "2026-07-01 (open, verified 2026-09-07)"}
{"date": "2026-07-18", "provider": "Chainstack", "type": "new-chain-coverage", "title": "Chainstack adds Robinhood Chain (mainnet+testnet, archive, debug/trace) plus Tempo, Plasma, Sui on Self-Hosted", "summary": "Chainstack launched Robinhood Chain support (chain 4663 mainnet / 46630 testnet) with full and archive nodes, Nitro-native debug_*/trace APIs, Global, Dedicated and Self-Hosted deployment options and an integrated testnet faucet. July 2026 Self-Hosted recap adds Robinhood Chain snapshot bootstrap, Tempo, Plasma, Sui, Polygon and Arbitrum; nine releases in July.", "sources": ["https://chainstack.com/chainstack-introduces-robinhood-chain-support/", "https://chainstack.com/chainstack-self-hosted-july-2026-recap/"], "verified": true, "date_display": "2026-07-18 (updated 2026-07-27)"}
{"date": "2026-08-01", "provider": "Envio", "type": "beta", "title": "Envio Solana HyperSync early access + instruction-level HyperIndex beta", "summary": "August 2026 developer update: Solana HyperSync in early access with instruction-level indexing beta in HyperIndex (IDL-aware decoding, inner instructions/CPIs, SPL token balance tracking), Rust client 0.2.0, query builder at builder.hypersync.xyz/#solana. Carbon (Rust) gains HyperSync as a datasource (PR #586 upstream).", "sources": ["https://docs.envio.dev/blog/developer-update-august-2026"], "verified": true, "date_display": "2026-08"}
{"date": "2026-08-01", "provider": "Envio", "type": "beta", "title": "Envio HyperPipe (alpha): YAML-configured decoded data streaming to Postgres/Parquet-S3/webhooks", "summary": "HyperPipe streams decoded onchain data (backfill + live, multi-chain, built-in ABI decoding/filtering) to sinks from a single YAML file; runs as binary, Docker or Kubernetes.", "sources": ["https://docs.envio.dev/blog/developer-update-august-2026"], "verified": true, "date_display": "2026-08"}
{"date": "2026-08-20", "provider": "Goldsky", "type": "new-service", "title": "Goldsky Data APIs: pay-per-query HTTP data at $10 per million compute units; Edge RPC CLI; Ask-AI", "summary": "Goldsky launched Data APIs (query blockchain data over HTTP, no infra, $10/M compute units; initial datasets: blocks and Polymarket), a CLI for Edge RPC endpoints, and context-aware AI chat. Aug 15: 'Explore' datasets across 130+ networks (prediction markets, tokens, stablecoins, RWAs, wallets). No credits program found for Goldsky or SQD.", "sources": ["https://goldsky.com/changelog", "https://goldsky.com/chains/tempo", "https://goldsky.com/chains/monad"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-08-26", "provider": "Moralis", "type": "deprecation", "title": "Moralis removes Moonbeam, Moonriver and Lisk support effective Sept 25, 2026", "summary": "Moralis' official product changelog entry dated Aug 26, 2026 announces that Moonbeam, Moonriver and Lisk are being removed from the Web3 Data API and RPC Nodes effective September 25, 2026. No September 2026 entries exist yet on the changelog. Not previously recorded by this tracker (outside the 48h window, included as a pending deadline).", "sources": ["https://docs.moralis.com/changelog"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-03", "provider": "Helius", "type": "beta", "title": "Helius Parsed Events API + Parsed Streams (open beta): decoded transactions for 3,600+ Solana programs over REST/GraphQL/WebSocket", "summary": "Parsed Streams pushes fully decoded Solana transactions over WebSocket on confirmation (wss://fs-beta.helius-rpc.com/?api-key=...); the Parsed Events API returns decoded transactions on demand via REST and GraphQL for any signature or address history (mainnet.helius-rpc.com/v1/parsed-events/...). 3,600+ programs covered. Paid plans only (Developer $49/mo, 10M credits, minimum); per-call credit cost not disclosed; API may change before GA. Free tier unchanged at 1M credits / 10 RPS.", "sources": ["https://www.helius.dev/blog/parsed-events-and-streams", "https://www.helius.dev/pricing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-04", "provider": "Chainstack (RPC + Data; Subgraphs deprecated)", "type": "new-service", "title": "Chainstack TON nodes now expose Toncenter API v4 (REST + WebSocket); Starknet nodes on Pathfinder 0.24", "summary": "Chainstack changelog Sept 4: TON mainnet/testnet nodes serve Toncenter v4 (typed responses, cacheable block-pinned URLs, WebSocket subscriptions) alongside v2/v3; Sept 3: Starknet Pathfinder v0.24.0. No pricing change.", "sources": ["https://docs.chainstack.com/changelog"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-06", "provider": "DexScreener API", "type": "free-tier-expansion", "title": "DexScreener now publishes a 300 req/min limit for pairs, search, token-pairs and tokens endpoints (previously undocumented)", "summary": "The API reference now states 300 rpm for pairs/search/token-pairs/tokens and 60 rpm for token-profiles, boosts, ads and orders. Still key-free with no paid API tier.", "sources": ["https://docs.dexscreener.com/api/reference"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-06", "provider": "Chainbase", "type": "price-change", "title": "Chainbase pricing page now documents extra-credit top-ups ($1 = 100K credits, up to +20% volume bonus, non-expiring) and per-method credit costs", "summary": "Free plan unchanged: 200,000 credits/mo, 3 credits/s (compare table says 2 req/s), 3 projects, no card. Developer $99/mo (10M credits, 30 credits/s). New on the page: top-ups at $1 per 100K credits with volume bonuses up to 20% that never expire, per-method costs of 1-5 credits (SQL 100), crypto payment (USDC/ETH) on request.", "sources": ["https://platform.chainbase.com/pricing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-06", "provider": "Codex (formerly Defined)", "type": "price-change", "title": "Codex (formerly Defined): Dune Sim migration offer gone from pricing page; overage documented at $350 to $250 per 1M requests; 90 chains; prediction-market endpoints", "summary": "Free 'Almost Free' tier unchanged (10K req/mo, 5 rps, $1 verification charge). Growth is $350/mo per 1M requests scaling to ~$250/M at higher volume, with WebSockets/webhooks and 5 keys. The Dune Sim migration-partner mention is no longer shown, so no migration promo is available; FAQ now states 90 chains supported; new prediction-market endpoints on Growth+.", "sources": ["https://www.codex.io/pricing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-06", "provider": "Dune (Analytics + API)", "type": "free-tier-cut", "title": "Dune pricing page now shows Free plan with no monthly credits (Viewer role only) ahead of the Sept 10 view-only cutover", "summary": "dune.com/pricing lists Free with no credit allotment, no API calls/min, no storage and no alerts; docs (credit-system, pricing-faqs) still say Free = 2,500 credits/mo. Legacy accounts created before Jul 21, 2026 lose query execution on Sept 10 with an automatic 14-day Plus trial. Analyst $75/mo or $65/mo annual (4,000 credits, 40 API calls/min); Plus $399/mo or $349/mo annual (25,000 credits, 200 API calls/min); extra credits ~$1.40-1.60 per 100. Sim APIs confirmed shut down Aug 1. Re-confirmed 2026-09-07 from Dune docs (pricing FAQ still lists Free at 2,500 credits with $5 per 100 extra; Sept 10 cutover for pre-Jul-21 accounts stands, dune.com/pricing itself blocked automated fetch).", "sources": ["https://dune.com/pricing", "https://docs.dune.com/learning/how-tos/pricing-faqs", "https://cryptobriefing.com/dune-free-plan-view-only-access/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-06", "provider": "Chainstack (RPC + Data; Subgraphs deprecated)", "type": "price-change", "title": "Chainstack Business plan card now $499/mo (was $349); new Pay-As-You-Go tier at $2.5 per 1M request units; Unlimited Node add-on from $149/mo", "summary": "chainstack.com/pricing shows Business at $499/mo ($416 annual, 200M RU, 600 RPS) on the plan card while the compare table still lists $349/$290 - the page is internally inconsistent, so treat $499 as the new list price. New: PAYG at $2.5/M RU with no subscription, and an Unlimited Node add-on ($149/mo, 25 RPS, scaling to 500 RPS). Growth $49 (20M RU, archive), Pro $199 (80M), Enterprise $990. Developer free tier unchanged (3M RU/mo, 25 RPS, no card). GROWTH50 (50% off Growth for 3 months) still active; GROWTH365/GOFORPRO codes are present but commented out in page source.", "sources": ["https://chainstack.com/pricing/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-06", "provider": "CoinMarketCap API", "type": "discount", "title": "CoinMarketCap promo: 10% off all yearly plans with code 10_perc_off_yearly_cmc (limited time)", "summary": "Pricing page advertises a limited-time 10% discount on yearly plans with code 10_perc_off_yearly_cmc, on top of the standing ~20% annual saving. Builder $348/yr, Startup $948/yr before the code. No end date stated.", "sources": ["https://coinmarketcap.com/api/pricing/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-06", "provider": "CoinMarketCap API", "type": "free-tier-expansion", "title": "CoinMarketCap API: free Basic tier raised to 15K credits/mo, 50 rpm, commercial use allowed; keyless public API and x402 pay-per-call added", "summary": "Basic (free) tier now 15,000 credits/mo and 50 req/min (was 10K / 30 rpm) and permits commercial use. Tiers renamed and repriced: Builder $29/mo (150K credits), Startup $79 (450K, WebSocket), Growth $299 (2M), Professional $699 (5M). A keyless public API and x402 pay-per-call endpoints (0.01 USDC/call) plus DEX endpoints (tokens, pools, holders) are now listed.", "sources": ["https://coinmarketcap.com/api/pricing/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-07", "provider": "Chainstack", "type": "new-chain-coverage", "title": "Chainstack Self-Hosted adds Solana (Agave, mainnet + devnet) and Avalanche in August: 30 protocols / 60 networks", "summary": "Chainstack's Self-Hosted August recap (published Sept 7) confirms Solana joined Self-Hosted on Aug 24 (Agave non-voting RPC; mainnet needs 16 vCPU / 256 GiB RAM / ~3.5 TB) and that Avalanche, Hyperliquid, Sonic, World Chain, XRPL, Stellar, BNB, opBNB, Berachain, Cronos, Mantle, Kaia, Ronin, Arc, Stable and Blast were added, bringing Self-Hosted to 30 protocols across 60 networks. No pricing or free-tier details in the post.", "sources": ["https://chainstack.com/chainstack-self-hosted-august-2026-recap/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-07", "provider": "Harmony (chain-level risk; affects Ankr/Chainstack/public Harmony RPC endpoints)", "type": "shutdown", "title": "Harmony proposes shutting down its L1 (exit contracts before Sept 10); ONE migrates to Ethereum", "summary": "Decrypt (Sept 7) reports Harmony's team proposed winding down the Harmony L1, urging users to exit all smart contracts before September 10, 2026. ONE balances would be snapshotted at the final block and re-issued on Ethereum via airdrop; a $1.372M pool compensates validators who stay staked through the transition. The proposal is described as non-binding and says nothing about what happens to RPC endpoints or explorers.", "sources": ["https://decrypt.co/377579/harmony-ai-threats-blockchain-shutdown"], "verified": false}
