Quicknode EOY Wrap-Up: 2022

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December 29, 2022 — 5 min read

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That's a wrap for 2022!

To say this has been an eventful year for Web3 would be the understatement of the century! It's been a rollercoaster ride of the highest highs — all-time highs even — and some heartbreaking lows. But through it all, there was never a doubt in the mind of Web3 builders, who remained heads down, building the foundation for a decentralized, globally-connected future. And Quicknode couldn't be prouder to count itself among these dreamers, builders, tinkerers, doers, and paradigm shifters. We are exceedingly bullish on the future of Web3 and blockchain technology for 2023 — and beyond!

Let's look at how much ground we've covered over the last year. And in a space where a decade's worth of progress happens in a year, there was no shortage of headline-worthy events in 2022:

• VC Web3 funding adds $60 billion in 2022, bringing the total to over $90 billion for 17,085 companies (80 of which are unicorns 🦄) — Crunchbase

• Artists and creators using OpenSea earned over $1 Billion from creator fees in 2022

• Ethereum successfully merged mainnet to POS

• a16z raises $4.5B for crypto fund 4; $1.5B for seed, $3B for venture investing

• Sequoia Capital to raise $500-$600M for new crypto fund

• Alexis Ohanian raises $500M for two new funds, primarily investing in crypto startups

• Phantom raises $109M, launches mobile wallet for iOS

• Polygon ($MATIC) raises $450M to expand ETH scaling solutions and ZK tech

• Electric Capital raises $1B to invest in crypto startups and tokens

• Salesforce plans to build infrastructure for NFT creation & distribution

• Stripe now supports crypto businesses, including exchanges, on-ramps, wallets, and NFT marketplaces

• Goldman Sachs offers first BTC-backed loan

• Fidelity launches Ethereum Index Fund

• Yuga Labs, Bored Ape Yacht Club creator, raises $450M @ $4B valuation

• Andrew Yang launches Lobby3 DAO to advocate for Web3 policies in D.C.

• Shopify releases Token-Gated Experiences, enabling merchants and users to connect noncustodial wallets for exclusive drops, merch, experiences, etc.

• eBay acquires NFT marketplace KnownOrigin

• Japan passes stablecoin bill ensuring redemption/backing at face value

• Uniswap (UNI) acquires NFT aggregator Genie

• Google — integrates Etherscan data to ETH address queries

• Twitter — piloting the ability to embed NFT purchase/sale in tweets and developing a "wallet prototype" that supports deposit & withdrawal

• Meta — Instagram fully launches NFT product with native wallet connect & initial support for Polygon & Solana

• Starbucks launches Odyssey; its Web3-backed Customer Rewards program

• Reddit launches NFT avatar marketplace and new blockchain-based avatars

And that's just a sample of what happened this year!

It's been wild to see all the projects and developments pushing the industry forward.

Quicknode’s 2022 Milestones, Achievements, and Highlights

At Quicknode, we've been full-speed ahead, shipping new features, tools, and resources to help grow the space and onboard the next billion Web3 users.

Education, accessibility, and continuous progress stoke the fires that motivate us to empower the people building the future of the internet.

Here's a look at some of our proudest and most notable accomplishments of 2022:

• Acquired icy.tools

• Shipped 5 new products — Token API, Quicknode Marketplace, Multi-Chain Faucet, GraphQL API, QuickAlerts

• Shipped 6 new chains — Algorand, Avalanche, Arbitrum Nova, Harmony, Stacks, NEAR

• Shipped 19 new networks — Goerli Testnet, Sepolia Testnet, +17 more

• Shipped New Pricing plans (including a free tier), revamped our website, and created a new dashboard with increased security features, usage insights, and alerting

• Enhanced the functionality of our NFT API by doubling the number of methods

• Shipped 95 new Web3 guides

• Created 7 new chain documentations, including Algorand, Arbitrum Nova, Avalanche, Bitcoin, Harmony, NEAR, and Stacks

• Hosted 15+ Twitter Spaces with some of the top projects in the Web3 ecosystem

• Hosted 3 QuickPitch Competitions — Solana, Ethereum, and Nodevember in-person pitch competition

• Shipped 17 new Youtube videos

• Gave 20 online and in-person talks

• Grew Quicknode team by 300%

• Grew Discord community by 110%

• Grew Twitter following by 40%

• Grew Newsletter subscribers by 90%

icy.tools also had an exciting year of shipping stellar new features and celebrating some awesome achievements:

• Shipped GraphQL API

• Celebrated their one-year Anniversary 🥳

• Shipped Advanced Charting Components and new Watchlists

• Shipped new Top and Sweep Pages

• OpenRarity collaboration with OpenSea, Proof, and Curio to ship v1, with widespread adoption across NFT Marketplaces

• Expanded Alert Offering — including Alerts console allowing users the ability to manage alerts at scale, through SMS, Telegram, and Discord webhooks

• Improved Search & Discoverability Engine, driving more confidence in finding the right NFT collection

• Created 30+ new Web3 and NFT guides

And we sponsored, supported, attended, and presented at over 36 events:

• Hosted our own event for builders — Miami Nodevember

• Hosted Decentralized Writing Contest w/ HackerNoon

• Hosted events at Devconnect Amsterdam

• Hosted Workshops at 7 ETHGlobal events — ETHMiami, ETHBarcelona, ETHToronto, ETHBogota, ETHSanFrancisco, ETHIndia, ETHAmsterdam

• Presented at and Supported 13 Solana Hacker House events — London, Barcelona, Belgrade, Paris, Seoul, Stockholm, New Delhi, Vancouver, Singapore, Bogota, Lisbon, Bengaluru, Austin

• Hosted a Dinner @ Permissionless

• Hosted Workshops @ Activate Build

• Presented @ Graph Hack 2022

• Presented and Hosted Events @ NFT NYC

• Presented @ Mainnet 2022

• Presented @ SmartCon 2022

• Presented @ Miami Hack Week

• Participated in a Webinar hosted by The Block

• Sponsored DcentralCon Miami

• Sponsored Magic Eden Magic Hackathon

• Hosted Workshops @ Solana Breakpoint

• Sponsored Chainlink Fall 2022 Hackathon

• Sponsored NEAR SF Builder Day

You could say we've been busy in 2022...

And it still feels like we're just getting started!

Quicknode has big plans for the future, and we are excited to be a part of the continued growth and development of the Web3 ecosystem. We're also incredibly grateful to our users and supporters for showing up daily to help us build the future. We plan to keep doing our part toward building innovative solutions and driving the industry forward.

2023 is looking bright for Quicknode and Web3 — we can't wait to see what the next year brings.

If you want to help build the future of the web and start your 2023 off with a bang, take a look at our open positions. 💙