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  • Ethereum Web3 Onboard
    An Introduction to the Web3 Transaction Lifecycle

    The Importance of Pre-Chain Data for a Confident Web3 Transaction Experience Web3 can be notoriously complicated, both for new and experienced crypto users alike. Usability continues to be a huge issue for the ecosystem, from friction in connecting ...
  • Web3 Onboard
    Web3-Onboard Now Supports Multi-Chain and Multi-Wallet Account Management on Dapps with Account Center

    ℹ️ Web3Onboard has joined the thirdweb family, please contact them for any support questions. Account Center is the first universal widget of its kind that allows Dapp developers to enable multiple wallet connections on a Dapp by leveraging ...
  • Press Release Web3 Onboard
    Blocknative Launches Web3-Onboard to Support Web3 Developers with Improved Data and UI for a Multi-Chain World

    ℹ️ Web3Onboard has joined the thirdweb family, please contact them for any support questions. Blocknative's upgraded Web3 real-time transaction monitoring toolkit enables developers to consistently access pre-chain data across multiple blockchains, ...
  • Ethereum
    Top 10 Ethereum Transaction Errors and How to Prevent Them

    Blockchain technology gives users the freedom to transact in ways they’ve never been able to before. Rather than the rigid transactions expected in the formal financial world, Web3 offers users access to programmable transactions through smart ...
  • ETHDenver Ethereum Gas
    How Everything (and Nothing) Changes with Gas Fees: Blocknative ETHDenver 2022 Recap

    This year's ETHDenver was by far the largest ETH event to date with over 12,000 in-person attendees. While primarily designed as a hackathon, the main event weekend, February 17th-20th, featured talks and workshops by top blockchain influencers and ...
  • Blocknative
    Introducing Blocknative’s New Visual Identity

    Updated Branding Better Reflects Our Vision Blocknative is pleased to reveal our updated branding which includes a new logo, typeface, and color palette that is intended to reflect the future and momentum of the company as we take on a more critical ...
  • Ethereum Gas
    What is Ethereum Transaction Gas Limit?

    As more people dive into the world of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), Decentralized Finance (DeFi), and Web3, the need to understand the different parts of an Ethereum transaction becomes increasingly more important. This is especially true to ensure ...
  • Mempool Polygon
    Monitor the Polygon Mempool with Blocknative

    How developers and traders can create real-time transaction experiences on Polygon with Blocknative Polygon is a protocol and framework used for building and connecting Ethereum-compatible blockchain networks. Their Ethereum Virtual Machine ...
  • Transaction Simulation
    Transaction Preview — Real-Time Insights For Ethereum Mainnet

    Blocknative Transaction Simulations can be used to preview the outcome of potential transactions based on the current state of the blockchain. The introduction of Blocknative Transaction Preview expands our Ethereum Simulation capabilities beyond ...
  • Mempool Polygon
    Announcing Replacement Transaction Support For Polygon

    Today we are excited to launch support for replacement transactions — speed ups & cancels — for the Polygon Network. This enhances our initial real-time Polygon support and is immediately available to every ecosystem participant.
  • Blockchain Mempool Ethereum
    An Analysis of Ethereum Gas Prices and EIP-1559 Adoption

    How the London Hard Fork Has Impacted Ethereum Gas Fee Volatility tl;dr: the new Type 2 parameters should smooth out gas prices and lead to shorter wait times in the mempool. Ethereum transaction fees can be extremely volatile. Senders might have to ...
  • Blocknative
    Important Updates to Blocknative Account Plans

    Since launching our commercial plans, the crypto ecosystem has undergone transformational growth. This has driven the rapid adoption of our real-time mempool data infrastructure and suite of industry-leading solutions. Our team is proud to help ...
  • Blockchain Beyond Chainsplaining Mempool
    Beginner Basics of Crypto + Further Learning Resources

