πͺThe Difference
Blockflow is the next-gen data infrastructure that aims to provide a better alternative to RPCs and common indexing tools used by builders . Here is the difference of using Blockflow.
Ship Fast, Iterate Faster.
The only way startups can compete with big companies is speed. Speed is a moat and we understand this. Blockflow allows you to quickly spin up custom APIs and build ETL pipelines on top of indexed on-chain data to ship web3 products fast.
Save engineering resources.
Running your own node requires you to spend $86000/year in maintenance costs.
Using RPC provider solutions/Nodes as a service have the following problems:
RPC servers are unstable, which leads to out-sync issues or server errors. Out-sync means your database will not be synced real-time with the blockchain.
With RPC's, data sorting based on specific criteria can only be done after fetching all data from start to end, which isn't scalable.
To monitor different events across different contracts you have to generate seperate scripts to monitor new blocks. This leads to high rpc calls and you get rate-limited.
For solving the RPC problems you'd likely dedicate 25-40% of your engineering team on this who'll be managing the in-house infra, solving the issues, and monitoring for reliability and scalability.
Instead you can try out Blockflow. It gives you the superpower to define how you want the data, stream it into your application and scale according to the usage and not touch a server or an rpc.
Multi Chain Data Aggregation.
Multi-chain dApps are the future. Blockflow allows you to aggregate and retrieve data from multiple chains in a single API call. No more added fees for deploying the same subgraphs for different chains and redeploying subgraphs for changes.
Build the ideal User Experience.
Imagine Venmo or Robinhood not showing a userβs portfolio, executing limit orders, or showing transaction notifications. dApps are super innovative but lack the user experience!
We couldn't have imagined an application that gives the average person the power to become a market maker, Uniswap changed this.
Real-time data is a requirement for financial applications. Web3 is the new financial layer of the world, and dApps can't afford to offer users stale prices, incorrect balances and not notifying their users of price changes, and health factor.
With Blockflow, you can change this with the in-built IFTTT functionality. Execute code whenever a certain event occurs on-chain. Maintain user profile databases, send notifications, build learning systems, create onboarding quests, and much more!