{"date": "2026-09-07", "provider": "Envio HyperSync", "type": "new-chain-coverage", "title": "Envio HyperSync/HyperRPC confirm Robinhood Chain (4663) and Avalanche C-Chain (43114) as supported networks; Avalanche L1s not listed; Solana in beta; 2 months free on yearly billing", "summary": "Envio's supported-networks doc lists Robinhood Chain (chain 4663) and Avalanche C-Chain (43114) with first-class HyperSync and HyperRPC endpoints; Avalanche L1s are not on the table and Solana appears separately as 'BETA Solana support is live'. Pricing unchanged: Free $0 (fair-use rate limit, token required), Starter $70/mo (100 RPM base, burst 250), Pro (1,000 RPM base, burst 2,500). Pricing page advertises 2 months free on yearly billing plus educational and long-term-commitment discounts.", "sources": ["https://docs.envio.dev/docs/HyperSync/hypersync-supported-networks", "https://envio.dev/pricing/hypersync"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-07", "provider": "Goldsky (Subgraphs, Mirror/Turbo pipelines, Edge RPC, Compose)", "type": "discount", "title": "Goldsky: 50% off the first year for early-stage companies via partner networks (on top of the $100 one-time Starter credit)", "summary": "goldsky.com/pricing now lists a startup offer: 50% off the first year for early-stage companies that come through Goldsky's partner networks (accelerators/ecosystem partners), in addition to the $100 one-time Starter credit (no card). Usage pricing unchanged: subgraph worker ~$0.05/hr + $4 per 100K entities; Turbo pipeline ~$0.10/hr + $1 per 100K events; Edge RPC $5 per 1M requests; Compose $0.05/hr + $6 per 1K function calls. Enterprise accepts token payments.", "sources": ["https://goldsky.com/pricing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-07", "provider": "GoldRush (Covalent)", "type": "free-tier-expansion", "title": "GoldRush (Covalent) 14-day trial (25,000 credits, 4 RPS, all APIs) needs no credit card; x402 pay-per-request available for agents", "summary": "Official pricing page states the 14-day trial (25,000 credits, 4 RPS, full history, all APIs) requires no credit card - the tracker previously recorded it as card-gated, so access is reclassified to free-with-key. Paid: Vibe Coding $10/mo (10,000 credits, 4 RPS, flex $0.001/credit), Professional $250/mo (300,000 credits, 50 RPS). Avalanche C-Chain + Fuji, Robinhood Chain mainnet and Solana are listed as Frontier Chains; no Avalanche L1s.", "sources": ["https://goldrush.dev/pricing/", "https://goldrush.dev/chains/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-07", "provider": "GetBlock (TON / Solana / Sui / multi)", "type": "price-change", "title": "GetBlock docs now show six named paid tiers (Starter $49 to Premium $699) with Pro at $499, while the marketing page still sells a $399-$479 Pro slider; shared plans got a CU bump", "summary": "docs.getblock.io lists Starter $49 (90M CU, 250 RPS), Growth $99 (185M CU), Advanced $199 (385M CU), Scale $349 (700M CU), Pro $499 (1B CU, 800 RPS), Premium $699 (1.6B CU), Enterprise from $999. getblock.io/pricing still shows a single configurable Pro at $399/mo yearly ($479 monthly) up to 1.6B CU - the two pages disagree. Free tier unchanged at 50,000 CU/day, 20 RPS, 2 tokens. Docs also note all shared-node plans now include more CUs at no charge; 20% off yearly, up to 50% off above $1,000/mo spend.", "sources": ["https://docs.getblock.io/getting-started/plans-and-limits/cu-and-rate-limits", "https://getblock.io/pricing/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-07", "provider": "Jito (Block Engine / ShredStream)", "type": "shutdown", "title": "Jito ShredStream shutdown date (Sept 5, 2026) has passed; docs still carry the stale notice and point to DoubleZero Edge (paid epoch seats, no free tier found)", "summary": "Jito's lowlatencytxnfeed docs still display the 'will completely shut down on September 5, 2026' notice recommending migration to DoubleZero Edge; the date has passed, so treat ShredStream as shut down. The tx Send API (tips only, key-free) is unaffected. DoubleZero Edge's official validator page still 403s; a third-party analysis (Kairos Research) describes epoch-based seats at $30/$60/$100 per epoch across three tiers - unverified. Other shred feeds: Helius Raw Shreds, Triton, Solana Tracker (from EUR 35/mo), Everstake Blockspace.", "sources": ["https://docs.jito.wtf/lowlatencytxnfeed/", "https://docs.jito.wtf/lowlatencytxnsend/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-07", "provider": "MegaETH (newly launched L2/L1-class)", "type": "new-chain-coverage", "title": "MegaETH now served by six RPC providers with free tiers (Chainstack, dRPC, Dwellir, Alchemy, QuickNode trial, RouteMesh PAYG)", "summary": "Chainstack's MegaETH provider roundup lists Chainstack (3M req/mo free, Growth $49), dRPC (210M CU/30 days free on public nodes, $6 per 1M PAYG), Dwellir (100K responses/day free, $49/mo), Alchemy (30M CU/mo free, PAYG), QuickNode (10M-credit trial, Build $49) and RouteMesh ($3 per 1M, no free tier). Figures for the non-Chainstack providers come from Chainstack's post, not each vendor's page.", "sources": ["https://chainstack.com/best-megaeth-rpc-providers/", "https://drpc.org/pricing"], "verified": false}
{"date": "2026-09-08", "provider": "OnFinality", "type": "credits-program", "title": "OnFinality Blockchain Accelerator: $3,000 in infra credits (RPC, indexing, AI agents) via a 2-minute form", "summary": "OnFinality's accelerator page offers $3,000 in free credits usable on RPC, validators, AI-agent or indexing services, plus one-on-one sessions with senior engineers; the pitch is aimed at teams launching new networks, with a 48-hour onboarding response. No deadline stated. Free plan (now labelled 'Developer') is unchanged at 400K response units/day and 40 RU/s; Growth $49/mo still 35% off the first month.", "sources": ["https://onfinality.io/en/accelerator", "https://onfinality.io/pricing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-08", "provider": "QuickNode (Streams, Functions, Webhooks)", "type": "new-chain-coverage", "title": "QuickNode Streams officially covers Avalanche C-Chain (mainnet + Fuji) and Robinhood Chain; 1-month trial confirmed card-free (10M credits, 1 stream, 1 webhook)", "summary": "The Streams supported-chains doc now lists Avalanche C-Chain mainnet and Fuji (most datasets) and Robinhood Chain mainnet and testnet; the pricing page states the 1-month trial needs no card. Build is $34/mo annual ($49 monthly) with 10 streams and 80M credits; 30% off Build and 15% annual discount still shown; Business now from $849/mo annual. Solana gRPC remains a paid add-on below Scale.", "sources": ["https://www.quicknode.com/docs/streams/supported-chains", "https://www.quicknode.com/pricing", "https://www.quicknode.com/docs/streams/billing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-08", "provider": "Sentio", "type": "new-chain-coverage", "title": "Sentio adds Robinhood Chain (4663) with events + archive RPC; pricing page offers a 1-month free trial on Scale/Enterprise", "summary": "Sentio's supported-network doc (updated Sept 2) lists ~55 EVM chains including Avalanche 43114 and Robinhood Chain 4663 (events + archive RPC, no traces), Solana in alpha; no Avalanche L1s. Free tier unchanged at 200M SU, 5 projects, 2,000 req/min RPC; PAYG $0.03 per 1M SU. The pricing page now carries a 'Contact us now and enjoy 1 month free trial' CTA.", "sources": ["https://docs.sentio.xyz/docs/supported-network", "https://www.sentio.xyz/pricing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-08", "provider": "Solscan Pro API", "type": "price-change", "title": "Solscan Pro API publishes official pricing: new $49 Lite tier (20M CU), Level 2 $199, Level 3 $399, Level 4 $1,099; every call costs 100 CU", "summary": "Official docs now state plan prices and limits: Lite $49/mo (20M CU, 1,000 req/60s, excludes account/metadata, funded_by and bulk endpoints), Level 2 $199 (150M CU), Level 3 $399 (500M, 2,000 req/60s), Level 4 $1,099 (1.5B, 3,000 req/60s). Flat 100 CU per call, top-ups do not roll over. A hosted MCP server is available for agents. Replaces the unverified $199/$499/$999 third-party figures.", "sources": ["https://pro-api.solscan.io/pro-api-docs/v2.0/docs", "https://pro-api.solscan.io/pro-api-docs/v2.0/docs/rate_limits_by_plan.md"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-08", "provider": "Sourcify", "type": "deprecation", "title": "Sourcify v1 API shut down July 7, 2026; v2 at sourcify.dev/server; chains list now 423 (264 supported) incl. Avalanche C-Chain, Fuji and Robinhood Chain 4663", "summary": "The legacy v1 verification/lookup API was turned off on July 7, 2026; only the v2 API remains (free, no key, limits unpublished). The /server/chains endpoint now returns 423 chains, 264 flagged supported; Avalanche C-Chain 43114 and Fuji 43113 supported with debug_traceTransaction, Robinhood Chain 4663 supported; Beam, DFK and Dexalot are listed but supported:false.", "sources": ["https://docs.sourcify.dev/docs/api/", "https://sourcify.dev/server/chains"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-08", "provider": "Space and Time (SXT)", "type": "price-change", "title": "Space and Time pricing page removed (404); docs pivot to SXT Chain/ZKpay - Pay-per-Compute figures no longer verifiable", "summary": "spaceandtime.io/pricing now returns 404 and the docs are reoriented to SXT Chain staking, validators and ZKpay; the only remaining official pricing reference is the March 2025 Pay-per-Compute blog (beta, wallet sign-in). The prior $1 per compute credit, $200/mo default cap and $699/mo Standard subscription could not be re-confirmed.", "sources": ["https://www.spaceandtime.io/pricing", "https://www.spaceandtime.io/blog/pay-per-compute", "https://docs.spaceandtime.io/llms.txt"], "verified": false}
