DeFi apps are on-chain applications (also called crypto dapps) that let you lend, borrow, trade, or earn yield through smart contracts instead of a bank or broker. The best DeFi apps in 2026 are the ones that kept real capital…
Enterprise blockchain solutions are shared-ledger systems that companies, banks and market operators run for business use, with controlled membership, private data and compliance built in. The term covers two layers: the platform that runs the ledger (Hyperledger Fabric, R3 Corda,…
An RPC provider is a service that runs blockchain nodes for you and lets your application read data and send transactions through an API. Most RPC providers speak the same protocol, so the real differences sit in five places: how…
A dedicated node provider runs a blockchain node that only your application uses, so nobody else’s traffic competes with yours for CPU, disk or bandwidth. You pay a flat monthly fee for that isolation instead of paying per request. It…
A flat-rate RPC plan charges a fixed monthly fee for a set amount of capacity, so the bill stays the same however many requests you send or which methods you call. It replaces the usual credit-based bill, where a heavy…
An Ethereum RPC provider is a service that gives your application access to the Ethereum blockchain through hosted nodes, so you can read data and send transactions without running your own infrastructure. NOWNodes, Alchemy, Infura, QuickNode, and Chainstack all offer…
What Is Infura? Infura is one of the oldest and most trusted names in blockchain infrastructure. Owned by Consensys and serving as the default backend for MetaMask, it’s the veteran Ethereum RPC provider that many dApps started on. In 2026…
NOWNodes, QuickNode, and Infura all solve the same starting problem — connecting an application to a blockchain without running a node yourself — but each one scopes and prices that access differently. NOWNodes covers 120+ networks, including Bitcoin, Litecoin, and…
NOWNodes, Alchemy, and Infura all solve the same starting problem — connecting an application to a blockchain without you running the node yourself — but they scope that job very differently. NOWNodes covers 120+ networks, including Bitcoin, Solana, and privacy…
Chainstack, GetBlock, and NOWNodes all solve the same starting problem: they give an application access to blockchain data without anyone on the team running and syncing a node. NOWNodes covers the broadest network list at 120+ chains, including Bitcoin-family and…