RPC nodes

What to consider when choosing a node#

Trust: Choose a node that you can trust the people who operate it.
- It should not alter your requests, for example, changing the operation data before forging it.
- It should not censor your operations; you want to know that your operations will reach the network.
Reliability: Consider your requirements for uptime, and choose your node option accordingly. If node availability is critical for your user-case, consider self-hosting a node or contracting someone to operate a node specifically for you.
End-points support: Public nodes have different policies on the end-points that they expose. Your use case may require specific end-points to be available to your app. We have made a suite of integration tests for the Taquito RPC package. These tests show what RPC end-points are available on a given node. These tests are available here: integration-tests/rpc-nodes.spec.ts.

List of community-run nodes#

If you are aware of a public node missing from our list or our information is inaccurate, please help us by submitting an issue or pull request on our GitHub page.

ECAD Labs nodes:
- Mainnet: https://mainnet.api.tez.ie
- Hangzhounet: https://hangzhounet.api.tez.ie/
- Granadanet: https://granadanet.api.tez.ie
- Florencenet: https://florencenet.api.tez.ie
SmartPy nodes
- Mainnet: https://mainnet.smartpy.io
- Granadanet: https://granadanet.smartpy.io/
Nodes operated by Blockscale on behalf of the Tezos Foundation:
- Mainnet: https://rpc.tzbeta.net/
- Next protocol/version testnet (Granadanet): https://rpczero.tzbeta.net/
Teznode from LetzBake!:
- Mainnet: https://teznode.letzbake.com
~~Tezos Giga Node from Tezos Ukraine~~ Will cease to operate on Oct 1st 2021. See Announcment
- ~~Mainnet: https://mainnet-tezos.giganode.io~~
- ~~Granada testnet: https://testnet-tezos.giganode.io/~~

How to run a node#

Running a node is a good way of contributing to Tezos by increasing the decentralization of the network.

There are many ways to set up a node. Here are some links providing general instructions: