Protocols

Polkadot

(

DOT

)

Blockdaemon offers institutional-grade Polkadot infrastructure, on-chain data, and staking services, optimizing performance for financial institutions while also providing managed nodes for developers.

Protocol Reward Rate
13.87%
13.87%
Current Price
$1.00
Market Cap
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$5,372,603,186
Annual Rewards
~$160M
~$160M

Overview of

Polkadot

Blockdaemon offers institutional-grade Polkadot infrastructure, on-chain data and staking services. Whether you’re a developer that needs end-to-end managed nodes or you’re a financial institution that wants to receive maximum rewards on your assets with validator nodes, we have you covered. Need on-chain data through APIs? Harness the power of our blockchain API.

Current Price
$4.52
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Protocol Reward Rate
13.87%
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Minimum To Stake
Network Type
Proof of Stake
Proof of Work
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Market Cap
$5,372,603,186
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Annual Rewards
~$160M
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Blockdaemon Hosting
Cloud
Bare Metal
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Platform
Layer 0
Layer 1
Layer 2
Indexer
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Payment Freq
1 Era (Daily)
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Unbond Period
28 Days
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Public Fee
8%
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Networks
Mainnet
Testnet
Ropsten
Public
Goerli

* Market data provided by Staking Rewards, CoinMarketCap, CoinGecko, and our own APIs.

Nodes & APIS

Dedicated Polkadot Nodes

We've been perfecting Nodes-as-a-Service since 2017. All our Dedicated RPC Nodes are built for zero downtime and high security. Our nodes are supported by optional High-Availability Clusters, offering secure backups and helping you manage unforeseen load spikes. Lastly, every machine we manage comes with 24/7 support and transparent service level agreements.

Staking API

Blockdaemon’s Staking API enables clients to use a standardized and trusted API to automate staking transaction signing, and enables easy and scalable staking, even on Ethereum. To complement the Staking API, Blockdaemon also offers a Staking Reporting API. This API is on-hand to serve your financial data analysis needs. The Staking Reporting API removes many of the hassles you face in accessing staking information from multiple protocols.

Universal API

If you want access to Polkadot data but don't want to run a Dedicated node, take a closer look at our Universal API. Our Universal multi-chain API lets you tap into full archive data and transaction data at a fraction of the cost of running a node. Best of all, it's free to try out.

Native Polkadot API

With the RPC Native API, you can easily interact with multiple major protocols through their own native APIs. The RPC API allows you to go deeper into a specific blockchain and get enriched native specific data with no abstraction to connect to our nodes.

Stake

White-Label Polkadot Validator Node

Blockdaemon lets anyone run their own validator node and white-label it in their own name. Our white-label validator nodes are non-custodial (you keep your keys private), fully maintained/monitored, run at 99.9% uptime and have manual-failover built-in, eliminating double-signing. Blockdaemon’s market leading node performance is focused on meeting the high demands of large institutional banks, custodians and exchanges. Protecting your assets is critical to Blockdaemon and to mitigate risk we’ve established slashing insurance, provided by Marsh.

Staking Tools

Our Staking Dashboard gives you a high-level overview of your staking activity, which includes your rewards earned, account address, principal, and reward amounts converted to USD.If you want to analyze your Polkadot rewards more comprehensively, download them from a Staking Report. The Staking Report contains validator address, principal staked, crypto token, time period, and ending validator balance.

Public Polkadot Validator

If you want to test out our node performance before investing in a validator node or don't have the minimum Polkadot tokens to run your own validator, consider delegating to a Blockdaemon public validator.

Staking API

Simplify your DOT Staking experience with the Blockdaemon Staking API. Stake efficiently and cost-effectively through a single integration with automated transaction creation. Remove institutional DOT staking challenges and connect to the blockchain economy with the Blockdaemon Staking API. To complement the Staking API, Blockdaemon also offers a DOT Reporting API.

Relevant FAQs

Below you will find frequently asked questions related to this protocol.

Can Polkadot be staked via Blockdaemon?

