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· 2 min read
Jack Sim

Starting from Sept 23, 2023, if you use the default RPC URL (aka https://mainnet.infura.io/v3/) in Metamask, your IP address and wallet address will be collected whenever you send a transaction (source).

Some people prefer to keep their identity untracked, and are looking for an alternative RPC URL that doesn’t track user identity. Here BlockEden.xyz gets you covered! We have opened a public Ethereum Mainnet RPC endpoint – https://eth-mainnet-public.blockeden.xyz for free, and we do not trace any user identity of any transactions going through our RPC URL as well as blockchain data reading operations.

To set it up with your Metamask, go to Settings -> Networks, and click “Add a network” on the upper right corner. You can fill in the following info:

Setup BlockEden.xyz ethereum rpc url in Metamask

Then, you’re good to go, and click “Save”. When you want to send an incognito transaction, you could just select “Ethereum Mainnet (BlockEden.xyz)” network, and then send the transaction (shhh~).

What is BlockEden.xyz?​

BlockEden.xyz is a suite of APIs powering DApps for Aptos and Sui blockchains of all sizes. Our software and API service enables you to easily access blockchain data so that you can build DApps quickly and efficiently. If you’re a Web3 developer or DApp owner in need of an RPC connection for Aptos and Sui, look no further than BlockEden.xyz! We are proud to be one of the first infrastructure providers offering this service for this highly anticipated new blockchain. In addition to our RPC connection, we will also offer a variety of other essential services and features for any Web3 project. Learn more about us today and see how we can help you succeed in the blockchain space!

Will We Help Ethereum Developers Too?​

Whether we will offer Ethereum API support to developers is TBD, but your feedback would be important to us. Please let us know your needs!

· 3 min read
Jack Sim

BlockEden.xyz is now offering an RPC connection to the Sui devnet, allowing Web3 developers and apps to easily communicate with the new Move-based blockchain.

Sui API

This service is compatible with the Sui SDK, enabling more streamlined development. Keep reading to learn more about what this means for you and your blockchain needs!

How to get started?​

Step 1. Go to https://blockeden.xyz/dash/. Please sign up if you haven’t done so.

Step 2. Input your name for the API key, select Sui Devnet, and then click + Create key.

Create key for Sui API

Step 3. Grab your access URL by clicking it and copying it to the clipboard.

Step 4. Use the access URL in your project like the following. Remember to replace <access_key> with your own key.

Using CURL to connect Sui

curl -X POST https://sui-devnet.blockeden.xyz/<access_key> \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{ "jsonrpc":"2.0", "method":"rpc.discover","id":1}'

Using TypeScript SDK to connect Sui

const { JsonRpcProvider } = require("@mysten/sui.js");

(async () => {
  const providerUrl = "https://sui-devnet.blockeden.xyz/<access_key>"
  const provider = new JsonRpcProvider(providerUrl);
  const totalTxNumber = await provider.getTotalTransactionNumber();
  console.log(`${providerUrl} getTotalTransactionNumber: ` + totalTxNumber);
})()

What is the Sui Blockchain?​

The Sui blockchain is a next-generation, high performance blockchain designed to support a wide range of use cases with advanced features such as accounts, identifiers, and resources. It uses the Move programming language which enables developers to build custom logic into their smart contracts. The Sui team aims to make it the most developer friendly blockchain yet by providing extensive documentation, support, and tools. And they’re off to a great start – BlockEden.xyz is one of the first Web3 infrastructure providers to introduce a new commercial RPC service for this highly anticipated platform!

Builders with Sui​

Sui is a blockchain with a lot of potential. There are projects like DEXs, games, launchpads, NFT projects, social networks and wallets building on it.

Why Use BlockEden.yxz?​

We listen to Aptos and Sui developers every day and are fully committed to serving the best infra for them.