{"date": "2026-09-08", "provider": "Shyft", "type": "new-service", "title": "Shyft ships accelerated getProgramAccounts (15 ms p50) and a getTransactionsForAddress method; Build $199/mo, Grow $349, Accelerate $649 unchanged", "summary": "Shyft's pricing page announces accelerated gPA and a new getTransactionsForAddress call (signatures + transactions in one request) as live on the RPS-based plans (Build $199/mo: 100 RPC RPS, 10 gRPC connections, RabbitStream). Legacy credit plans (Hack $49, 10M credits) still listed; crypto payments accepted.", "sources": ["https://shyft.to/solana-rpc-grpc-pricing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-08", "provider": "Solana Tracker (Data API + RPC)", "type": "new-service", "title": "Solana Tracker RidgeDB V2 indexed RPC methods (getProgramAccountsV2 with pagination, getTokenAccountsByOwners) billed at 1 credit vs 10 for archival calls", "summary": "The RPC page now advertises RidgeDB V2 methods at 1 credit each (getProgramAccountsV2 with pagination and changedSince, getTokenAccountsByOwners) versus 10 credits for archival calls; plans unchanged (RPC Developer EUR 35/mo, 15M credits, 60 RPS, Shredstream; Data API free tier 3 RPS). Page includes a competitor comparison dated Sept 5, 2026.", "sources": ["https://www.solanatracker.io/solana-rpc", "https://www.solanatracker.io/data-api"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-08", "provider": "Ormi 0xGraph / Pinax / SonarX", "type": "new-chain-coverage", "title": "Ormi 0xGraph and Pinax now list Avalanche C-Chain and Robinhood Chain on their official chain lists; SonarX adds Robinhood Chain and Avalanche P-Chain", "summary": "Ormi's chain list confirms Avalanche mainnet and Robinhood Chain (mainnet + testnet) for hosted subgraphs (14-day trial, then $75/mo per subgraph). Pinax's pricing page lists Robinhood Chain among 26 chains for RPC/Substreams/Firehose (Free plan with $25 usage included, Pro $49). SonarX's 130+ chain list now includes Robinhood Chain and Avalanche P-Chain (trial via CTA, no published pricing). None list Avalanche L1s.", "sources": ["https://ormilabs.com/chain-list", "https://pinax.network/en/pricing", "https://www.sonarx.com/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-08", "provider": "Nodit", "type": "new-service", "title": "Nodit adds x402 Usage & Payments, Agentic Payments and a Nodit MCP server; plan prices unchanged (Starter free 1M CU/day, Developer $35, Business $189)", "summary": "Nodit's pricing-page navigation now flags new products: x402 Usage & Payments, Agentic Payments, Validator-as-a-Service, Datashare, Flexible Webhooks and Nodit MCP. Plans unchanged: Starter $0 (1M CU/day, 300 CU/s), Starter Plus $10 (100M CU), Developer $35 (450M CU), Business $189 (1.6B CU); up to 24% off yearly. Avalanche C-Chain supported (per Nodit blog), not named on the pricing page.", "sources": ["https://nodit.io/pricing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-08", "provider": "Subscan API", "type": "free-tier-cut", "title": "Subscan moves free API access to the PubFi gateway (x402/usage pricing); direct Subscan keys are now paid-only and the 100K req/day free plan is gone from the docs", "summary": "Subscan changelog 1.0.2 routes all new free access through PubFi (pubfi.ai) with an account-bound key and ':free' route variants under usage-based pricing and x402; direct Subscan API keys are sold only as paid plans at pro.subscan.io/pricing (prices not fetchable). The previously documented 100,000 req/day free plan no longer appears.", "sources": ["https://support.subscan.io/doc-361776.md", "https://support.subscan.io/doc-360177.md"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-08", "provider": "Pangea", "type": "beta", "title": "Pangea publishes a key-free public devnet Ethereum RPC endpoint (beta) backed by its validator network; no pricing yet", "summary": "Pangea's docs now document a key-free devnet-0 Ethereum mainnet RPC endpoint (https://devnet-0.pangea.foundation/main/evm/1/) with unpublished limits, plus token-network economics pages describing USD-fixed service fees payable in stables or native tokens. Only Ethereum is documented; no Avalanche or Solana.", "sources": ["https://docs.pangea.foundation/how-to/rpc-getting-started", "https://docs.pangea.foundation/network/token"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-08", "provider": "Arbitrum Foundation / Robinhood Chain", "type": "credits-program", "title": "Arbitrum Open House Singapore online buildathon runs Sept 14 to ~Oct 2 ($115K online prizes, $415K program total); registration still open; Robinhood Chain is a $1M Open House sponsor", "summary": "Applications are open (since Aug 13) for the 3-week online buildathon that kicks off Sept 14, 2026; $115,000 in online prizes and $415,000 across the whole Singapore program, with winners invited to the in-person Founder House in Singapore. Teams get technical and infra support from ecosystem partners. Robinhood's $1M Open House commitment funds this series. Re-checked 2026-09-13: registration remains open at kickoff (650+ participants); the HackQuest countdown implies a ~Oct 2 submission close, tracks/prize breakdown still \"Announcing Soon\". Kickoff day 2026-09-14: registration still OPEN (687+ participants), countdown '18 days left' (~Oct 2); Luma page for the program lists Sept 14 - Oct 4 and says at least one top-three slot per track is reserved for Robinhood Chain projects; deployment on Arbitrum Sepolia required.", "sources": ["https://blog.arbitrum.foundation/builders-block-023-415k-in-prizes-at-open-house-singapore-apply-now/", "https://blog.arbitrum.foundation/open-house-singapore-applications-are-now-open/", "https://luma.com/openhouse-singapore"], "verified": true, "date_display": "2026-09-08 (rechecked 2026-09-14)"}
{"date": "2026-09-08", "provider": "Robinhood / Arbitrum Foundation", "type": "credits-program", "title": "Robinhood Chain $1M developer commitment via 2026 Arbitrum Open House (buildathons + founder houses)", "summary": "Robinhood committed $1M to sponsor the 2026 Arbitrum Open House: four online buildathons (NYC, Dubai, London, Singapore) and two in-person Founder Houses (NYC, London). No standalone Robinhood Chain grant program was found; sign-up is via openhouse.arbitrum.io. Kickoff day 2026-09-14: registration still OPEN (687+ participants), countdown '18 days left' (~Oct 2); Luma page for the program lists Sept 14 - Oct 4 and says at least one top-three slot per track is reserved for Robinhood Chain projects; deployment on Arbitrum Sepolia required.", "sources": ["https://blog.arbitrum.io/robinhood-chain-testnet/", "https://blog.arbitrum.foundation/builders-block-011-robinhood-chain-launches-testnet-commits-1m-to-builders/", "https://luma.com/openhouse-singapore"], "verified": true, "date_display": "2026-09-08 (rechecked 2026-09-14)"}
{"date": "2026-09-09", "provider": "Unmarshal", "type": "shutdown", "title": "Unmarshal docs site unreachable - treat as shutdown risk", "summary": "docs.unmarshal.io failed DNS resolution on 2026-09-09 and the marketing site's roadmap still ends at Q4 2023. No official shutdown notice found, but the provider looks abandoned.", "sources": ["https://unmarshal.io/about/", "https://docs.unmarshal.io/reference/supported-chains"], "verified": false}
{"date": "2026-09-09", "provider": "Vybe Network", "type": "beta", "title": "Vybe x402 pay-per-call Solana analytics API (beta, no API key)", "summary": "Vybe shipped an x402 client SDK: HTTP endpoints cost $0.001 per call (higher tiers $0.003-$0.010) paid in Solana mainnet USDC on a 402 challenge; WebSocket streaming via $0.01 prepaid sessions (1,000 credits). No API key or subscription - just a funded Solana wallet. Rates explicitly discounted for beta and will rise at GA.", "sources": ["https://github.com/vybenetwork/x402-client", "https://docs.vybenetwork.com/docs/pricing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-09", "provider": "AvaCloud Data API (Glacier)", "type": "free-tier-expansion", "title": "AvaCloud Data API documents a key-free 'Unauthenticated' tier (6k CU/min, 1.2M CU/day)", "summary": "The rate-limits page now lists an Unauthenticated tier at 6,000 CU/min and 1,200,000 CU/day alongside the Free (keyed) tier at 8,000 CU/min and 2,000,000 CU/day. With most endpoints at 20 CU, that is roughly 60k key-free calls/day per client, or 100k/day with a free key.", "sources": ["https://developers.avacloud.io/data-api/rate-limits"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-09", "provider": "Chainstack", "type": "discount", "title": "Chainstack pricing page now shows a GROWTH50 code on Growth ($49 -> $40/mo) and a Business line at $349/mo ($290 annual) alongside the $499 line", "summary": "Two fetches of chainstack.com/pricing on 2026-09-09 returned conflicting Business figures ($499/$416 and $349/$290 monthly/annual), so the page is likely mid-change or A/B tested; the Growth plan carries a 'GROWTH50' label next to a $49 -> $40/mo price; annual billing is ~16% off; teams spending over $1,000/mo can ask for a custom PAYG plan advertised at over 50% savings with overage from $2.50 per 1M RU. Dedicated nodes now quoted from $0.10-$0.50 compute/hour.", "sources": ["https://chainstack.com/pricing/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-10", "provider": "Grove (POKT Network) -> Pocket Network Foundation public portal", "type": "new-chain-coverage", "title": "Pocket Network Foundation portal offers keyless Solana RPC", "summary": "api.pocket.network lists https://solana.api.pocket.network with no signup or key, under the same 2,000 req/IP/min limit as its Avalanche C-Chain endpoint.", "sources": ["https://api.pocket.network/", "https://docs.pocket.network/developers/supported-chains"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-10", "provider": "NodeReal (MegaNode)", "type": "new-chain-coverage", "title": "NodeReal MegaNode covers Avalanche C-Chain with a 10M CU/month free key", "summary": "MegaNode lists 'Avalanche Contract Chain' among its 23 chains; Free plan gives 10M CU/month at 150 CUPS with 3 keys, Growth is $31/mo (annual) for 500M CU.", "sources": ["https://nodereal.io/meganode", "https://nodereal.io/pricing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-10", "provider": "PublicNode (Allnodes)", "type": "new-chain-coverage", "title": "PublicNode runs a free, keyless Solana RPC with WebSocket, Yellowstone gRPC and archive data", "summary": "solana-rpc.publicnode.com is live (MEV-protected, ~170k ops/s across 19 nodes) with WS RPC, Yellowstone gRPC and 'Archive data available' — no key, no signup, fair-use limits unpublished.", "sources": ["https://solana-rpc.publicnode.com/", "https://www.publicnode.com/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-10", "provider": "Tenderly Node RPC", "type": "free-tier-cut", "title": "Tenderly drops self-serve Starter/Pro tiers; Free plan loses API access", "summary": "Tenderly's pricing page now offers a single custom-scoped contract with 'No tiers' (Console, Simulator, Monitor, Node RPC configured per team). The previously listed Starter $50/mo (35M TU) and Pro $500/mo (350M TU) plans and the 10/20/300 TU/s limits are no longer published, and 'Tenderly Free' is described as browser-UI only with 'no API access'. Node RPC stays paid-only. The tracker's Tenderly (data) row already showed the tierless Console page on Sept 9, so the switch happened between Sept 5 and Sept 9; the Node RPC row still carried the old $50/$500 tiers until this run.", "sources": ["https://tenderly.co/pricing", "https://docs.tenderly.co/node-rpc/pricing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-10", "provider": "NOWNodes", "type": "discount", "title": "NOWNodes advertises 10% off annual billing (monthly prices still JS-rendered)", "summary": "The NOWNodes pricing page now shows a 10% annual-billing discount; request quotas, key counts and overage rates match the tracker, but monthly prices and rps remain unreadable without JavaScript.", "sources": ["https://nownodes.io/pricing"], "verified": false}