    I often receive requests for reading materials/learning resources from crypto-curious folks who want to dive deeper. Below is a curated list of recommended crypto 101 reading/listening/watching. Expect this to grow and change over time. Have ...
  • Mempool Ethereum EIP-1559
    A Definitive Guide to Ethereum EIP-1559 Gas Fee Calculations: Base Fee, Priority Fee, Max Fee

    When Ethereum upgraded its core gas-fee marketplace with EIP-1559, transactions moved from a first-price auction to a hybrid system involving base fees and tips. As we have previously covered, this introduced new levels of complexity for transacting ...
  • Mempool Polygon
    Gain Real-Time Insights Into the Polygon Mempool With Blocknative

    We are pleased to announce beta support for the Polygon Network across our core mempool data platform. Polygon is available via our API, SDK, Mempool Explorer, Notify, and Onboard. Now builders and traders can leverage Blocknative's proven real-time ...
  • Ethereum EIP-1559 Gas
    EIP-1559 Updates Across the Blocknative Mempool Data Platform

    Ethereum's core gas fee marketplace mechanism is set to be upgraded at approximately 5:00am PST on August 5, 2021 – when EIP-1559 goes live as part of the London Hard Fork at block 12,965,000. This will update how Ethereum transaction fees are ...
  • Mempool
    Announcing ENS Username Support in Blocknative Onboard

    Blocknative is pleased to announce it now supports Ethereum Name Service (ENS) names and records natively in Onboard — web3's most powerful connect wallet button. Now any Dapp that uses Onboard has the ability to get a user’s ENS name as well as any ...
  • Ethereum Gas
    ETH Gas 101: An Introduction to Ethereum Gas for Traders and Builders

    The principle behind Ether (ETH) gas is straightforward. For your transaction to become part of the Ethereum blockchain, you must pay gas fees to transact. And the amount of gas you must pay varies from block to block — depending upon mempool ...
  • Blocknative
    Blocknative raises $12 million to scale core transaction monitoring infrastructure

    Founded in 2018, Blocknative builds and operates critical infrastructure for monitoring and managing public blockchain transactions. Today, we are excited to announce that we have raised $12.0 million in new Series A financing, bringing our total ...
  • Ethereum Gas
    Comparing Ethereum Gas Estimators: How Blocknative Gas Platform Stacks Up

    Gas impacts every Ethereum participant, and estimating a competitive gas price alongside market volatility is a complex task. This challenge is particularly evident under periods of extreme market volatility — such as Black Thursday in 2020 and the ...
  • Blockchain Dapp DeFi
    A Builder’s Introduction to the Mempool

    The mempool is often referenced as a waiting room for pre-chain transactions, but “waiting room” is too passive of a term. It suggests it’s a casual place for transactions to hang out while they wait to be confirmed on-chain. In reality, it’s more ...
  • Ethereum Transaction Simulation
    Introducing Simulation Platform: A Net-New Capability for the Ethereum Ecosystem

    We are excited to introduce our new Ethereum Simulation Platform and provide every member of the ecosystem with ready access to live transaction simulations of pending marketable internal transactions. Simulation Platform unlocks profit potential ...
  • Mempool Ethereum Transaction Simulation
    Understanding Ethereum Transaction Simulation — And Why It Matters

    Transaction Simulation can unlock profit potential for traders and can help protocols intercept malicious transactions before they get confirmed on-chain. Today, transaction simulation is used by sophisticated, well-financed trading operations to ...
  • Gas
    Introducing Blocknative Gas Platform: A Fresh Take on Ethereum Gas Price Estimation

    Every transaction is impacted by the price of ETH gas. This fundamental building block has long been a source of anxiety for both new and experienced Ethereum users. Underpaying for gas leads to missed trades, stuck web3 wallets, and more. While ...
  • Case Study DeFi Ethereum
    How Onboard.js Increases Web3 Signups and Engagement

    ℹ️ Web3Onboard has joined the thirdweb family, please contact them for any support questions. In Web3, crypto wallets have largely replaced usernames and passwords as the primary method for accessing applications. But they still present many ...
  • Blockchain Ethereum NFT
    How real-time transaction monitoring transforms the NFT experience

