Category Node Guides

Solana Alpenglow

What Is Alpenglow Solana? Complete Guide

In May 2025, Solana introduced Alpenglow, a complete redesign of its consensus architecture, engineered by Anza. Solana Alpenglow upgrade is the most ambitious in the network’s history, reducing block finality from ~12 seconds to just 100–150 milliseconds. By doing so,…

Casper RPC

What is Casper? A Beginner’s Guide

Casper Network is a Layer-1 Proof-of-Stake blockchain designed to bring real-world assets (RWAs) on-chain in a way that reflects how they operate off-chain. Launched on mainnet in March 2021, Casper provides infrastructure for tokenizing assets, managing them on-chain, and supporting…

Zcash Network Upgrade 6.1

Zcash Network Upgrade 6.1: Complete guide

Zcash Network Upgrade 6.1 (NU6.1) has officially landed — and we’re pleased to share that our RPC infrastructure is already fully updated and ready to support it. This update includes key changes to how Zcash handles development funding, improves wallet-related…

Solana archive node

Solana Archive Node: Complete guide

As blockchain applications become more data-driven, the need for complete and uninterrupted access to historical blockchain data is growing. If you’re building on the Solana blockchain and your project relies on historical state, transactions, or account changes, then using a…