{"date": "2026-09-10", "provider": "LlamaNodes / LlamaRPC", "type": "price-change", "title": "LlamaRPC back online after last week's outage; Premium PAYG now payable by stablecoin or card (~$0.04 per 100k CU)", "summary": "llamarpc.com/pricing was reachable again on 2026-09-10 (it returned HTTP 521/526 on Sept 5). The page states Premium PAYG can be paid with any major stablecoin or a credit card at roughly $0.04 per 100k CU. Public endpoint liveness was not re-probed.", "sources": ["https://llamarpc.com/pricing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-11", "provider": "Chainstack", "type": "new-chain-coverage", "title": "Chainstack adds Bitcoin Testnet4 to Global Nodes and Dedicated Nodes", "summary": "Chainstack's Sept 11, 2026 changelog entry: Bitcoin Testnet4 is now deployable on both Global Nodes (shared) and Dedicated Nodes. No pricing or plan changes were announced alongside it.", "sources": ["https://docs.chainstack.com/changelog"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-11", "provider": "Codex (formerly Defined)", "type": "new-chain-coverage", "title": "Codex added ~5 EVM networks (77 EVM listed)", "summary": "Codex's live-generated networks page now lists 77 EVM chains plus 5 non-EVM and 3 testnets (85 total), up from roughly 72 EVM / 80+ on the last check. Avalanche C-Chain, DFK, Solana and Robinhood Chain remain covered.", "sources": ["https://docs.codex.io/networks", "https://www.codex.io/pricing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-11", "provider": "Envio HyperIndex (Envio Cloud hosted service)", "type": "price-change", "title": "Envio HyperIndex Production Small confirmed at $70/mo", "summary": "Envio's hosting pricing page now displays a $70/mo Production Small tier (~1M events, ~100 contracts, 250 GraphQL req/min, 800 indexing hours) as the cheapest production-grade hosted indexer plan; Development stays free with 750 hours/mo but 30-day auto-deletion.", "sources": ["https://envio.dev/pricing/hosting"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-11", "provider": "Etherscan API v2 (multichain)", "type": "free-tier-cut", "title": "Etherscan free tier keeps shrinking (Gnosis moved behind Lite on Sep 1)", "summary": "Etherscan's supported-chains doc now flags 31 of 68 chains as paid-tier only (Avalanche C-Chain included) and, as of Sep 1, 2026, Gnosis community endpoints require a Lite ($49/mo) plan or above.", "sources": ["https://docs.etherscan.io/supported-chains", "https://etherscan.io/api/pricing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-11", "provider": "Alchemy", "type": "deprecation", "title": "Alchemy sunsets nine legacy NFT API endpoints on Sept 30 (migrate to V3); Degen Mainnet support already ended Aug 31", "summary": "Alchemy changelog (Aug 18) removes nine redundant NFT API endpoints on September 30, 2026, with V3 replacements for most; the Aug 24 entry says Degen Mainnet support ended August 31 (the tracker had it as Sept 21). The EIP-7702 change (new accounts default to SemiModularAccount7702 v1.1.0) remains dated September 21; existing accounts unaffected.", "sources": ["https://www.alchemy.com/changelog"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-12", "provider": "Helius", "type": "new-service", "title": "Helius pricing page now lists dedicated Solana nodes from $2,900/mo and raw shreds at $800-$1,000/mo per IP", "summary": "helius.dev/pricing now discloses dedicated nodes starting at $2,900/month, raw shred feeds at $800-$1,000/month per IP depending on tier, and Professional-tier data add-ons from $400/mo. Free (1M credits, 10 RPS) and Developer/Business/Professional plans ($49/$499/$999) are unchanged.", "sources": ["https://www.helius.dev/pricing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-12", "provider": "GetBlock (TON / Solana / Sui / multi)", "type": "price-change", "title": "GetBlock discloses dedicated-node pricing: Full Node $1,000/mo, Archive Node $1,500/mo (unlimited usage)", "summary": "getblock.io/pricing now prices dedicated nodes at $1,000/mo (full) and $1,500/mo (archive) with unlimited usage; previously only 'guaranteed 1,000+ RPS' was stated. The marketing page still shows a single configurable Pro slider ($399/mo yearly, 50M-1.6B CU, 800 RPS) rather than the docs' six named tiers; the pricing tables render as images, so the tier list could not be re-read.", "sources": ["https://getblock.io/pricing/", "https://docs.getblock.io/getting-started/plans-and-limits/choosing-your-plan"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-12", "provider": "Moralis Web3 Data API", "type": "free-tier-cut", "title": "Moralis: no free tier confirmed on the official pricing page (Starter $149/mo is the entry point)", "summary": "A direct read of moralis.com/pricing on 2026-09-12 shows only paid plans: Starter $149/mo annual (2M CU, 40 RPS, $11.25/M extra), Pro $249 (100M CU, 80 RPS), Business $749 (500M CU, 200 RPS), Enterprise custom. Non-paying users are sent to sales. This resolves the tracker's earlier conflict with an old FAQ claiming a free 40,000 CU/day plan.", "sources": ["https://moralis.com/pricing/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-12", "provider": "NEAR public RPC (near.org / Pagoda)", "type": "free-tier-expansion", "title": "NEAR docs now list seven free public RPC endpoints (FASTNEAR, 1RPC, BlockPI, dRPC, ZAN, Intear, Shitzu) with limits", "summary": "docs.near.org/api/rpc/providers was rewritten: instead of one 'severely rate limited' archival near.org endpoint with no paid path, it lists free public endpoints from FASTNEAR (limit unpublished), 1RPC (200 req/day), BlockPI (20 rps), dRPC (~2,100 CU/s), ZAN (~20 rps), Intear and Shitzu, and notes that eleven vendors sell paid NEAR plans.", "sources": ["https://docs.near.org/api/rpc/providers"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-12", "provider": "Colosseum", "type": "credits-program", "title": "Colosseum 'Crypto World's Fair' multichain online hackathon opens Sept 14 (Solana, Arbitrum, Robinhood Chain, Base, Ethereum, Hyperliquid, Tempo, Zcash); $25K Arbitrum One track announced", "summary": "Colosseum's first multichain hackathon runs online Sept 14 - Oct 12, 2026 (4 weeks); registration is open with ~2,278 builders already signed up. Official page lists ecosystem tracks for Solana, Ethereum, Hyperliquid, Base, Tempo, Arbitrum, Zcash and Robinhood Chain; winners get non-dilutive prizes and selected teams enter Colosseum's accelerator with $250,000 from its venture fund. Secondary press (Sept 12) reports a $25,000 prize for startups building on Arbitrum One; the total pool and per-track amounts are not yet published on the official page. Kickoff day 2026-09-14: 'Join now' still live post-kickoff, same eight tracks, no per-track prize breakdown or sponsor infra credits published yet.", "sources": ["https://colosseum.com/worldsfair", "https://colosseum.com/hackathon", "https://coinfomania.com/colosseum-announces-25000-prize-for-startups-on-arbitrum-one/"], "verified": true, "date_display": "2026-09-12 (rechecked 2026-09-14)"}
{"date": "2026-09-13", "provider": "Avalanche (ava-labs/avalanchego)", "type": "deprecation", "title": "AvalancheGo v1.15.0 (Helicon) release confirmed on GitHub - upgrade before Sept 22 mainnet activation", "summary": "The v1.15.0 tag page now resolves directly: 'Helicon: Continuous Execution & Auto-Renewed Staking', not a pre-release, plugin version 46, minimum Go 1.25.10, activating ACP-194/236/267/273/283/285 on mainnet at 15:00 UTC Sept 22, 2026 (Fuji since July 28). Pre-v1.15.0 nodes will fall out of consensus at activation.", "sources": ["https://github.com/ava-labs/avalanchego/releases/tag/v1.15.0", "https://build.avax.network/blog/helicon-upgrade"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-13", "provider": "Pinax", "type": "new-chain-coverage", "title": "Pinax now lists 27 supported chains (Blast, Celo, Gnosis, Ink, Linea, Litecoin, Soneium, X Layer, Zora visible)", "summary": "Pinax pricing page footer now shows 27 chains (record had 26); Avalanche C-Chain, Robinhood Chain and Solana all still covered under the Free plan ($25/mo included usage, 3 keys, 20 Substreams workers). Pricing unchanged.", "sources": ["https://pinax.network/en/pricing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-13", "provider": "QuickNode", "type": "price-change", "title": "QuickNode pricing page now shows per-plan overage rates; Business moves to custom pricing (~$999/mo start)", "summary": "Overage rates now displayed per plan: Build $0.62/M, Accelerate $0.56/M, Scale $0.53/M, Business $0.50/M credits. Business is listed as custom pricing starting around $999/mo rather than a fixed $849 annual figure. Free trial (10M credits, 15 RPS, 1 month, no card), RPS tiers, 30%-off Build annual promo and Solana gRPC inclusion on Scale+ unchanged.", "sources": ["https://www.quicknode.com/pricing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-13", "provider": "Alchemy", "type": "price-change", "title": "Alchemy PAYG now $0.525 per 1M CU (flat) - up from $0.45/$0.40 tiered", "summary": "alchemy.com/pricing