Understanding Ankr in One Article: The Technical Middle Platform of the Web 3.0 Ecosystem
Help various project parties reduce "chimney-style" repeated construction.Author: Ankr
In the blockchain, various projects need to solve the complex issues of "points" and "chains," with data silos, information islands, and business islands becoming significant obstacles for many project teams. In a blockchain network, the middle platform is not only an innovation in thinking but also a technological innovation.
As a representative of Web 3.0 infrastructure providers, Ankr can reduce "siloed" redundant construction, achieve differentiated competition across multiple chains, and build a complete Web 3.0 ecosystem that integrates developer infrastructure, Staking, and DeFi, which can be referred to as the technological middle platform of the Web 3.0 ecosystem.
Ankr's Core Competitiveness:
- As one of the earliest pioneers dedicated to building and developing Web 3.0, Ankr has successfully secured a place in Web 3.
- Provides multi-chain solutions aimed at supporting the practicality of all blockchains, offering developers all the resources needed to build projects across various chains.
- Has supported over 50 proof-of-stake chains, launched more than 15,000 nodes, and processes over $1 billion in on-chain transactions monthly.
- Maintains friendly relationships with mainstream partners such as Coinbase, Crypto.com, Indodax, Gemini, Binance, and OKEx.
Ankr's Business Distribution
To understand a company, we start with its business. Ankr's business is mainly divided into the following categories:
Protocol - Protocols are an essential component of blockchain technology, enabling secure and reliable information exchange within encrypted networks. Ankr Protocol services include RPC (Remote Procedure Call), AnkrScan (real-time blockchain browsing and analysis), staking solutions, and developer tools. Currently, Ankr Protocol RPC services cover 8 major public chains: Arbitrum, Avalanche, Celo, Ethereum, Fantom, Near, Polygon, and Solana, meaning that when developers need to build dApps on the corresponding public chains, they can choose Ankr to connect to the public chain with one click.
API - The API is one of the core services provided by Ankr, enhancing Web 3.0 use cases through easy-to-use infrastructure. Since its launch, it has helped numerous developers easily interact with blockchains through endpoints. The Ankr API Market currently covers 15 major public chains: Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain (BSC), OEC, Polkadot, Kusama, XDai Stable Chain, Polygon, Optimism, Arbitrum, Huobi ECO Chain (Heco), Avalanche, Fantom, Clover, Terra, and Nervos.
Node - Ankr's node services include full nodes, validator nodes, etc., with a total of over 15,000 nodes launched. If you want to try different blockchains, you can simply request information from the Ankr API. If you want to learn more about a specific node or need more resources and faster responses, you can choose to use Ankr Full Nodes. Currently, Ankr is the top validator in networks like BSC, AVAX, FTM, and Polygon.
Earn - Ankr Earn elevates Staking to a new level, achieving success in 2021 through Ethereum 2.0 liquid staking, marking a significant opportunity for its participation in the Staking and DeFi fields. Currently, Ankr has provided profitable solutions for MATIC, AVAX, ETH, BNB, DOT, and KSM.
Conclusion
From Ankr's business layout, it shares a similar vision with what we refer to as a middle platform, which is to assist various project teams in reducing "siloed" redundant construction. The ideas of the middle platform can also be intuitively felt from Ankr's Protocol, API, and Node pages. When developers need to build DApps, they can directly link to the corresponding resources from Ankr with one click, achieving interaction with the target public chain through simple integration.
Of course, a technological middle platform cannot cover everything, but infrastructure providers can distill some common needs based on rich development experience across different use cases. It is believed that in the collision of technology and use cases, Ankr's Web 3 infrastructure will become richer and more stable, building a more complete Web 3.0 ecosystem.