Yes, Polkadot/DOT can be staked via Blockdaemon.You can utilize staking services with Blockdaemon from any custodian (including Coinbase), hot wallet, or any self-custody solution (e.g. Ledger) as long as the platform supports the ability to send staking transactions.If you have any further questions, please reach out to our Support Team and we'll be able to assist you.

How do I deploy a node and how much does it cost?

Blockdaemon can be utilized to deploy, manage, and maintain nodes to ensure an uptime of >99.9% and the cost for each specific node varies. In order to view specific pricing for a node, you will first need to sign up for a free Blockdaemon account on our website.

Once created and logged in, click the purple ‘Deploy a Node’ button and you’ll be able to view each available node that Blockdaemon has to offer. To view the price for a specific node, click on the node you are interested in purchasing and the price will be displayed on the right-hand side of the page as seen as below.

You can view additional information and step-by-step instructions on how to purchase a node here. We also have a video on how to self-deploy your own node on our Youtube channel here.

If you have any further specific questions, feel free to reach out to our Support Team directly via email or chat and we’ll be more than happy to further assist you.

What is the Estimated Reward Rate for each protocol?

The ERR varies amongst protocols. You can view the Est Reward Rate for each Blockdaemon-supported protocol by clicking into the protocol you are interested in our Protocols page here.

If you have any specific questions regarding the protocols and Est Reward Rates, feel free to reach out to our Support Team via chat or email and we’ll be more than happy to assist you.

How do I know which protocols are supported on Testnet?

You can check which protocols are supported on Mainnet and Testnet in your Blockdaemon account by clicking into the node you would like launched.

If you do not have a Blockdaemon account, you can create a free account here.

What are the hardware specs to your nodes?

The hardware specs for each node varies depending on the protocol, network and node type.

Feel free to reach out to our Support Team via chat or email with the details of the node you are interested in and we’ll be more than happy to provide you with the hardware specs.

How can I find out when and what new protocols are going to be added to the Blockdaemon network?

We are constantly adding new and wider network support and the best place to get the latest information and news is to follow our Twitter account here.

In addition, you can also sign up for our newsletter here to keep up with the all the latest Blockdaemon news.

Can each node on my network be hosted by a differenent cloud provider?

Yes. When adding a new node, you can choose the specific Cloud provider for that node.If you have any further specific questions regarding this, feel free to reach out to our Support Team and we'll be able to assist you.

Save Your Internal Resources

Blockdaemon offers a complete platform for building blockchain applications, which now includes Base support.

Blockdaemon provides customers with a powerful set of tools that enable them to outsource key infrastructure tasks, like server management and monitoring. Most importantly, Blockdaemon’s support of Base via Ubiquity, starting March 1, provides institutional level offerings for mission critical infrastructure that scales with your business.

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Blockdaemon & Stellar

Chronology of a long-term and strategic partnership.

2018
Blockdaemon launches node deployment support for Stellar.
Jed McCaleb (Stellar co-founder) and Konstantin Richter (Blockdaemon founder and CEO) promote open source and decentralization at Heavybit.->
2019
Blockdaemon launches its full tier-1 validator support for Stellar, and becomes the first institutional-grade provider supporting full history nodes.
2021
Blockdaemon offers full 24/7 customer support, can deploy in 70+ countries, and obtain the ISO 27001 certification.->
Blockdaemon also becomes a triple unicorn ($3.25Bn valuation), with investors like JP Morgan, Citi Bank, Tiger Global, Sapphire Ventures, SoftBank, Goldman Sachs, SBI Digital Markets, Comcast Ventures.
2022
Blockdaemon supports over 15 leading institutions (banks, exchanges, fintechs, custodians) building on Stellar.
Blockdaemon’s Chief Engineer shares his insights at Meridian 2022 on Why Stellar’s Approach to Decentralization Matters.->
2023
Blockdaemon enters a strategic partnership to become an RPC provider for Soroban.
Blockdaemon is the only validator on the network with a consistent 30-day availability of 100% and the highest mark (index=1) for reliability and updates (Stellarbeat.io->)
Blockdaemon service over 350 leading customers across all continents, such as Goldman Sachs, Nasdaq, SBI Holdings, OpenSea, Plaid, Microsoft, MetaMask, Matrixport, Blockchange.

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