and docs/reference/pricing-plans both list Pay-As-You-Go at $0.525 per million compute units with no volume tiers; the tracker previously recorded $0.45/1M up to 300M CU and $0.40 above. Throughput add-ons are now priced at $160/mo per additional 5,000 CU/s (self-serve max 30,000 CU/s). Pricing page also shows Free tier at 500 CU/s (docs still say 300 CU/s); 30M CU/mo and 25 rps unchanged. Re-checked 2026-09-14: the Data APIs and Solana rows now carry the $0.525 flat rate too (both official pages still show it); free tiers unchanged.", "sources": ["https://www.alchemy.com/pricing", "https://www.alchemy.com/docs/reference/pricing-plans"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-13", "provider": "Sourcify", "type": "new-chain-coverage", "title": "Sourcify chain list rebounded to 624 chains (424 supported); Avalanche C-Chain and Robinhood Chain supported", "summary": "sourcify.dev/server/chains now returns 624 chains with 424 supported:true (tracker recorded 423/264 on 2026-09-08, which appears to have been a transient drop). Avalanche C-Chain 43114, Fuji 43113 and Robinhood Chain 4663 are supported; Beam, DFK and Dexalot L1s remain supported:false. Docs API page is readable again and confirms v1 API shutdown on July 7, 2026.", "sources": ["https://sourcify.dev/server/chains", "https://docs.sourcify.dev/docs/api/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-14", "provider": "QuickNode (Streams, Functions, Webhooks)", "type": "new-service", "title": "QuickNode Key-Value Store GA: runtime-updatable watchlists for Streams filters (20 credits/item added, 10 credits/item/month)", "summary": "QuickNode blog (Sept 14): Key-Value Store is a persistent state layer with Lists (named string collections, e.g. addresses, 128 chars per item) and Values (up to 800,000 chars). Readable from Streams filters (qnLib.qnContainsListItems in JS, qn.ContainsListItems in Go) and webhook templates, writable via REST. GA on every plan. Pricing: reads inside filters free; 20 API credits per list item added or value created; 10 credits per stored item per month; 5 credits per REST request.", "sources": ["https://www.quicknode.com/blog/introducing-key-value-store"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-14", "provider": "BlockPI", "type": "free-tier-expansion", "title": "BlockPI documents a key-free 'Public RPC' tier: 10 rps / 200 RU/s, unlimited RU, archive included (Avalanche C-Chain covered)", "summary": "BlockPI's docs pricing table now shows a 'Public RPC' column with no API key: unlimited RU, 10 rps (200 RU/s), archive data included, no support. The keyed Free plan stays at 50M RU per 32 days at 20 rps; Elementary $49/500M RU, Premium $299/4,000M RU and PAYG $0.01 per 50K RU are unchanged. It is unclear whether the tier is new or was simply omitted from the prior record.", "sources": ["https://docs.blockpi.io/pricing/pricing-and-rate-limit"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-14", "provider": "Zerion API", "type": "new-chain-coverage", "title": "Zerion API now lists Robinhood Chain among supported chains (Developer tier free: 2,000 req/day, 3 RPS)", "summary": "zerion.io/api now names Robinhood Chain (plus Linea, Scroll, Zora, Celo, Gnosis, Fantom, Aurora, HyperEVM) alongside Avalanche C-Chain and Solana. Plans unchanged: Developer $0 (2,000 requests/day, 3 RPS, no card), Builder $149/mo (250K requests, 10 RPS), Startup $499/mo (1M requests, 25 RPS). Migration guides from Dune Sim API and Zapper are offered.", "sources": ["https://zerion.io/api"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-14", "provider": "Triton One", "type": "new-service", "title": "Triton One adds 'Triton Preconfs' at $50 per 1M messages on its PAYG price sheet", "summary": "triton.one/pricing now carries a Triton Preconfs line at $50 per 1M messages next to the existing $0.08/GB bandwidth + $10 per 1M calls RPC pricing, $1,500/mo per IP shred streaming and the $125 minimum stablecoin deposit. No other rate changed; chains still Solana, Monad and Sui.", "sources": ["https://triton.one/pricing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-14", "provider": "Allnodes / PublicNode", "type": "discount", "title": "Allnodes shows a 25% annual-billing discount on node hosting; base tiers corrected to Advanced $320/mo and Enterprise $640/mo", "summary": "allnodes.com/pricing now displays a 25% discount for annual billing on full-node hosting. Re-reading the page, the base tiers are Advanced $320/mo ($0.4761/hr, 99.90% SLA) and Enterprise $640/mo ($0.9523/hr, 99.98% SLA) with failover add-ons from $160/$320 per month; the tracker's earlier '$160/mo' base figure was the failover add-on, not a price change. PublicNode remains key-free with Robinhood Chain (25 nodes), Solana (19) and Avalanche C/P/X + Fuji endpoints.", "sources": ["https://www.allnodes.com/pricing", "https://www.publicnode.com/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-15", "provider": "Goldsky (Subgraphs, Mirror/Turbo pipelines, Edge RPC, Compose)", "type": "new-service", "title": "Goldsky Boost: free RPC caching CDN in front of your existing provider, launch chains include Avalanche C-Chain and Robinhood Chain", "summary": "Goldsky launched Boost on Sept 15: a multi-region CDN that sits between your app and your RPC provider (Alchemy, QuickNode, Infura, dRPC, Ankr, Chainstack or any HTTPS endpoint). Historical requests are answered from Goldsky's indexed chain data; misses forward to your upstream unchanged at no Goldsky cost. Goldsky reports ~45% average cache hits in production (some teams 80%). docs.goldsky.com/boost: free, unmetered within fair use ('for a limited time' per the blog), API key required, no WebSocket subscriptions, batches over 100 items forward entirely. Launch chains: Ethereum, Base, Polygon, Optimism, Avalanche (43114), HyperEVM, Arc, Robinhood Chain (4663), Ethereum Sepolia, Base Sepolia.", "sources": ["https://docs.goldsky.com/boost", "https://goldsky.com/blog/introducing-boost-a-global-cdn-caching-layer-that-cuts-rpc-costs"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-15", "provider": "Dwellir", "type": "new-chain-coverage", "title": "Dwellir pricing page now lists Solana among its 140+ chains; 50%+ custom PAYG discount above 1B req/mo; Unlimited Nodes top out at $4,799/mo (1,000 rps)", "summary": "dwellir.com/pricing now includes Solana in its supported-chain list next to Avalanche C-Chain and Robinhood Chain (the tracker had 'Solana not listed'). Free tier unchanged at 100,000 responses/day and 20 rps; Developer $49 / Growth $299 / Scale $999 unchanged; Unlimited Nodes run from $119/mo (25 rps) to $4,799/mo (1,000 rps) and Dedicated Node Clusters are quoted from about $3,366/mo with archive and a 99.99% SLA. The page restates a 50%+ discount via custom PAYG plans for teams over 1B requests/month.", "sources": ["https://www.dwellir.com/pricing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-15", "provider": "LlamaNodes / LlamaRPC", "type": "discount", "title": "LlamaRPC advertises 'Intelligent Caching': 25% discount on repeated requests under PAYG (still no Avalanche)", "summary": "llamarpc.com/pricing now shows an 'Intelligent Caching' line: repeated/cached requests are billed at a 25% discount under the per-compute-unit Premium PAYG plan (~$0.40 per 1M CU in the calculator example). Free public endpoints for Ethereum, Base, Polygon and Arbitrum and the free 'Trader' plan are unchanged; the site is back online after the early-September outage.", "sources": ["https://llamarpc.com/pricing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-15", "provider": "NodeReal (MegaNode)", "type": "free-tier-cut", "title": "NodeReal MegaNode Free tier confirmed WITHOUT archive or debug: those are paid-tier only (record corrected)", "summary": "nodereal.io/pricing states that 'All paid tiers include Archive Data, Enhanced APIs, and Debug API access', so the Free plan (10M CU/month, 150 CUPS, 3 keys) is standard-node only. The tracker had recorded archive + debug as included on Free; this is a correction of the record rather than a change by NodeReal. Growth $31/mo (500M CU), Team $159, Business $399 and the 20% annual / 15% semi-annual discounts are unchanged.", "sources": ["https://nodereal.io/pricing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-15", "provider": "Bitquery", "type": "new-chain-coverage", "title": "Bitquery self-service real-time plans now cover 10 chains with Arc added (Robinhood Chain still included; Avalanche stays Enterprise-only)", "summary": "bitquery.io/pricing lists Arc alongside Solana, Ethereum, Tron, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism, BSC, Polygon and Robinhood on the Personal ($39/mo annual), Pro ($79) and Scale ($239) plans. The 7-day no-card trial sandbox (1,000 API points, 100 MCP credits, 2 streams), the 20% annual discount and the historical add-ons ($150/mo per chain) are unchanged; Avalanche C-Chain remains Enterprise-only.", "sources": ["https://bitquery.io/pricing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-16", "provider": "Etherscan API v2 (multichain)", "type": "new-chain-coverage", "title": "Etherscan API v2 adds Arc Mainnet (chainid 5042): community endpoints free until Oct 15, then Lite+", "summary": "Etherscan's changelog entry of Sept 16 adds Arc Mainnet (Circle's USDC-gas EVM L1, chainid 5042) to API v2, the same day the chain went live. Community endpoints are free on every plan until October 15, 2026, after which they require a Lite plan ($49/mo) or above; source-code and ABI endpoints stay free on all tiers. Same terms as the Robinhood Chain (4663) entry posted the same day.", "sources": ["https://docs.etherscan.io/changelog"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-16", "provider": "QuickNode", "type": "new-chain-coverage", "title": "QuickNode launches Arc Mainnet RPC with archive + debug trace on day one", "summary": "QuickNode blog post (Sept 16) announces Arc Mainnet endpoints: JSON-RPC over HTTPS/WSS, archive nodes with debug_traceTransaction and debug_traceBlockByNumber, creatable from a free account. No promo, credits, or Arc-specific pricing stated; Streams/Functions/Webhooks availability for Arc not explicitly confirmed in the post.", "sources": ["https://www.quicknode.com/blog/quicknode-supports-arc-mainnet", "https://www.quicknode.com/chains/arc"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-16", "provider": "Pinax (Substreams/Firehose/Token API/RPC)", "type": "new-chain-coverage", "title": "Pinax adds RPC, Firehose and Substreams for Arc mainnet", "summary": "Pinax's blog (Sept 16) announces immediate availability of RPC, Firehose and Substreams for Arc mainnet, following the same playbook it used for Robinhood Chain (July 1), MegaETH (July 7) and Tempo (July 10). This takes Pinax's listed chain count to roughly 28. No pricing change or promo mentioned. dRPC's blog index also shows an undated 'Arc Mainnet RPC Is Live' post, but the article URL could not be fetched.", "sources": ["https://blog.pinax.network/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-16", "provider": "Carbium", "type": "new-service", "title": "New entrant: Carbium - Swiss bare-metal Solana RPC/gRPC with a free tier and plans from $32/mo", "summary": "Carbium (carbium.io) runs self-hosted bare-metal Solana nodes in Swiss data centers and sells RPC, Yellowstone-style gRPC (Business tier and up) and a Swap API on a monthly-credit model: Developer $32/mo, Business $320/mo, Professional $640/mo, plus a free tier for testing whose limits were not visible on the page fetched. Found via Carbium's own comparison post updated Sept 7, 2026; not a 48h news item.", "sources": ["https://carbium.io/blog/solana-rpcs-compared-carbium-helius-quicknode-triton/"], "verified": false}
