WebSockets Infura Now Supports WebSocket Connections for Arbitrum, Optimism, and Avalanche Explore Infura's new WebSocket offerings for Arbitrum, Optimism, and Avalanche! Learn how they elevate your blockchain development experience.
Universal Unlock Simplicity and Security with Infura's Unified Key Experience Discover how the new Unified Key Experience secures your stack with a single API key to connect to multiple networks, making project management more straightforward than ever.
API Mastering the Gas API: A Guide for Developers A concise guide on how to use the Gas API by MetaMask, a comprehensive tool designed to provide current information on the computational costs of operations on the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM).
Storage Welcome to Infura's Upgraded IPFS Platform Infura announces a major upgrade to its IPFS service, enhancing data storage and retrieval speeds. This upgrade includes a revised garbage collection policy and temporarily limits new IPFS Project keys, ensuring a seamless transition for users.
DIN Meet the Decentralized Infrastructure Network Partners: Microsoft, Chainstack, and 16 More For the first time Infura shares the partners behind the decentralized infrastructure network known as DIN.
web3 The Principles of Web3 UX Design Part 3: Equal System Experience as a First Principle Part Three of 'The Principles of Web3 UX Design' series delves into Equal System Experience and introduces RariMe, a ready-to-use MetaMask Snap, offering insights and practical guidance for enhancing user experiences.
web3 The Principles of Web3 UX Design Part 2: Lessons from UX Research for Product Design The second installment in 'The Principles of Web3 UX Design' series expands upon insights gathered from UX research in product design, additionally providing a quick guide to begin creating your own MetaMask Snaps for an improved user experience.
web3 The Principles of Web3 UX Design Part 1: Research Best Practices This article delves into best practices for building decentralized products for the next iteration of the internet. It also highlights how MetaMask Snaps contributes to this endeavor.
Dapp A Developer's Tale: Building a Database with IPFS In this blog, explore the fascinating journey of building the dapp "Polis" and its IPFS-powered database inspired by ancient Greece's Polis city.
DIN Progressive decentralization part 2: Evolving DIN through federation In this blog, we discuss DIN's shift from centralized to federated, championing Web3's vision of digital sovereignty through decentralization.
ERC-1155 Building a web3 RPG Part 1: Deploy an ERC-1155 Multi-Token Smart Contract Learn how to deploy a simple ERC-1155 smart contract using MetaMask, Infura, Linea and Hardhat to power a web3 RPG.
Palm Palm Network Scales Up for Enhanced Operations and Broader Use Cases Palm, an Ethereum sidechain, is transitioning to a Polygon CDK-powered Chain to enhance its operations and expand its range of use cases.
Infura Improve Your Dapp’s UX with User Feedback Forms Learn how to improve your dapp’s UX by integrating a feedback form and drive user engagement.
DIN Progressive Decentralization of the RPC Layer: Centralization to Federation This blog is adapted from Tom Hay's talk at EthPortland 2023, titled "Progressive Decentralization of the RPC Layer: From Centralization to Federation," given on August 18, 2023.
NFT The Developer’s Guide to File Storage and IPFS In this guide, we delve into the advantages of IPFS for decentralized storage in web3 applications and demonstrate how to seamlessly connect to IPFS with Infura.
Network The Developer’s Guide to Ethereum L2 Networks The ultimate guide to Ethereum L2s and how they contribute to scalability for developers.
Optimism Developer Spotlight: Supporting the Optimism L2 Ecosystem How Infura supports the Optimism L2 ecosystem scale with high-availability APIs.
DIN Progressive decentralization part 1: Building the new infrastructure network An update on key research findings and next steps as the decentralized infrastructure network team, made up of 26 partners, advances on the protocol.
sidechains Sidechains vs. Rollups: Breaking down the differences for dapp development In this post, you’ll learn the difference between sidechains and rollups.
Linea Linea is live on mainnet and available to all Infura developers Infura supports the Linea mainnet launch, making the newest zkEVM network available to the entire ecosystem.
ChatGPT How to use ChatGPT to build a full stack dapp ChatGPT can’t build a dapp on its own, but it can help you build yours! Learn how to with Infura, MetaMask, and Truffle.
HTTP WebSockets vs. HTTP: Choosing the Right Protocol for Your Dapp Learn when to use WebSockets versus HTTP and the benefits of each for your next dapp.
Tutorials How to use WebSocket Subscriptions with the Infura Polygon WSS API Learn how to harness the power of WebSocket subscriptions with the Infura Polygon WSS API tutorial.
Infura Infura now supports WebSockets on Polygon Introducing Infura Polygon WebSocket: Real-time bidirectional communication on Polygon, empowering developers to create dynamic dapp experiences.
News The Ethereum L2 Summer Has Arrived It’s the summer of 2023 and crypto is heating up. Can you feel the electricity in the air? That’s the Ethereum’s L2 summer.