We recently joined the Monad Builders Office Hours – and had a blast presenting SendBlocks! More importantly we received amazing feedback from the community:
“This is blockchain data on steroids” – community member
Context
While in traditional web2 we have backend engineering building and accessing the backend database, in blockchain that database is, for the most part, the blockchain itself. Developers access this database through RPC calls.
Problems
Cost: When needing to index data, developers will often hit these RPCs continuously, for every query, which is very expensive. Thing is, building an inhouse indexer takes a lot of development time and money, and third party solutions cost thousands of dollars per month for (too) specific APIs. Learn more here.
Performance: Accessing data on the blockchain requires querying nodes that are distributed across the globe. The physical distance between the node and your backend results in latency. When performing multiple subsequent RPC calls, these round trips result in even more latency.
Kind of a lose-lose situation, right? Well it doesn’t have to be
The SendBlocks framework detaches the infrastructure from the blockchain throughput, per usage needs. Said differently, our platform enables developers to interact with any blockchain, through our platform, allowing them to:
- Receive human readable language to access data
- Refrain from self developing backends and/or self indexing
- Save round trips to the blockchain
Want your blockchain data to be on steroids?
We believe that the future of blockchain is customizable, simple to use and server-less. Learn more in our docs.