{"date": "2026-09-16", "provider": "DoubleZero Edge (shreds)", "type": "price-change", "title": "DoubleZero Edge (Solana shreds) publishes official per-seat pricing: $450 / $900 / $1,500 per month by metro, application-gated, no free tier", "summary": "DoubleZero's docs (docs.malbeclabs.com, 'Subscribe to shreds (Edge)') now list monthly per-seat pricing by metro: Premium $1,500 (Frankfurt, Amsterdam), Standard $900 (London, New York, Singapore, Tokyo), Basic $450 (other locations); invoiced monthly, seat removed on non-payment; apply at doublezero.xyz/edge/subscribe (~2 business days). Requires DoubleZero network connectivity (Solana CLI + DoubleZero client, GRE/BGP/PIM, UDP 7733). Supersedes the third-party per-epoch $30/$60/$100 figures. Marketing pages still return 403 to fetch.", "sources": ["https://docs.malbeclabs.com/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-16", "provider": "CoinMarketCap API", "type": "free-tier-cut", "title": "CoinMarketCap Basic free tier now renders as 10K credits/mo, 30 req/min, personal use only; 10% yearly promo code gone", "summary": "Two consecutive fetches (Sept 11 and Sept 16) of coinmarketcap.com/api/pricing show Basic at 10,000 credits/mo, 30 req/min, personal use, no historical data (the tracker had 15K / 50 rpm from an older comparison). Plans now named Hobbyist $29, Startup $79 (commercial use, 24-month history), Standard $299, Professional $699, Enterprise custom; yearly 'save up to 20%'. The 10_perc_off_yearly_cmc promo code is no longer displayed. Keyless x402 pay-per-call at 0.01 USDC per request (30/min per wallet) confirmed on the docs overview.", "sources": ["https://coinmarketcap.com/api/pricing/", "https://coinmarketcap.com/api/documentation/v1/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-16", "provider": "Chainstack (RPC + Data; Subgraphs deprecated)", "type": "price-change", "title": "Chainstack Business plan settles at $349/mo ($290 annual) for 200M RU; GROWTH50 code still live; Yellowstone gRPC add-on $49/$149/$449", "summary": "chainstack.com/pricing now shows Business at $349/mo ($290 annual, 200M RU, 600 RPS, 20 nodes) consistently; the conflicting $499/$416 plan-card figure seen on Sept 9 was not observed. Growth $49 ($40 annual), Pro $199 ($166), Enterprise $990 ($825) unchanged; overage from $20/M RU (Developer) to $5/M (Enterprise), PAYG $2.50/M above $1,000/mo. Yellowstone gRPC add-on confirmed on the marketplace page at $49 (2 streams), $149 (7) and $449 (25), Growth+ required. GROWTH50 (50% off Growth for 3 months) still visible.", "sources": ["https://chainstack.com/pricing/", "https://chainstack.com/marketplace/yellowstone-grpc-geyser-plugin/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-16", "provider": "Etherscan API v2 (multichain)", "type": "new-chain-coverage", "title": "Etherscan API v2 adds Robinhood Chain (chainid 4663): community endpoints free on every plan until Oct 15, then Lite+ ($49/mo); source/ABI stay free", "summary": "Etherscan changelog (Sept 16, 2026): Robinhood Chain Mainnet is now on API v2 (chainid=4663), following the Sept 15 launch of the RobinScan explorer at robin.etherscan.io; Arc Mainnet (chainid=5042) was added the same day. Community endpoints on both chains are complimentary through Oct 15, 2026 and need a Lite plan or above from Oct 16; source-code and ABI endpoints remain free on all plans including Free. docs.etherscan.io/supported-chains lists 4663 as 'Free Tier Available'; Avalanche C-Chain stays Paid Tier Only. Pricing tiers unchanged (Free $0, Lite $49, Standard $199, Advanced $299, Professional $399, Pro Plus $899; 10%/15% off quarterly/yearly).", "sources": ["https://docs.etherscan.io/changelog", "https://docs.etherscan.io/supported-chains"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-17", "provider": "Nansen API", "type": "credits-program", "title": "Nansen Meridian Buildathon: 2x credits on every API credit purchase through Sept 27, plus 100,000-credit honorable mentions and $10K USDC first prize (no application)", "summary": "nansen.ai/campaigns/meridian-buildathon (linked from the API page hero): during Sept 14-27, 2026 every API credit purchase gets 2x credits. Prizes: 1st $10,000 USDC, 2nd AirPods Max + Ledger + Keychron, 3rd Sony WH-1000XM5 + Ledger, honorable mentions 100,000 Nansen API credits each. Entry: create an API key at app.nansen.ai/api, make 1,000 API calls on any endpoint, post a demo recording on X tagging @nansen_ai, submit email + X link + GitHub repo at nsn.ai/meridian-submit ('if it breaks in the recording, it doesn't qualify'). Docs now list 38 chains (Avalanche, Solana, Robinhood highlighted); Pro is $49/mo annual or $69/mo monthly; x402 pay-per-call $0.01 basic / $0.05 premium.", "sources": ["https://nansen.ai/campaigns/meridian-buildathon", "https://www.nansen.ai/api", "https://docs.nansen.ai/llms-full.txt"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-17", "provider": "Moralis Web3 Data API", "type": "new-chain-coverage", "title": "Moralis Web3 Data API now lists Robinhood Chain (and Tempo) among 31 chains; pricing unchanged, still no free tier", "summary": "moralis.com/chains now shows Robinhood Chain ('the permissionless L2 bringing finance onchain - RWA, tokenized stocks, 24/7 finance') and Tempo among 31 supported chains; Robinhood was explicitly absent on the Sept 12 check and the docs changelog has no entry yet. Pricing unchanged: Starter $149, Pro $249 (100M CU, 80 RPS), Business $749 (500M CU, 200 RPS) billed annually, overage $11.25/$5/$4 per M CU, no free tier, no promos.", "sources": ["https://moralis.com/chains/", "https://moralis.com/pricing/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2025-07-31", "provider": "Optimism Collective", "type": "credits-program", "title": "Optimism Retro Funding: Dev Tooling mission (S7 up to 8M OP) concluded; Season 8 missions running via OP Atlas", "summary": "Retro Funding Dev Tooling (S7) rewarded open-source packages imported by 3+ verified Superchain builders (npm/crates) with up to 8M OP; it ended July 31, 2025 and Season 8 missions are underway. Current 2026 mission details/deadlines could not be extracted from OP Atlas (JS-rendered). Base itself runs Builder Grants via Gitcoin rather than a large grant program.", "sources": ["https://gov.optimism.io/t/retro-funding-dev-tooling-mission-details/9598", "https://atlas.optimism.io/", "https://gitcoin.co/apps/base-builder-grants"], "verified": false, "date_display": "S7 ended 2025-07-31; Season 8 2025-2026"}
{"date": "2025-01-01", "provider": "Ethereum Foundation", "type": "credits-program", "title": "Ethereum Foundation ESP: wishlist + RFP grant model, paid in ETH", "summary": "ESP now funds via Wishlist items (open-ended gaps) and RFPs (prescriptive deliverables). Work must be free, open-source, non-commercial; for-profits can apply if output is open-source. 3-6 week evaluation; paid on-chain in ETH.", "sources": ["https://esp.ethereum.foundation/applicants", "https://blog.ethereum.org/2025/11/03/new-esp-grants"], "verified": true, "date_display": "ongoing (revamped Nov 2025; ~$9.85M Q1 2026 funding)"}
{"date": "2026-09-05", "provider": "Alchemy", "type": "credits-program", "title": "Alchemy Startup Program (Alchemy credits + $5K AWS credits)", "summary": "Open to any team building onchain (VC-backed, accelerator, or bootstrapped). Provides Alchemy credits (amount unstated on page), $5,000 in AWS credits, 24/7 engineering support and partner-ecosystem access; 30-second form, credits applied within days.", "sources": ["https://www.alchemy.com/startup-program"], "verified": true, "date_display": "ongoing (verified 2026-09-05)"}
{"date": "2026-09-05", "provider": "Google Cloud", "type": "credits-program", "title": "Google Cloud Web3 Startup Program (Start: $2K; Scale: up to $200K over 2 years)", "summary": "Start tier: up to $2,000 credits (1 yr) + Workspace for projects <24 months old with MVP. Scale tier: up to $200K over 2 years (100% up to $100K yr1, 20% up to $100K yr2) + $12K Enhanced Support for VC- or foundation-grant-funded startups <5 years old with <$4K prior GCP credits. Web3 Perks include QuickNode, Allium, TRM discounts.", "sources": ["https://cloud.google.com/startup/web3"], "verified": true, "date_display": "ongoing (verified 2026-09-05)"}
{"date": "2026-09-05", "provider": "AWS", "type": "credits-program", "title": "AWS Activate: Founders up to $5K, Portfolio up to $200K (pre-Series B)", "summary": "Activate Founders (self-funded) starts at $1,000 with select participants up to $5,000; Activate Portfolio up to $200K requires an Organization ID from an accelerator/VC/angel; AI-startup tier $200K+ is invitation-only. Eligibility: pre-Series B, founded within 10 years, paid-tier AWS account. Reply in 5-10 business days.", "sources": ["https://aws.amazon.com/startups/credits"], "verified": true, "date_display": "ongoing (verified 2026-09-05)"}
{"date": "2026-09-05", "provider": "Solana Foundation", "type": "credits-program", "title": "Solana Foundation Grants (milestone, convertible, RFPs)", "summary": "Rolling grants for public-good/open-source Solana projects; ~1 week review, ~3 week decision. 500+ projects and $100M+ funded to date. Also Superteam microgrants (~$10K) for emerging markets. No RPC-credit program found on the official page.", "sources": ["https://solana.org/grants-funding"], "verified": true, "date_display": "ongoing (verified 2026-09-05)"}
