Quicknode

March 21, 2025 — 3 min read

Yellowstone gRPC is a powerful tool that leverages Solana's Geyser plugin system to monitor Solana transactions in real-time. In response to community feedback, we've made a significant investment in performance improvements for our Yellowstone gRPC offering for all customers resulting in:

• Industry-leading speed: Up to 40x lower latency in side-by-side comparisons with other providers

• Global reliability: Superior performance across all regions worldwide

Introducing the Velocity Tier

Additionally, we are excited to announce the new Yellowstone gRPC Velocity Tier, which offers breakthrough performance improvements enabling you to monitor up to 1,250 accounts:

• Increased Capacity: Subscribe to up to 50 accounts per stream

• Concurrency: Manage up to 25 streams simultaneously

What This Means For Developers and Traders

With Solana settling blocks in less than half a second, milliseconds matter. The ability to receive and process on-chain events before your competitors can be the difference between profit and loss in your application. The enhanced Yellowstone gRPC add-on delivers significant advantages for many use cases:

• First-mover advantage: Access market-moving on-chain events before competitors

• Real-time risk management: Monitor positions and collateral with minimal delay

• Improved user experience: Provide users with the most current blockchain state

• More accurate analytics: Make decisions using the most up-to-date data

• Reduced infrastructure costs: Accomplish more with fewer resources due to optimized data flow

• Expanded Capacity: Broader DeFi position management and portfolio tracking capabilities

What is Yellowstone gRPC?

For those new to Yellowstone gRPC, it's a powerful tool that leverages Solana's Geyser plugin system to provide direct, high-performance access to blockchain data. Unlike traditional JSON-RPC methods that often rely on separate requests for each call, Yellowstone gRPC establishes a persistent, efficient connection that streams data in real-time as it appears on the blockchain.

Key Features

By leveraging the gRPC Protocol, Yellowstone offers improved performance over traditional websocket subscriptions, specifically:

• Low-latency streaming: Receive account updates, transactions, and blocks with minimal delay

• Typed interface: Work with structured data through a strongly-typed API

• Efficient communication: Minimize bandwidth usage with optimized data structures

• Enterprise-grade reliability: Built for mission-critical applications

Getting Started

To start using the enhanced Yellowstone gRPC add-on:

1. Access the add-on: From your QuickNode dashboard, navigate to your Solana endpoint and select "Add-ons"

2. Find Yellowstone gRPC: Click "Explore" to learn more and activate the add-on

3. Configure your endpoint: Set up your application to connect using the provided credentials

Limited-time offer!

Install Yellowstone gRPC and get $249 off, which you can use toward a month of our Accelerate plan. Pairing gRPC and Accelerate unlocks the industry's fastest and most reliable way to read and write to the Solana network.

Here’s how to get your $249 off 👇

• Add the Yellowstone add-on to your cart

• At checkout, use code SEND249

• Offer available until March 31st. Ready to get started?

Additional Resources

• Guide: Monitor Solana Programs with Yellowstone gRPC Geyser Plugin

• Yellowstone gRPC Documentation
  

Scale with QuickNode

With Solana's blockchain processing blocks in under half a second, competitive advantage demands instantaneous data access. QuickNode's upgraded Yellowstone gRPC—built on Solana's Geyser plugin—delivers unmatched performance with latency up to 40x lower than competitors, allowing you to monitor transactions and account changes practically as they happen.

QuickNode provides the infrastructure that powers everything from sophisticated DeFi protocols to high-frequency trading systems. Our global network ensures your applications maintain consistent reliability while accessing blockchain data with industry-leading speed.