    Mintable is focused on driving NFT adoption. To accomplish this, they have built a marketplace for creators and end-users of digital collectibles. Their Web3 application makes it easy to trade and mint NFTs in seconds. Since launching in 2018, ...
  • DeFi Mempool Trading
    Why the Mempool Matters: The Hidden Competition for Confirmation

    This essay was originally published on Bankless. Every pending Ethereum transaction invisibly competes in the mempool to be confirmed. While the mempool is a critical piece of blockchain infrastructure, many (most?) people have little understanding ...
  • Blockchain Mempool Ethereum
    Blocknative Raises $5 Million to Illuminate the Dark Forest

    We are excited to announce that we have raised $5 million in new financing, bringing our total raised to $7 million. Our latest round of financing is led by Blockchain Capital and includes participation from new investors IDEO CoLab Ventures, ...
  • Blockchain Mempool Ethereum
    Introducing Mempool Explorer: Because the Mempool Matters

    At Blocknative, we believe that the mempool matters. This is because mempool conditions impact every transaction globally. And, as demonstrated in recent weeks, the mempool is a constant source of vulnerabilities, arbitrage opportunities, ...
  • Blockchain Mempool Ethereum
    Introducing Blocknative Commercial Plans

    Today, we are excited to introduce commercial pricing plans that provide powerful, production-ready mempool capabilities at scale. Blocknative operates a global mempool data platform that is accessible via our API, our SDK, and our Notify.js and ...
  • Blockchain Mempool Ethereum
    Evidence of Mempool Manipulation on Black Thursday: Hammerbots, Mempool Compression, and Spontaneous Stuck Transactions

    Blocknative has uncovered evidence that the MakerDAO liquidations on March 12 and 13 were an engineered event. This evidence is derived from the mempool, the pre-chain area miners use to create blocks. The mempool is an often overlooked – and ...
  • Blockchain Mempool Ethereum
    From Stablecoins to Crypto Dollars

    Earlier this year, we asked When One Billion ETH Transactions? And as part of our focus on transaction growth, we began digging into the global stablecoin market — which is now sustaining >$1 billion per day in transaction value. To better ...
  • Blockchain Case Study Dapp
    Deploying Value On-Chain With Gold-Backed NFTs

    What would coin collecting look like in the digital world? Jesse Johnson became obsessed with answering this question. And after he co-founded Mintable — a platform that makes it easy to mint and manage NFTs — he set to work to answer that question. ...
  • Blockchain Web3 Onboard
    Easily Support Custom Derivation Paths for Ledger and Trezor Wallets

    ℹ️ Web3Onboard has joined the thirdweb family, please contact them for any support questions. While you can hold every private key in the palm on your hand, there are a staggering number of possible wallet addresses that can be generated from a seed ...
  • Blockchain ETHDenver Mempool
    8 Lessons to Help You Master the Mempool

    We want to wish the entire community well during the COVID-19 pandemic. While things are turbulent right now, we wanted to share a new post that dives deep into the mempool so that you can dig into an important part of the Web3 ecosystem. ...
  • Blockchain Web3 Onboard
    Does Your Web3 App Support Hardware Wallets?

    ℹ️ Web3Onboard has joined the thirdweb family, please contact them for any support questions. Hardware wallets — such as Ledger and Trezor — are popular among crypto whales and traders. They provide an additional safeguard for digital assets. But ...
  • Blockchain Mempool Ethereum
    When One Billion Ethereum Transactions?