{"date": "2026-09-05", "provider": "QuickNode", "type": "credits-program", "title": "QuickNode Startup Program (credits + discounts for pre-Series A)", "summary": "Product credits (amount not published), discounts, AWS partner credits, office hours and QuickNode Ventures access for pre-Series A startups; excludes companies that already redeemed QuickNode credit offers. Credits apply to self-service tiers only. Reviews within a few business days.", "sources": ["https://www.quicknode.com/startup"], "verified": true, "date_display": "ongoing (verified 2026-09-05)"}
{"date": "2026-09-05", "provider": "Arbitrum Foundation / Alchemy", "type": "credits-program", "title": "Arbitrum Foundation programs: Audit Program ($10M ARB), ArbiFuel gas sponsorship, Alchemy-Arbitrum $10M Orbit grant (up to $500K credits/team)", "summary": "Arbitrum grants page lists an audit subsidy program ($10M in ARB over 12 months), ArbiFuel gas fee sponsorship, Arbitrum Gaming Ventures, and the Alchemy-Arbitrum program offering up to $500K in Alchemy infra credits per team building/migrating to Orbit rollups.", "sources": ["https://arbitrum.foundation/grants"], "verified": true, "date_display": "ongoing (verified 2026-09-05)"}
{"date": "2026-09-05", "provider": "Chainlink", "type": "deprecation", "title": "Chainlink CCIP: public REST APIs - Directory/Config v1 (deprecation planned) and CCIP Tools API v2 (messages, lane latency)", "summary": "Chainlink docs list two public CCIP REST APIs: v1 Directory/Configuration (chains, tokens, lanes; OpenAPI at /api/ccip/v1/openapi.json) flagged 'planned for deprecation soon', and the recommended CCIP Tools REST API v2 for messages, lane latency and intents. Auth, rate limits and pricing are not documented; CCIP Explorer itself has no documented API.", "sources": ["https://docs.chain.link/ccip/api-reference", "https://docs.chain.link/ccip/tools-resources/ccip-explorer"], "verified": true, "date_display": "ongoing (verified 2026-09-05)"}
{"date": "2026-09-05", "provider": "LayerZero Labs", "type": "new-service", "title": "LayerZero Scan API v1 - public message lookup (mainnet + testnet), no documented auth or rate limit", "summary": "https://scan.layerzero-api.com/v1/ (and scan-testnet) exposes /messages/latest, /messages/tx/{tx}, /messages/wallet/{addr}, /messages/pathway/{id}, /messages/status/{status} with Swagger at /openapi. Documentation states no auth requirement; rate limits and cost not published.", "sources": ["https://docs.layerzero.network/v2/tools/layerzeroscan/api", "https://scan.layerzero-api.com/v1/swagger"], "verified": true, "date_display": "ongoing (verified 2026-09-05)"}
{"date": "2026-09-05", "provider": "Wormhole Foundation", "type": "new-service", "title": "Wormholescan API - public, no authentication, per-endpoint rate limits (Apache 2.0)", "summary": "Wormholescan exposes /api/v1 (explorer endpoints) and legacy guardian /v1; the docs state the API 'is public and does not require authentication' with rate limits applied selectively per endpoint (values not published).", "sources": ["https://docs.wormhole.com/wormhole/reference/api-docs/swagger", "https://wormholescan.io/"], "verified": true, "date_display": "ongoing (verified 2026-09-05)"}
{"date": "2026-09-05", "provider": "Axelar", "type": "new-service", "title": "Axelarscan APIs (Axelarscan, Validator, Token Transfer, GMP) - public docs, limits undocumented", "summary": "docs.axelarscan.io lists four APIs including Token Transfer (status tracking) and GMP (status + gas estimation). Base URL, auth, rate limits and pricing are not stated in the docs index.", "sources": ["https://docs.axelarscan.io/", "https://axelarscan.io/"], "verified": false, "date_display": "ongoing (verified 2026-09-05)"}
{"date": "2026-09-05", "provider": "Blocknative / Chainbound / Flashbots", "type": "free-tier-expansion", "title": "Mempool feeds: Blocknative Mempool Explorer 'start for free'; Chainbound Fiber (Ethereum, Discord onboarding); Flashbots mempool-dumpster public archives", "summary": "Blocknative's Mempool Explorer offers free access to pre-made mempool streams and custom subscriptions (API limits not published). Chainbound Fiber streams Ethereum pending txs and blocks via devp2p/libp2p; pricing and free tier not published (join Discord). Flashbots mempool-dumpster continues as an open-source daily mempool archive (Docker image maintained). No new free tiers found in the last 90 days; Merkle.io not verified.", "sources": ["https://www.blocknative.com/explorer", "https://fiber.chainbound.io/docs/intro/", "https://hub.docker.com/r/flashbots/mempool-dumpster"], "verified": false, "date_display": "ongoing (verified 2026-09-05)"}
{"date": "2026-09-05", "provider": "PublicNode / DefiLlama Chainlist / dRPC / Ankr", "type": "free-tier-expansion", "title": "Public RPC aggregators: PublicNode (74 chains incl. Avalanche, Solana, Robinhood Chain, MEV-protect default); Chainlist; dRPC and Ankr chainlists", "summary": "PublicNode serves 74 chains with MEV protection on by default, including Robinhood Chain (27 nodes, 3.39B ops/24h), Avalanche (14 nodes) and Solana (19 nodes); no rate limits or status page published. Chainlist (chainlist.org) remains the canonical public-RPC directory; dRPC and Ankr publish their own free public endpoint lists. rpc.info not verified.", "sources": ["https://www.publicnode.com/", "https://chainlist.org/", "https://drpc.org/chainlist", "https://www.ankr.com/rpc/"], "verified": true, "date_display": "ongoing (verified 2026-09-05)"}
{"date": "2026-09-07", "provider": "Avalanche Foundation", "type": "credits-program", "title": "Avalanche Builder Hub programs: Space & Time developer credits, 75% audit subsidy, $50K research grants; infraBUIDL no longer listed", "summary": "Builder Hub lists Developer Credits with Space & Time for data solutions on C-Chain, security audits subsidized up to 75%, research grants up to $50K, Blizzard Fund ($200M+), and a $100K bug bounty. infraBUIDL/infraBUIDL(AI) is not on the current grants page (build.avax.network/grants/infrabuidl renders the generic grants list), so treat it as paused/retired - unverified whether a new round is planned. Codebase season status could not be confirmed from the Builder Hub page.", "sources": ["https://build.avax.network/grants", "https://build.avax.network/grants/infrabuidl", "https://build.avax.network/codebase"], "verified": true, "date_display": "ongoing (verified 2026-09-07)"}
{"date": "2026-09-05", "provider": "MetaMask Developer (Infura)", "type": "price-change", "title": "Infura/MetaMask Developer: no dedicated startup credits program found; credit-based pricing model", "summary": "Search surfaced only Infura's credit-based pricing docs and third-party perk directories; no official MetaMask/Infura startup credits page was found. Treat third-party 'Infura startup credits' listings as unverified.", "sources": ["https://docs.metamask.io/services/get-started/pricing/", "https://support.metamask.io/develop/account/billing-pricing/understand-credit-pricing"], "verified": false, "date_display": "ongoing (verified via docs listing 2026-09-05)"}
{"date": "2026-09-18", "provider": "Pimlico", "type": "new-service", "title": "Pimlico added to the tracker (evm_rpc)", "summary": "Newly tracked provider. Free tier: Testnets free with no sponsorship surcharge. Pay-as-you-go includes 10,000,000 credits/month before usage charges; premium operations (sponsoring or submitting a user operation) cost 500 credits, data and estimation calls 1-300 credits. Rate limit: Pay-as-you-go 5,000 requests/minute. Enterprise has no rate limit. Paid from: Pay-as-you-go: no monthly minimum, $1 per additional 100,000 credits beyond the included 10M (~$0.0075 per user operation, ~$0.0105 sponsored), plus a 10% surcharge on sponsored gas on mainnet (none on testnets). A card on file is required with a default billing threshold of $1,000/month. Enterprise: lower pre-paid rates, unlimited rate limits, custom SLA.", "sources": ["https://www.pimlico.io/pricing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-18", "provider": "ZeroDev", "type": "new-service", "title": "ZeroDev added to the tracker (evm_rpc)", "summary": "Newly tracked provider. Free tier: Sandbox $0/mo: testnet only, 10,000 credits/month, community support. Includes embedded wallets, bundler, paymaster and smart-account modules. Credit costs: wallet signature 10 credits, userOp via bundler 20 credits. Rate limit: Not published as requests/second. Tiers are differentiated by included credits (10k / 100k / 1M) and by 'higher infrastructure limits' on Scale. Paid from: Launch $69/mo: production mainnet access, 100,000 credits, Smart Routing Address and Chain Abstraction SDK. Scale $399/mo: 1,000,000 credits with volume pricing and priority support. Enterprise custom with dedicated infrastructure and SLA. Gas sponsorship premium is 8% on Sandbox, Launch and Scale. Chain Abstraction SDK adds 10-20 bps; Smart Routing Address is quoted custom.", "sources": ["https://www.zerodev.app/pricing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-18", "provider": "Etherspot", "type": "new-service", "title": "Etherspot added to the tracker (evm_rpc)", "summary": "Newly tracked provider. Free tier: Testnet: free, 1,000,000 credits/month, free access to all supported testnets, no payment method required, email support. Rate limit: Testnet 5 requests/second. Pay-as-you-go 40 requests/second. Enterprise 200 requests/second. Paid from: Pay-as-you-go $1 per 250,000 credits with no subscription; minimum initial top-up $10 in prepaid credits and credits never expire. Gas is charged separately at network cost with no markup. Enterprise is custom with unlimited credits, volume agreements, SLA and fiat or crypto billing.", "sources": ["https://etherspot.io/pricing/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-18", "provider": "Candide", "type": "new-service", "title": "Candide added to the tracker (evm_rpc)", "summary": "Newly tracked provider. Free tier: Starter free: 2,500 mainnet UserOps across a 90-day window (the timer starts on the first mainnet userOp, not on signup), unlimited testnet forever, full AbstractionKit SDK, all account features, 2 mainnet chains, 1 API key environment, 25,000 API requests total, 2 gas policies, 1 team seat, and 1,000 sponsored ops then $0.02/op. No credit card. Rate limit: Starter 10 requests/second. Launch 50 req/s. Grow 200 req/s. Enterprise custom / uncapped. Paid from: Launch $399/mo: 100,000 UserOps/mo, 