Release notes
Security. You can now add access rules to your node endpoints to restrict access based on HTTP
Origin header values or IP addresses.Protocols. Now, you can deploy Global Nodes for Zora Mainnet. See also Zora tooling and a tutorial.
Protocols. Now, you can deploy Global Nodes for Polkadot Mainnet. See also Polkadot tooling and a tutorial.
Protocols:
- Mantle — You can now deploy Global Nodes for Mantle Mainnet. See also Mantle tooling and a tutorial.
- Aurora — All Aurora nodes are deprecated.
Protocols. Now, you can deploy Global Nodes for Linea Mainnet. See also Linea tooling and a tutorial.
Protocols. Now, you can deploy Global Nodes for Berachain Mainnet. See also Berachain tooling and a tutorial.
Protocols. Now, you can deploy Global Nodes for Unichain Mainnet. See also Unichain tooling and a tutorial.
Protocols. Now, you can deploy Global Nodes for Sui Mainnet. See also Sui tooling and a tutorial.
Developer Portal — Chainstack Developer Portal (this very site) migrated to Mintlify for AI-ready features, an open-source repository, and snappier performance overall.
Nodes and Add-ons. You can now enable Add-ons: Yellowstone gRPC Geyser plugin on Solana and Unlimited Node on any node.
Protocols. Now, you can deploy Global Nodes and Dedicated Nodes in archive mode with Debug & Trace APIs for the Sonic Blaze testnet.
Protocols. Now, you can deploy full Global Nodes for the Aptos testnet.
Protocols. Now, you can deploy full Global Nodes and Dedicated Nodes for the TRON Nile testnet.
Protocols. Now, you can deploy Global Nodes for the Aptos mainnet.
Protocols. Now, you can deploy Global Nodes for the Polygon zkEVM mainnet.
Protocols. Now, you can deploy Global Nodes in full mode for the TRON mainnet.
Protocols. Now, you can deploy Global Nodes for Gnosis Chain Chiado testnet.
Protocols. Now, you can deploy Global Nodes in archive mode with debug & trace APIs for Gnosis Chain mainnet.
Nodes. Now you can toggle MEV protection for your transactions on the Binance Smart Chain mainnet nodes. See MEV protection.
Protocols. Now, you can deploy Global Nodes in archive mode with debug & trace APIs for the Sonic mainnet. See also a fun tutorial Sonic: Swap farming for points walkthrough in Python.
Protocols. Now, you can deploy Global Nodes in archive mode for Cronos mainnet.
Protocols. Now, you can deploy Global Nodes for Bitcoin testnet.
Protocols. Now, you can deploy Global Nodes for Bitcoin mainnet.
Protocols. Now, you can deploy Global Nodes in archive mode with debug & trace APIs for ZKsync Era mainnet.
Protocols. Now, you can deploy Global Nodes in archive mode with debug & trace APIs for Ronin Saigon testnet.
- Pricing. New Pro plan introduced. See Pricing.
- Protocols. All Tezos networks are now deprecated.
Platform. Improved node requests metrics—the data is now granular to 1 minute; the timeframes are now 1 hour, 6 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours, 7 days.
Platform. Improved node requests metrics—the data is now granular to 1 minute; the timeframes are now 1 hour, 6 hours, 12 hours, 24 hours, 7 days.
Nodes. Now you can toggle MEV protection for your transactions on the Ethereum mainnet nodes. See MEV protection.
Nodes. The Solana nodes on the Devnet are now running on the Agave client. See also Solana Agave 2.0 upgrade reference.
Nodes. The Solana nodes on the Devnet are now running on the Agave client. See also Solana Agave 2.0 upgrade reference.
Faucet. The Chainstack faucet has a brand new and highly improved interface.
Faucet. The Chainstack faucet can now disperse testnet TON.
Platform. You can now access your requests stats for nodes and subgraphs. See Statistics.
Protocols. Now, you can deploy global elastic nodes for TON Mainnet & Testnet.See also TON tooling, TON tutorials, and the TON API reference.
Trader nodes on Solana and 150+ cryptocurrencies to top up your balance.
- Trader nodes. You can now send high-speed transactions on Solana. See Trader nodes.
- BIling. You can now top up your balance with 150+ cryptocurrencies using NOWPayments as payment provider. See Manage your billing.
Global elastic nodes. Debug & trace on Fantom and
blockSubscribe on Solana.- Fantom — you can now deploy global elastic nodes with debug & trace APIs for Fantom Mainnet. See the debug & trace API reference.
- Solana — you now do the
blockSubcribeon the Solana Mainnet & Devnet. See the blockSubscribe API reference.
Global elastic nodes. Now, Scroll mainnet nodes are deployed with debug and trace APIs.