    Web3 is taking root — transitioning from proof-of-concepts to enterprise-grade solutions. As specialists in the global mempool, gas pricing, and the associated value in motion, the team at Blocknative looked back at 2019 and wondered, "How many ...
  • Blockchain Notify Mempool
    Internal Transaction Monitoring Is The Missing Puzzle Piece To Understanding Your Smart Contract Activity

    Blockchains are transaction engines, enabling the exchange of value in ways that have not been possible before. The potential is exciting. But the complexity of smart contract-based transactions can make it difficult for even the most experienced ...
  • Blockchain Case Study Dapp
    DeFi Saver: Making It Easier To Manage DeFi Assets

    DeFi is a blockchain term that refers to decentralized finance, and the ethos of the term refers to the creation of an open financial system that doesn’t rely on authorities or intermediaries. Today most DeFi activity is on the Ethereum network and ...
  • Blockchain Mempool Ethereum
    A Note On Nodes: Your Gateway To The Mempool

    Nodes act as a gateway to the Ethereum network. Before a miner can include your transaction in a block, a node must first accept it. And understanding how nodes accept transactions can unlock insights into how Ethereum works. Our goal with this ...
  • Blockchain Mempool Ethereum
    What is the Mempool? - Your Intro to In-Flight Transactions

    The mempool is the gateway to the blockchain. Before anything can be written on a block, it must first move through the mempool. And this important piece of Web3 is often overlooked. Since the mempool dictates how every transaction gets written to ...
  • Blockchain Case Study Dapp
    A Decentralized Take On Asset Management

    Betoken is a next-generation DAO that is building a leading crowd-powered asset management protocol. As a fully decentralized protocol, anyone can put money in or become a manager. Betoken is transforming how people invest in cryptocurrencies and ...
  • Blockchain
    Blocknative Year In Review - And What's Ahead

    Blocknative has come a long way since we launched at ETHDenver 2019 in February. Our team is excited by the progress we have made. As 2019 wraps up, we want to take a moment to talk about where we are as a company – and what's next for 2020. What Is ...
  • Blockchain Web3 Onboard
    Announcing Onboard.js — Web3 User Onboarding Made Easy

    ℹ️ Web3Onboard has joined the thirdweb family, please contact them for any support questions. Transactions are key to every Dapp. But for your users to transact, they must have a wallet, connect to the right network, and have some ETH for gas. There ...
  • Blockchain Case Study Dapp
    Marble.Cards: Using Digital Collectibles to Make Crypto Accessible

    Marble.Cards enables users to turn almost any web page into an NFT (non-fungible tokens). These unique digital collectibles represent web pages as beautiful cards that combine a unique piece of artwork with an image from the webpage. This Dapp is on ...
  • Blockchain Notify
    Introducing Notify.js — Easy Front-End Notifications for Dapp Developers

    Today we are excited to announce Notify.js — which makes it even easier for Dapp developers to provide users with real-time transaction notifications. This release extends and enhances our API to provide teams with a comprehensive front-end JS ...
  • Blockchain Case Study Dapp
    How Custom Blockchain Notifications Improved Mintable’s User Engagement

    Mintable is focused on driving NFT adoption. To accomplish this, Mintable builds tools for creators and end-users of digital collectibles. Their Dapp makes it easy to mint, manage, browse, and exchange ERC-721 assets in seconds. Since launching, ...
  • Blockchain
    Developing For Engagement: 4 Actionable Lessons from Web3 Summit

    User engagement is the goal of nearly every product ever built on the web. But its an incredibly hard thing to define. Why? Because engagement is rooted in the in-determinant world of end-user psychology. Engagement is driven by a mix of users' ...
  • Blockchain Mempool
    Ethereum Speed Up Transactions: How They Work & What They Mean For Dapps

    Recently, we published a post covering Canceled Transactions and How They Break Dapp UX. Based on the positive feedback we received from the community, we are excited to dive into the world of Ethereum Speed Up Transactions — what they are, how they ...
  • Blockchain Case Study
    Lessons in Blockchain Startups: Finding Great Partners to Build With

    We recently introduced our new Notify API for programmable real-time transaction notifications. This new API represents an exciting step forward for Blocknative's cycle of ideate, build, test, learn, and refine. And one thing I've learned in two ...
  • Blockchain
    Introducing the Notify API for Real-Time Transaction Notifications