7 mainnet chains, 1M API requests/mo, 3 environments, 10 gas policies, 3 seats, 24h support. Grow $899/mo: 500,000 UserOps/mo, all mainnet chains, 5M API requests/mo, unlimited gas policies, 15 seats, 99.0% SLA. Enterprise $3,000+/mo: unlimited UserOps, dedicated bundler, 99.9% SLA with penalties.", "sources": ["https://docs.candide.dev/wallet/pricing/", "https://www.candide.dev/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-18", "provider": "Openfort", "type": "new-service", "title": "Openfort added to the tracker (evm_rpc)", "summary": "Newly tracked provider. Free tier: Free $0/mo: 2,000 operations/month included, then $0.01/op; backend wallets, account abstraction infrastructure, usage analytics, 1 webhook, 48h support. No credit card to sign up, but a payment method is required to continue past 2,000 ops - requests that would create a billable operation return 402 Payment Required until upgrade, while sign-ins and reads keep working. Sign-ins, authentication, gas estimation, paymaster calls, transaction status reads and dashboard analytics are unmetered on every plan. Rate limit: Not published as requests/second; plans are metered by operations. Rate limiting is separate from the quota and returns a retryable 429. Paid from: Growth $99/mo: 25,000 ops, $0.008/op after, 24h support. Pro $249/mo: 100,000 ops, $0.006/op, paymaster surcharge cut from 10% to 5%, dedicated support channel. Scale $599/mo: 500,000 ops, $0.004/op, adds cross-app wallet and Jito bundler. Enterprise custom with volume tiers, self-hosted key management, white-label and a 99.99% uptime SLA.", "sources": ["https://www.openfort.io/pricing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-18", "provider": "Biconomy", "type": "new-service", "title": "Biconomy added to the tracker (evm_rpc)", "summary": "Newly tracked provider. No pricing, free tier or rate limit is published by the provider, so the record captures non-disclosure rather than figures. Access model: free-with-key (self-serve dashboard key; no published quota or price).", "sources": ["https://docs.biconomy.io/overview/introduction", "https://biconomy.io/"], "verified": false}
{"date": "2026-09-18", "provider": "Dedaub (Security Suite)", "type": "new-service", "title": "Dedaub (Security Suite) added to the tracker (data_apis)", "summary": "Newly tracked provider. Free tier: Free $0/mo personal account: access to the EVM decompiler with unquantified usage limits, public security alerts, address book with labels and contract-interaction history, contract browsing, transaction debugging and MetaMask simulation integration. Rate limit: Not quantified. The free plan states only that 'usage limits may apply' to the decompiler. Team limits are 5 users, 10 codebases, a maximum of 10 active monitoring queries and 10m-row materializations. Paid from: No list price: Team and Enterprise are both 'Contact Sales'. Team adds GitHub Action integration, transaction monitoring with webhook actions and up to 2 hours/month of professional services. Enterprise adds ecosystem-wide analysis, unlimited codebases, Decompiler/Monitoring/vulnerability-analysis API access, low-latency alerts, per-protocol reporting, SSO and an optional SLA.", "sources": ["https://dedaub.com/pricing/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-18", "provider": "Ethereum Signature Database (4byte.directory)", "type": "new-service", "title": "Ethereum Signature Database (4byte.directory) added to the tracker (data_apis)", "summary": "Newly tracked provider. Free tier: Entirely free and key-free, with 1,460,431 function and event signatures in the database as of 2026-09-18. The site states the data is given free of any license or restrictions on how it may be used. Rate limit: No numeric limit published. The only stated restriction is that usage must not disrupt the service; scraping is explicitly permitted 'with limited concurrency', and heavy users are encouraged to host their own copy of the data. Paid from: No paid tier.", "sources": ["https://www.4byte.directory/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-18", "provider": "Sourcify 4byte (openchain.xyz signature API successor)", "type": "new-service", "title": "Sourcify 4byte (openchain.xyz signature API successor) added to the tracker (data_apis)", "summary": "Newly tracked provider. Free tier: Key-free with no quota published. 9,340,765 total signatures as of the site's stats refresh: 4,102,225 function, 906,923 event and 346,812 error signatures found in verified-contract ABIs, plus 3,996,703 public submissions. Rate limit: Not published. Paid from: No paid tier.", "sources": ["https://4byte.sourcify.dev/", "https://openchain.xyz/signatures"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-18", "provider": "bloXroute", "type": "new-service", "title": "bloXroute added to the tracker (nonevm)", "summary": "Newly tracked provider. Free tier: A free Intro account includes transaction submission access across all supported chains (Solana, BNB Chain, Base, Ethereum, Hyperliquid, Monad, TON, X Layer). Standard network fees and validator tips still apply, and the FAQ notes some chains enforce rate limits or credit-based usage controls on the free account. Rate limit: Solana Trader API is metered in credits per minute, with extra capacity sold at $250/mo per additional 150 credits/min. Stream products are sold per concurrent stream, where one unit is 1 stream, 1 IP:port in a single region, or 1 gateway. Paid from: Per service, per month. Solana: Trader API +150 credits/min $250; Tx Streamer (transactions decoded from raw shreds over gRPC) $500; Shred Stream / OFR Gateway $500. Ethereum: pending-tx stream $300, new-blocks $500, txReceipts $1,000, BDN Gateway $1,500. BNB Chain mirrors Ethereum, plus $500 to submit bundles of more than two transactions. Base: raw flashblocks $250, parsed $300, state diffs $500, sequencer tx routing $1,000. Enterprise, Elite and Ultra bundles combine common services at a discount, and longer contract terms discount further.", "sources": ["https://bloxroute.com/pricing/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-18", "provider": "Astralane", "type": "new-service", "title": "Astralane added to the tracker (nonevm)", "summary": "Newly tracked provider. Free tier: Not presented as a free tier. The site shows a 'standard' key at 20 tps with 'tips required', so access is gated by on-chain tips rather than a subscription, and no dollar price or free allowance is published anywhere on the site. Rate limit: Per-method on the standard tier: sendTransaction 20/s, sendBundle 5/s, sendIdeal 10/s, sendPaladin 5/s, getNonce 50/s. Paid from: No subscription price published. Cost is the per-send tip: the attached tip is treated as a ceiling and repriced per send against live builder contention, private TPU queue depth and block-packing pressure, with the overpay rebated on-chain to the sending key; rebate-optimized, landing-rate-optimized and balanced modes are selectable. Postpack Confirmations and ShredStream are billed as tips paid on delivery plus a rolling base seat fee that rises as connected stake grows, also unpriced on the page.", "sources": ["https://astralane.io/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-18", "provider": "0slot.trade", "type": "new-service", "title": "0slot.trade added to the tracker (nonevm)", "summary": "Newly tracked provider. Free tier: Trial $0/week: 5 TPS, dedicated SWQoS, 0.001 SOL tip requirement. As of 2026-09-18 the Entry (5 TPS), Intermediate (20 TPS) and Advanced (50 TPS) tiers are all marked 'Free!' and flagged NEW, each provisioned 'according to your data, please contact sales'. Rate limit: TPS-tiered: 5 TPS on Trial and Entry, 20 TPS on Intermediate, 50 TPS on Advanced. Every user is allocated a dedicated SWQoS amount that is not shared with other users. Paid from: No dollar price on the plan comparison - all four tiers read $0 or 'Free!' and route through sales. The real per-transaction cost is the required 0slot tip instruction: at least 0.001 SOL on Trial, Entry and Intermediate, reduced to 0.0001 SOL on Advanced, with higher tips buying higher priority and faster landing.", "sources": ["https://0slot.trade/"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-18", "provider": "Conduit", "type": "new-service", "title": "Conduit added to the tracker (evm_rpc)", "summary": "Newly tracked provider. Free tier: RPC Nodes Starter: free, 100,000,000 compute units/month, full access to Conduit RPCs on all mainnets and testnets Conduit hosts, 1 API key, 100 concurrent WebSocket connections. Rate limit: Concurrent WebSocket connections by tier: Starter 100, Pro 5,000, Enterprise 25,000. Indexing Query Pro is 10 requests/second per IP with a 10-second request timeout and unlimited connections. Paid from: RPC Pro $50/mo: 1B compute units/month then autoscaling at $0.10 per additional 1M CUs, 5 API keys, basic support. Chains: Growth and Pro are 'contact for pricing' plus 5% of sequencer profit, including a Pro RPC plan and a 1B CU base that autoscales at $0.10/1M; a trial testnet is $250/mo and deploys in 15 minutes. Indexing: $250/mo for testnets and $500/mo for mainnets, each including a Pro Query plan with 15M queries/month; standalone Query Pro is $250/mo for 15M queries then $5.00 per additional 1M.", "sources": ["https://www.conduit.xyz/pricing"], "verified": true}
{"date": "2026-09-18", "provider": "Caldera", "type": "new-service", "title": "Caldera added to the tracker (evm_rpc)", "summary": "Newly tracked provider. No pricing, free tier or rate limit is published by the provider, so the record captures non-disclosure rather than figures. Access model: enterprise-only.", "sources": ["https://caldera.xyz/"], "verified": false}
{"date": "2026-09-18", "provider": "Zeeve", "type": "new-service", "title": "Zeeve added to the tracker (evm_rpc)", "summary": "Newly tracked provider. No pricing, free tier or rate limit is published by the provider, so the record captures non-disclosure rather than figures. Access model: enterprise-only.", "sources": ["https://www.zeeve.io/"], "verified": false}
{"date": "2026-09-18", "provider": "Gelato", "type": "new-service", "title": "Gelato added to the tracker (evm_rpc)", "summary": "Newly tracked provider. No pricing, free tier or rate limit is published by the provider, so the record captures non-disclosure rather than figures. Access model: free-with-key (self-serve API key; no published price or quota).", "sources": ["https://gelato.cloud/", "https://www.gelato.network/"], "verified": false}