Global elastic nodes for Ethereum Holešky & Sepolia.
- Ethereum Holešky Testnet — you can now deploy global elastic nodes in archive mode with debug & trace APIs. The node client is running Erigon.
- Ethereum Sepolia Testnet — you can now deploy global elastic nodes in archive mode with debug & trace APIs. The node client is running Erigon.
Global elastic nodes. Now, you can deploy global elastic nodes for Optimism Mainnet. The node client is op-erigon.You can now enjoy the debug & trace APIs out of the box. For the method run-down, see Optimism API reference.
Billing. No credit card required on sign-up. Sign up and get the free Developer plan with 3 million requests monthly.
Billing. Pay-as-you-go released. You can now enable it in your Billing to keep the Chainstack services operational on reach your plan’s quota limit, or disable it to have a hard limit and stopping the services on reaching the quota.
- Pricing
- Chainstack pricing was rehauled. Check out the changes in our pricing page. And learn more about how our pricing works.
- With pricing rehaul, we’re introducing request units. This allows us to offer a fairer and more flexible pricing structure.
- Platform. Global elastic nodes are available for Ethereum Mainnet. Enjoy geo-balanced nodes with enhanced performance and reduced latency.
Networks. Optimism Mainnet support.
IPFS Storage. You can now create and manage IPFS dedicated gateways to have more control over your files.
- Services. A revamped Chainstack Marketplace is now live with the Covalent and Valha applications already available for installation—boost up your DApps!
- Documentation. The following article is added in Web3 [De]Coded:
- Services. Chainstack Subgraphs has finished the closed beta and is now open to all our customers.
- Documentation. We added a series of developer tutorials for Chainstack Subraphs users: from a newbie to an expert. Try them out and let us know what you think.
- Protocols. Polygon zkEVM testnet support for elastic and dedicated nodes.
- Documentation
- IPFS Storage. Chainstack launches the closed beta for the decentralized storage solution—IPFS Storage. Reach out to us to participate.
- Documentation. IPFS Storage and IPFS Storage API reference.
Protocols. Ethereum Rinkeby and Ropsten testnets are now deprecated. For development purposes, use Sepolia and Goerli testnets.
- Protocols. Harmony migrated from devnet to testnet for better experience.
- Billing. You can now settle your failed payment by manually retrying either via topping up your crypto balance or via paying directly from your credit card.
- Tools. You can now add the node endpoint with the Add to MetaMask button on the node access page.
- Protocols. Gnosis Chain Sokol testnet is now deprecated. For development purposes, use Gnosis Chain Chiado testnet.
- Protocols. Optimism Goerli testnet support for elastic and dedicated nodes.
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Documentation.
General Optimism documentation.
Optimism tutorial
- Protocols. Filecoin Hyperspace testnet support for elastic and dedicated nodes.
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Documentation.
General Filecoin documentation.
Filecoin tutorial
- APIs. 5 Solana APIs enabled on devnet.
- Documentation. Solana API reference updates.
- Protocols. Aptos support.
- Documentation. Aptos
- Crypto payments. In addition to the previously available cryptocurrencies, you can now top up your balance with Polygon MATIC.
- Protocols. Gnosis Chain Chiado testnet support for elastic and dedicated nodes.
- Protocols. Gnosis Chain clients updated for The Merge.
- Documentation.
- Protocols. StarkNet testnet2 (Goerli2) support for elastic and dedicated nodes.
- Support levels management. You can now change a support level for your organization on the Settings > Billing page.
- Documentation. Learn how to change your support level or subscription plan.
- Protocols. Solana elastic and dedicated full nodes now supported on both mainnet and devnet when using Chainstack Cloud in the Ashburn, USA region.
- Protocols. Cronos support.
- Documentation. Cronos.
- Protocols. Ethereum Sepolia testnet support for full nodes.
- Documentation. Solana API reference.
- APIs.
- Debug and trace APIs for elastic Polygon archive nodes.
- Debug and trace APIs for elastic Avalanche archive nodes.
- Protocols. Ethereum consensus layer Beacon Chain support due to the Merge.
- APIs. Ethereum consensus layer Beacon Chain API.
- Documentation. Beacon Chain API reference added to Ethereum API reference.
- Protocols. Arbitrum support.
- Documentation. Arbitrum operations, simple L1 to L2 messaging tutorial.
- Crypto payments. In addition to the previously available BTC, ETH, and USDC, you can now top up your balance with Dogecoin, Litecoin, Dai, Bitcoin Cash, ApeCoin, SHIBA INU, and USDT.
- Protocols. Gnosis Chain support.
- Documentation. Gnosis Chain operations, simple soulbound token tutorial.
- Protocols. NEAR support.