If you’re a Web3 developer or app owner in need of an RPC connection for the Sui devnet, look no further than BlockEden.xyz! We are proud to be one of the first infrastructure providers offering this service for this highly anticipated new blockchain. In addition to our RPC connection, we will also offer a variety of other essential services and features for any Web3 project. Learn more about us today and see how we can help you succeed in the blockchain space!

· 2 min read
Dora Noda

We are excited to announce a partnership between Aptos Eden and BlockEden.xyz. This partnership will allow us to provide a collaborative system for Move language learning, Aptos ecosystem integration, and web3 infrastructure.

Partnership between Aptos Eden and BlockEden.xyz

What is Aptos Eden?​

Aptos Eden is an aggregated platform for Move language learning and Aptos ecosystem integration. We believe that this platform will help developers grow faster and provide them with the best possible learning experience in the Chinese community.

What is BlockEden.xyz?​

BlockEden.xyz is a suite of APIs powering DApps of all sizes for blockchains. The goal is to empower the next wave of DApp developers with the infrastructure to build and scale faster.

How will this partnership help me?​

This partnership between Aptos Eden and BlockEden.xyz will bridge the gaps between learning and DApp development in action. Please keep in touch with us for the incoming offerings from us. If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us. Thank you for your continued support!

· 2 min read
Dora Noda

We are excited to announce our partnership with Aptos Global, the first Aptos Eco APEC Community. This partnership integrates a platform for research, Move language education, and eco-projects development into one neat little package.

Not only will this teach new skills and strengthen developer communities, but it will also push the limits of new technologies and foster a world-class ecosystem of Aptos developers and entrepreneurs. And what's more - BlockEden.xyz has been chosen as the infrastructure provider of choice for all affiliated projects!

We believe that a simpler and overall better developer experience is key to broad web3 adoption. That's why we've dedicated ourselves to providing a suite of APIs that power DApps of all sizes for Aptos and Sui blockchains. So whether you're just getting started or you're looking to scale up, BlockEden.xyz has you covered.

Aptos Global and BlockEden.xyz Partnership

What is Aptos Global?​

Aptos Global is the first Aptos Eco APEC Community. An integrated platform for research, Move langugage education, and eco-projects development. Aptos Global teaches new skills, strengthens developer communities, and push the limits of new technologies, and fosters a world-class ecosystem of Aptos developers and entrepreneurs.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/AptosGlobalHQ

Why was BlockEden chosen?​

BlockEden was chosen because of the quality of its infrastructure and dedication to developer experience.

  • We serve standard blockchain APIs with security, reliability, and high availability. Our nodes are running the latest version with 99.9% uptime.
  • Developers can connect their DApps to our nodes instantly, without the hassle of DevOps.
  • We are the only commercial GraphQL API provider in the Aptos ecosystem.
  • Data analysts could write SQL against our indexed data and build a visualization dashboard for free.

BlockEden.xyz is a San Francisco-based software company that helps web3 developers connect to the Aptos network instantly and securely.

We are excited to be working with Aptos Global as their infrastructure provider of choice and we believe that this partnership is just the beginning of great things to come for both sides. Stay tuned for more news and updates!

· One min read
Dora Noda

Many of our customers asked us to improve how we measure API consumption. So today, an API usage monitor is added to the dashboard.

BlockEden.xyz API usage monitor

The chart above shows a test customer's daily requests in the last seven days. The requests are measured in compute units. A compute unit estimates how many resources an API method consumes on BlockEden.xyz. For example, a simple REST request only consumes 1 CU, while a more complex GraphQL request consumes 5 CUs.

Please note that our daily cutoff for the API meter is UTC 00:00 am.

With this new line chart, you can

  • Get more accurate predictions of your API usage.
  • Make better decisions about how to use your APIs.
  • Spend less time worrying about your usage and more time developing your product.

BlockEden.xyz is committed to making it easy for developers to build applications on the blockchain. Our next step is to add basic data analytics for Aptos and support Sui Devnet. If you have any feedback, talk to us at https://discord.gg/GqzTYQ4YNa.

