By: Chris Cacace, Technical Product Manager bloXroute enables users to obtain important data faster than the competition. This is done by connecting to Streams. In this article, we will show how to connect to a data stream and how to use filters to get insight into specific on-chain events. To…

bloXroute is pleased to announce the release of the Solana Blockchain Distribution Network (BDN). In November 2019 we launched the bloXroute BDN, a network of servers optimized for sending data fast on blockchains. For the past 3 years we have enabled support for the ETH, BNB, and Polygon blockchains, and…

By: Chris Cacace, Technical Product Manager In an earlier article, we learned how to Launch a Full Eth2 Node and Connect with the bloXroute Gateway. In it, we used either Nimbus or Teku as our consensus layers. …

By: Chris Cacace, Technical Product Manager Running your own Node is the best way to achieve the lowest latency for making trades through the Go-Gateway. The Merge was a great leap forward for Ethereum, but it also created an extra step for connecting the Execution Layer to the Consensus Layer…

bloXroute is excited to share the results of an independent transaction performance benchmark of the three leading EVM networks — Ethereum, BSC, and Polygon. This performance benchmark was completed in conjunction with CertiK team in August 2022. The goal was to evaluate bloXroute’s performance in terms of transaction propagation speed…

By: Eyal Markovich, Co-founder & COO After several months of development and beta testing, bloXroute is ready to release its first service for the Solana network — a CEX like API for the Serum DEX called Serum API. The Serum API aims to solve three main points: — Easy onboarding…

By: Mitchell Mujwit, Production Engineer Happy Merge Week! First, let me say thank you to all of you who jumped right in and upgraded to our merge-support Go Gateway. Incorporating your feedback, we have released a new version v2.116.22 …

By: Daniel Tao, Sr. Product Manager Questions about MEV Relay With the Ethereum Merge approaching, validators, no matter how big or small, are exploring the options of how they can make more APY with their operation. No doubt, MEV is the first to come to our minds. Next, come the questions. Which MEV relay…

By: Eyal Markovich, Co-founder & COO The introduction of external block builders in ETH POS raises a number of important questions: How much profit can a validator expect from an external builder, and is it worth the risk? …