- Documentation. NEAR operations, simple metamorphic contract tutorial.
- Protocols.
- Pricing. An update to the pricing plans with new features and increased included requests. See the blog post with an overview.
- Node naming. Shared nodes are now elastic node s to reflect the underlying architecture and scalable infrastructure.
- APIs.
- Fast transaction propagation with the Warp transactions feature on Ethereum, Polygon, and BNB Smart Chain.
- Miner Extractable Value (MEV) API for elastic Ethereum nodes for mainnet and Goerli testnet.
- Debug and trace APIs for elastic Ethereum archive nodes.
- Protocols.
- Ethereum Erigon support for dedicated archive nodes.
- StarkNet testnet support.
- Protocols. StarkNet support.
- Documentation. StarkNet general description, operations, simple L1L2 messaging tutorial.
- Clouds. You can now deploy your nodes in the Amazon Web Services Tokyo region.
- Protocols. Ethereum Goerli support.
- Role management
- You can now assign roles to your organization’s users and change roles of the existing users.
- There are now three roles: Admin, Editor, Viewer.
- Protocols. Solana support. You can now use Solana nodes on mainnet and devnet.
- Documentation. Solana general description, operations, token vesting tutorial.
- Public API. You can now use the Chainstack API to manage your Solana nodes.
- Crypto payments. You can now top up your balance with crypto and Chainstack will automatically deduct all costs from your balance.
- Protocols.
- Avalanche support. You can now deploy full and archive Avalanche nodes with X-Chain and C-Chain endpoints on mainnet and Fuji testnet.
- Tezos Hangzhounet testnet support. The Florencenet testnet support is deprecated.
- Documentation. Avalanche general description, operations, flash loan tutorial.
- Public API. You can now use the Chainstack API to manage your Avalanche, Fantom, and Tezos nodes.
- Billing. Removed free usage period on the Developer plan. The Developer plan keeps other usage features, including the free 3M requests.
- Protocols.
- Fantom support. You can now deploy full and archive Fantom nodes on mainnet and testnet.
- Tezos dedicated node support. You can now deploy dedicated full and archive Tezos nodes.
- Documentation. Fantom general description, operations, ERC-721 contract tutorial.
- Node metrics. Added node requests metrics for public chain protocols.
- Protocols. Tezos support. You can now deploy full and archive Tezos nodes on mainnet and Florence testnet.
- Node details. Node access and credentials for public chain and Quorum nodes now include key-protected endpoints.
- Clouds. You can now send requests for dedicated public chain node deployment in the Amazon Web Services.
- Billing. You can now upgrade to the Enterprise plan from your billing settings.
- Pricing. Free usage period on the Developer plan reduced from 14 to 7 days.
- Documentation. Tezos general description, operations, fund contract tutorial.
- Protocols. Binance Smart Chain support. You can now deploy full Binance Smart Chain nodes on mainnet and testnet.
- 2FA. You can now add an extra layer of security to Chainstack account with two-factor authentication (2FA). Once enabled, you will be prompted to enter a code generated by your mobile device each time you log in.
- Documentation. Binance Smart Chain general description, operations, BEP-1155 contract tutorial.
- Pricing. Flexible pay-per-request pricing for shared nodes on all subscription plans.
- Billing. Payments in cryptocurrency for customers on the Enterprise plan.
- Public API. You can now use the Chainstack API to manage your Corda applications.
- Private hosting. You can now use your own Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) infrastructure to deploy blockchain nodes and networks on Chainstack.
- Clouds. You can now deploy your nodes and networks in the Amazon Web Services US East region.
- Identity management. You can now securely manage your organization’s identity for Hyperledger Fabric networks.
- Public API. You can now use the Chainstack API to manage your resources.
- Protocols
- Corda 4.5 support.
- Hyperledger Fabric 2.2 support.
- Node management. You can now stop and start your nodes to save your usage costs.
- Service nodes. You can now access in the UI the service nodes deployed with your consortium networks.
- Clouds. You can now deploy your nodes and networks in the Microsoft Azure UK South region.
- Pricing. No more user limit on all pricing plans.
- Protocols. Bitcoin testnet support.
- Pricing
- New Growth pricing plan.
- Reduced fixed plan costs.
- Reduced usage costs.
- Uniform usage rates for all cloud providers.
- Protocols
- Corda 4.4 support.
- Quorum 2.6.0 support. Tessera 0.10.5 support.
- Node logs. You can now access the logs for your dedicated nodes in the new node log viewer, with the ability to browse by date and container.
- Node resources. You can now view the resources that have been dynamically allocated to each of your dedicated nodes.
- CorDapp notifications. You will now receive notifications based on the successful or failed result of CorDapp installations or removals initiated through Chainstack’s CorDapp management interface.