    After months of internal development and testing, today I'm excited to introduce our new Notify API for Ethereum wallet providers and sophisticated Dapp development teams. Notify is a lightweight, easy-to-work-with back-end API that delivers ...
  • Blockchain Mempool
    Everything You Need to Know About Canceled Ethereum Transactions – and How They Break UX

    Is your Dapp displaying incorrect information to users? It probably is — through no fault of your own. Since the start of the year, we have conducted more than 30 Dapp Transaction Usability Audits. Every Audit involves 50+ unique quantitative ...
  • Blockchain Case Study Dapp
    How Simplicity Drives DeFi Dapp Engagement

    Shiftly is a zero-fee, non-custodial aggregator of decentralized exchanges. The objective is to help you quickly and conveniently find the best price to swap your crypto – across multiple liquidity pools. Shiftly currently supports Kyber, Uniswap, ...
  • Blockchain Case Study Dapp
    Case Study: Space Miners Deploys Vaporwave-Styled Blockchain Notifications with Blocknative Assist

    Space Miners is a decentralized round-based game running on the Ethereum Mainnet. Players take turns sending miners to a planet for a chance to win that round’s earnings, which are then paid out in the Kerium Crystal (KMC) ERC-20 token. KMC can be ...
  • Blockchain
    A Powerful New API for Blockchain Transaction Notifications in Blocknative Assist 0.9

    Our latest release of Blocknative Assist includes a new Transaction Notification API for Dapp developers and wallet providers. This simple but powerful API delivers instant updates on every transaction state change.
  • Blockchain Beyond Chainsplaining
    Guessing a Private Key: Beyond Chainsplaining Part IV

    What if I told you that you could control a crypto account with hundreds of millions of dollars in value just by guessing a single number?
  • Blockchain Beyond Chainsplaining
    Holding Every Private Key in the Palm of Your Hand: Beyond Chainsplaining Part III

    Our objective with the Beyond Chainsplaining series is to explore metaphors and stories you can use to help explain blockchain. In our last post, we built out our first 'metaphor of the moment': Blockchains as Brick Walls. In this post, we'll ...
  • Blockchain Beyond Chainsplaining
    Beyond Chainsplaining: Blockchains as Brick Walls and Other Ways to Light the Lightbulb

    Our recent Enough with the Chainsplaining post seemed to strike a nerve – in a positive way! – within the Ethereum community. Ecosystem thought-leaders and crypto-newbies alike have reached out to encourage us to continue on this theme. We clearly ...
  • Blockchain
    Introducing the UX Best Practices for BUIDLers Series

    Here at Blocknative we spend a lot of time thinking about Dapp usability. Because usability is key to blockchain catching on and taking hold among the masses. If people have a hard time using something, they won’t. Just like if a tree falls in a ...
  • Blockchain Case Study Dapp
    Case Study: Nifty Football Delivers Breakout UX with Blocknative Assist

    Nifty Football takes user experience to the next level with Blocknative Assist We’re happy to share that Nifty Football has deployed Blocknative Assist into their Dapp, providing the Ethereum ecosystem with a live example of state-of-art transaction ...
  • Blockchain Case Study Dapp
    Lessons from a Pioneer in the NFT Game Ecosystem: A Brave New World for Indie Dapp Devs

    Blockchain is changing everything. And one of the most concrete examples of that change is the developer ecosystem that has emerged around popular games. For those that have not been in the loop, decentralized games enable third-party developers to ...
  • Blockchain Beyond Chainsplaining
    Enough with the Chainsplaining: How to Talk Blockchain with Empathy

    mansplain: verb: (of a man) explain (something) to someone, typically a woman, in a manner regarded as condescending or patronizing. Chainsplaining starts innocuously enough. Maybe you’re at a cocktail party or a neighborhood gathering, and ...
  • ETHDenver
    Blocknative at ETHDenver: You Had Questions, We’ve Got Answers (And Observations)

    Blocknative recently introduced our Assist.js beta to the Ethereum community at ETHDenver 2019. Over the course of a single weekend we had hundreds of conversations with — and gave hundreds of live demos to — an engaged and enthusiastic community of ...

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