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Infura
Infura is a Web3 infrastructure provider offering blockchain APIs and developer tools.
Company Info
Infura is among the major players in providing blockchain APIs and Web3 infrastructure services that allow the development and management of decentralized apps without having to deploy any blockchain nodes. The company is a component of the MetaMask Developer Suite and was established by ConsenSys, where they provide scalable and reliable blockchain APIs, HTTP/HTTPS & WebSockets RPC services, decentralized storage using IPFS, and Web3 tools. Infura supports various blockchain networks, Layer-2 Blockchains, and decentralized storage solutions like IPFS, making it an essential building block for DeFi, NFTs, gaming, and decentralized applications or DeFi.
Key Features of Infura:
- Access major blockchain infrastructures and Layer-2 blockchains from one platform.
- Scale Ethereum applications with HTTPS and WebSocket support.
- Designed to be highly scalable with low latency in production.
- Architecture with decentralization capabilities for the stability of Web3 infrastructure.
Infura Milestones:
| Year | Key Achievements |
| 2016 | Infura was founded in November 2016 under Consensys and introduced Ethereum API endpoints that enabled developers not to run their nodes anymore. |
| MetaMask became the first partner of Infura and created an ecosystem collaboration. | |
| 2017-2018 | Managed a high surge in traffic during the cryptocurrency craze of 2017 and the CryptoKitties hype by scaling operations from 1 billion to over 7 billion requests per day. |
| Made improvements in their backend using technologies such as Go-Ethereum (Geth), off-chain indexing, and WebSockets. | |
| 2019-2020 | Developed from an incubated project into a product of Consensys Software Inc. |
| Offered additional services through IPFS APIs and gateway infrastructure for distributed file storage. | |
| 2023 | Launched a process of moving towards decentralization because of problems caused by infrastructure centralization. |
| Built Decentralized Infrastructure Network (DIN), a Web3 data marketplace that works on multiple blockchains together with partners like Microsoft and Tencent. | |
| 2024 | Advanced DIN to its federated stage and started routing over 13 billion requests per month across 30+ blockchain networks. |
| Expanded DIN through EigenLayer AVS integration, adding cryptoeconomic security and accountability for infrastructure providers. | |
| 2025 | Advanced DIN into a production-ready, permissionless infrastructure marketplace. |
| Strengthened integration across the Consensys ecosystem, supporting more than 400,000 active developers worldwide. |
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Launch Date
Jan-2016
Company Size
Small (11-50)
Contact Details
New York Ninja, 230 Bogart St, New York 11206, United States
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