- UI. You can now view hosting information directly on the node list for each network.
- Protocols
- Corda Network and Corda Pre-Production Network support. You can now join the Corda production and pre-production networks. See also Join a public network.
- Hyperledger Fabric 2.1.0 support.
- Clouds. You can now deploy your nodes and networks in the Amazon Web Services US West region.
- Vault. You can now store your Corda identity key material in a secure vault.
- Identity management. You can now securely manage your organization identity for the Corda networks.
- Protocols. Hyperledger Fabric support. You can deploy a multi-org Hyperledger Fabric v2.0.1 network, complete with Raft ordering service, new chaincode lifecycle capabilities, and a network explorer.
- UI. Updated cloud provider selector to provide easier visibility of available hosting options.
- Documentation. Hyperledger Fabric general description, operations, chaincode tutorial.
- Protocols
- Ethereum archive node support. Deploy a dedicated Ethereum archive node. Connect to an elastic archive node for free on Business and Enterprise tiers. Geth 1.9.10 support.
- Quorum transaction manager Tessera 0.10.3 support.
- UI. In-line edit button for all resources to improve access to quick actions.
- Documentation. Ethereum modes section to help in selecting whether to deploy a full or archive Ethereum node.
- Protocols
- Corda 4.3 support. You can also now install CorDapps containing workflows and contracts in a single JAR file.
- Quorum 2.4.0 support. Learner node role support. Tessera 0.10.2 support.
- MultiChain 2.0.3 support.
- Bitcoin 0.19.0.1 support. Bitcoin nodes now run with the
txindexflag allowing to query any transaction on the blockchain.
- Documentation. Context-sensitive documentation links in the platform UI.
- Protocols. Bitcoin 0.18 support. You can now deploy dedicated nodes with Bolt synchronization and free access to elastic nodes on the mainnet.
- Network and node statuses. You can now see network and node statuses to when operations are occurring on any network resource.
- Node details. Node access and credentials are now grouped into sections, so it’s easier to read.
- Billing. View individual metered usage cost line items for the current billing period, updated hourly.
- Documentation. Bitcoin general description and Bitcoin operations.
- Protocols
- Corda 4.1 support. You can now deploy a consortium network with network map service, doorman, and notary. Dynamically add and remove participant nodes. Install and remove CorDapps.
- Quorum 2.3.0 support. Replaced Constellation transaction manager with Tessera.
- User management. Invite user s into the organization.
- Billing. View metered usage cost for the current billing period, updated hourly.
- Documentation
- Corda general description and Corda operations.
- New tutorials: No ticket scalping CorDapp and Trust fund account with Remix.
- Security. Protected endpoints added for Quorum and Ethereum nodes.
- Deployment. Bolt snapshots are now updated hourly so that nodes are deployed and synchronized with fresher snapshots.
- Protocols. Numerous stability improvements for Quorum networks and nodes.
- Activity and events. In-platform notifications and activity log introduced to provide visibility into account activity.
- Documentation. Complete content and structure overhaul for improved access, browsing, and discovery.
Documentation
- New guide: Deploying a hybrid MultiChain network.
- New tutorial: Loyalty program with Truffle.
- Protocols
- Added Ethereum Ropsten testnet support with Bolt.
- Updated Quorum explorer from blk-explorer-free to epirus-free.
- Node details. Added complete details for Quorum, including default wallet private/public keys. Standardized fields for all protocols.
- Documentation. New tutorial: Academic certificates with Truffle.
- Updating and deleting resources. You can now edit project name and description, network and node name. You can delete nodes by the owner, networks are deleted automatically when the last node is deleted, projects can be deleted if empty.
- Navigation. Updated menu with links to Documentation and Support.
- Support. Added Zendesk widget.
- Registration and sign in. Signing up via email, password, and personal details. Signing up for a member invited to the consortium project. Email confirmation on successful registration. Email verification.
- Consortium project. Wizards to create a new network and add a node to the existing network. Invitation of other organizations as members to the project via email.
- Public chain project. Wizards to join a public network and add another node.
- Protocols
- MultiChain 2.0-beta-1 support with blockchain explorer.
- Quorum 2.2.1 support with Raft and IBFT, and blk-explorer-free blockchain explorer.
- Full Ethereum mainnet node deployment with Bolt rapid sync mechanism.
- Clouds. Google Cloud Platform and Amazon Web Services in the Asia-Pacific region.
- Node details. Default wallet private/public keys, and chain name for MultiChain. Constellation private/public keys, and network ID for Quorum. Sync mode and network ID for Ethereum. Client version for all protocols.
- Settings. Editing personal and organization details. Changing password.
- Documentation. Portal based on VuePress.