- Mainnet Roadmap & "Magma"
- Multi-chain first - make RPC calls to 30+ chains using a single credential with the Lava SDK
- Fast archive access and, soon, indexing and subgraphs with modular "specs"
3/ Lava delivers an easy, fast multi-chain experience:
- Make calls to multiple chains in one instance of our SDK
- 30+ chains already supported and growing
- peer-to-peer RPC and API relays to reduce latency
- node runners supporting smaller and new chains
While multi-chain apps are becoming the standard, connecting them to blockchain data isn't getting any easier 🧵
There is a lack of consistency when it comes to communicating with blockchains.
Each ecosystem has its own set of tools and methods, whether it be self hosted nodes vs. centralized RPC vs. public endpoints, or differences in formats like REST vs. JSON-RPC vs gRPC.
This fragmentation is making it hard for teams who are building multi-chain interfaces, who need to handle multiple payments and contracts with various providers.
We've even spoken to teams who are managing their endpoints using a spreadsheet 😢
We welcome any suggestions for new chains or APIs in our dedicated Discord channel.
Our gateway has many benefits:
✅ Chain-agnostic - we already support 15+ networks
✅ Consensus-based Data Integrity - cross-referenced RPC responses across providers ensure accuracy
✅ Private relays - prevent user profiling
✅ Server Kit - you can build your own gateway!
Last week, we laid out our vision for decentralized access to Web3 🌋
On the Lava Network, any application can query accurate data in private, while nodes earn rewards for providing fast, scalable and high-uptime service.
A refresher🧵
2/ We spoke to many teams who used either
- rate-limited public endpoints
- multiple node providers to try and guarantee data accuracy and 100% uptime
Neither solution is optimal, nor decentralized.
3/ At the heart of Lava is the idea that cryptoeconomically-aligned markets can be used to scale public infra, and hold providers of public infra accountable for high quality service.
All while ensuring critical blockchain middleware remains decentralized.
1/ Lava is building a decentralized infrastructure layer for blockchain RPC. We believe in scalable, private and uncensored access to Web3.
Already serving the @cosmos and @CeloOrg ecosystems, and onboarding new chains everyday, here’s how Lava is shifting the paradigm 🧵
2/ In recent months, hacks and censorship from faulty and centralized infrastructure have become the norm.
As @moxie pointed out, celebrations of a decentralized web are still theater. This is especially true at the RPC node level.
3/ Node services have consolidated into rate-limited public nodes and Web2 SaaS models, as a result of rising node running costs; an archive node on Cosmos stores 3.1Tb of data.
The idea that everyone will run their own node is fast turning into “a weird mountain man fantasy”.