· 2 min read
Jack Sim

Great news for Aptos holders and web3 developers! Scalp Empire has partnered with BlockEden.xyz to bring NFT analytics to the Aptos network.

With this partnership, BlockEden.xyz will provide indexed data to power Scalp Empire's analytical tools. These tools are essential for making successful NFT trades. So if you're looking to get into the world of NFTs, be sure to check out Scalp Empire!

Scalp Empire Partners with BlockEden.xyz to Bring NFT Analytics to the Aptos Network

What is Scalp Empire?​

Scalp Empire is a project aiming to provide our holders with most of the tools needed for making profitable NFT trades on Solana network. In addition to building analytical tools powered by BlockEden.xyz's indexed data, Scalp Empire also offers sniping bots and listing features. These tools are essential for making successful NFT trades.

What is BlockEden.xyz?​

BlockEden.xyz is a suite of APIs powering DApps of all sizes for Aptos and Sui blockchains. Our software and API service enables you to easily access blockchain data so that you can build DApps quickly and efficiently.

We're excited to see what Scalp Empire builds with BlockEden.xyz's data! If you're interested in learning more about this partnership or getting started with NFTs, be sure to check out https://www.scalp-empire.com/ today.

· 2 min read
Dora Noda

Bock Eden is glad to add the indexer fullnode GraphQL to our Aptos API and Node Service. This solves the pain point immediately for many DApp developers with a high QPS demand in the Aptos ecosystem.

Without our out-of-box performant API, these developers have to connect to the official servers, which are shared across hobbyist developers with a very restrictive rate limit of 300 requests/hour. This limit is not for production-level products. In this case, developers are forced to run the indexer full node by themselves. And unfortunately, the official guide is confusing and does not cover the entire tech stack.

Now, with BlockEden.xyz's Aptos GraphQL API, developers are now free from worrying about the rate limit or the huge hassle of running their own GraphQL servers.

Here's how to get started...

Step 1. Go to https://blockeden.xyz/dash/. Please sign up if you haven't done so.

Step 2. Input your name for the API key, select Aptos Mainnet Indexer GraphQL, and then click + Create key.

Get Aptos GraphQL Step 1

Step 3. Click the access URL in the table to copy or click Test to get started with the Hasura GraphQL playground.

Get Aptos GraphQL Step 2

Get Aptos GraphQL Step 3

Bungie, who is working on an Aptos wallet, says "This is literally life-saving!"

BlockEden.xyz is committed to growing with the Aptos developers and providing the most tailored and scalable developer infrastructure. This GraphQL feature is exactly the result of listening to our customers. If you are an Aptos developer that needs anything from us, let us know at https://discord.gg/4Yfvs2HWey

· 3 min read
Jack Sim

On Day 1 of Aptos Mainnet launch, there’s some confusing conversations on social media –

TPS is the acronym for transactions per second and how engineers measure the volume of the network traffic. There are multiple scenarios when we are talking about TPS:

  • Max TPS means the maximum network traffic a blockchain could support . This is determined by how fast a chain could reach consensus and mint a new block, and the block size (e.g., BTC) the gas limit (e.g., Ethereum) of a block. For ethereum and later blockchain that support smart contracts, it makes more sense to be limited by gas, because different transactions (e.g., 1-to-1 token transfer vs multi NFT token mint) has various computation complexity, and they need to be metered consistently. That said, max TPS is not a very strict measurement of a chain’s throughput. Instead, max gas per second is. Then, how do developers get the value of the max TPS? It’s usually a result of experiments - upper bound given the good network condition, fully available validators, and simplest transactions.

  • Actual TPS is the current traffic volume of a blockchain in operation. This is majorly determined by how busy the network is. Around the launch of Aptos Mainnet, there’s not many dApps ready, and not many users holding Aptos tokens, so that not many people were doing business on Atpos at that moment. That’s why the actual TPS was low at that moment. However, actual TPS will be bounded by max TPS. The so-called Ethereum congestion is the moment when actual TPS already reaches max TPS, no more transactions could be processed, and they have to wait.

