Modes and types

Types

Chainstack supports 2 types of nodes for public chains: elastic node and dedicated node. Elastic nodes are available for all networks by default. To get a dedicated node, you'll have to contact us directly.

Modes

For most of the available public chains, Chainstack supports deploying nodes in the following modes:

  • Full — a node that stores full blockchain data. However, it has limitations to how many blocks are available for querying.
  • Archive — a node that stores full blockchain data and an archive of historical states, which makes it possible to query any block since the chain genesis.

The following modes are available for on-platform public chains:

ProtocolFullArchiveFull mode querying limits
EthereumLatest 128 blocks
PolygonLatest 128 blocks
BNB Smart ChainLatest 128 blocks
BaseLatest 128 blocks
AvalancheLatest 32 blocks of C-Chain
ArbitrumLatest 128 blocks
zkSync EraA full node currently stores the full blockchain data and an archive of historical states starting from the chain genesis.
Polygon zkEVMA full node currently stores the full blockchain data and an archive of historical states starting from the chain genesis.
OptimismLatest 128 blocks
NEARLatest 5 epochs
AuroraLatest 5 epochs
SolanaUp to the first block available on the node. ~1.5 days worth.
ScrollA full node currently stores the full blockchain data and an archive of historical states starting from the chain genesis.
RoninLatest 128 blocks
AptosLatest 100,000,000 transactions
Oasis SapphireA full node currently stores the full blockchain data and an archive of historical states starting from the chain genesis.
Gnosis Chain1,024 MB of historical states. ~10 hours worth of immediately previous blocks.
CronosLatest 100 blocks
Filecoin
FantomAs Go Opera, the Fantom client, does not have automatic state pruning implemented, there is currently no difference between a full node and an archive node.
Starknet
HarmonyLatest 128 blocks
TezosWith a full node, you can query any block information or operation but you cannot query the balances or staking rights before the current checkpoint. A checkpoint is automatically done every 4,096 blocks. This means that with a full node, you can only query the balances and staking rights from when the last checkpoint happened until the latest block within the current 4,096 block cycle.

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Advanced options on paid plans

Dedicated nodes, archive nodes, debug & trace APIs are available starting from the Growth plan.