So Aptos’s high max TPS will demonstrate its advantage when the ecosystem is growing up, when we will still see almost instant transaction settlement and low transaction fee.

Then, let’s get back to BlockEden.xyz customers. We offer node API services at different tier, where the major difference is QPS (similarly, the acronym of queries per second) limit of using our service. Free tier basically gets 1 QPS, while Pro tier gets 10 QPS. That means how many REST API calls you could make per second. This is different from how many transactions could be settled on blockchain per second. When you call REST API, you may not only do the write operations (aka sending a transaction), but you could also do lots of read operations (e.g., getting account info, getting a block, getting a transaction).

If you haven’t signed up for our services, please visit this link to start from free.

· 2 min read
Dora Noda

BlockEden.xyz is committed to growing with the Aptos and Sui developers and providing the most tailored and scalable developer infrastructure. Thus we have been serving Aptos mainnet since its day-one launch.

In this tutorial, we will share step-by-step tutorials on connecting to Aptos mainnet by using BlockEden.xyz Node Service.

How to connect to Aptos mainnet?​

Step 1. Go to https://blockeden.xyz/dash/. Please sign up if you haven't done so.

Step 2. Input your name for the API key, select Aptos Mainnet, and then click + Create key.

create Aptos mainnet api key

Step 3. Grab your access URL by clicking it and copying it to the clipboard.

Aptos mainnet api key

Step 4. Use the access URL in your project like the following. Remember to replace 42424242424242424242 with your own key.

import {AptosClient} from "aptos";

const client = new AptosClient("https://aptos-mainnet.blockeden.xyz/42424242424242424242");
const block = await client.getBlockByHeight(1);
console.log(block);

About BlockEden.xyz​

BlockEden.xyz is a San Francisco-based software company that helps web3 developers connect to the Aptos network instantly and securely. Our mission is to build an all-inclusive platform for web3 developers in the next five years, starting with a genesis product that could immediately serve the Aptos developer community's needs. We are committed to making it easy for developers to get started building on blockchain technology, and we believe our platform will play a key role in bringing about mainstream adoption of web3 applications.

Join Our Community​

Join our community to learn more about BlockEden.xyz and stay up to date! Discord | Twitter

· 2 min read
Jack Sim

BlockEden.xyz aims to build an all-inclusive platform for web3 developers in the next 5 years. The strategy is to start with a genesis product that could solve some client business needs immediately. We identify Aptos chain API service as such a genesis product. If we’re doing well, we are able to grow our product offering horizontally, vertically and scalably given more resources, more experiences and a stronger reputation.

Horizontally​

  • Being the primary platform in Aptos ecosystem.
  • Being the primary platform in Move VM ecosystem (including Sui, Linera).
  • Being the primary platform for other public blockchains (e.g., EVM-based ecosystem, Polkadot ecosystem, Cosmos ecosystem).

Vertically​

  • Providing native Chain API.
  • Providing enhanced API (e.g., Coin, Token, NFT Marketplaces, DeFi protocols).
  • Real-time notification and webhook.
  • Data analytics.
  • Client SDK.

Scalably​

  • Single data center, ~10K QPS, ~100TiB data volume
  • Multi data centers, ~1M QPS, 10PiB data volume
  • Planet scale

Timeline​

Q4’22​

Launch MVP: Aptos chain API services.

Q1’23​

Launch Enhanced API services: supporting Coin (ERC-20) and Token (aka ERC-721). Launch SDK.

Q2’23​

Improve Enhanced API services: supporting more on-chain protocols. Expand chain API services to Sui.

Q3’23​

Launch real-time notification and webhook. Expand enhanced API services to Sui.

Q4’23​

Launch data analytics. Expand infrastructure geographically.

Beyond 2023​

Our journey is just 1% finished, and we are looking forward to keep building with you!