The Stack Polkadot Builders Ship On

Quicknode is a leading Polkadot RPC provider, serving Polkadot mainnet over low-latency Substrate JSON-RPC, Asset Hub JSON-RPC, and Substrate API Sidecar from 17+ global regions with a 99.99% uptime SLA. You get a private endpoint in seconds, full archive history with no pruning, and WebSocket access for live data, on a platform that handles 500B+ requests a month across 80+ chains.

Polkadot is a network of interoperable blockchains secured by a shared relay chain and connected parachains, built on Substrate. It uses DOT for staking, governance, and coretime. Quicknode serves the Polkadot relay chain and Asset Hub.

Create a free Quicknode account, select Polkadot, and a private RPC URL is generated instantly with full method coverage and rate limits that scale with your plan. No credit card is required for the free tier.

No. Running a Polkadot archive node means syncing the relay chain and Asset Hub and keeping them upgraded through every runtime change. Point @polkadot/api or the Substrate Sidecar at a Quicknode Polkadot endpoint and you get the Substrate JSON-RPC, Asset Hub RPC, and Sidecar REST with archive history, no infrastructure to manage.

Quicknode serves Polkadot over the Substrate JSON-RPC for the relay chain, the Asset Hub JSON-RPC for parachain operations, and the Substrate API Sidecar for RESTful access to historical data.

Yes. Quicknode runs full archive Polkadot nodes with no pruning. Query historical state over the Substrate JSON-RPC and read account and block history through the Sidecar REST API.

No. Polkadot is a Substrate-based network, not an EVM chain, so there is no eth_ JSON-RPC, MetaMask, or Solidity support on the relay chain. You interact with it over the Substrate JSON-RPC, Asset Hub JSON-RPC, and Substrate API Sidecar using tools like @polkadot/api. Runtime logic is written in Rust and compiled to Wasm. Some parachains add their own EVM layer, but the Polkadot relay chain does not.

Quicknode serves the Polkadot relay chain and Asset Hub over the Substrate JSON-RPC and Sidecar REST, with full archive history and no pruning, plus HTTPS and WebSocket access. Everything runs through one unified endpoint.

Quicknode serves Polkadot from a global edge network that routes each request to the nearest node, backed by a 99.99% uptime SLA. The Substrate JSON-RPC, Asset Hub RPC, and Sidecar REST run on the same low-latency infrastructure that handles 500B+ requests a month across 80+ chains.

Yes, there is a free tier. You can create a Polkadot endpoint with no credit card and start querying over the Substrate JSON-RPC, Asset Hub RPC, and Sidecar REST. Paid plans raise rate limits and throughput as your app grows.

Polkadot is built for interoperable apps: cross-chain messaging with XCM, staking and governance tools, Asset Hub token and NFT operations, and explorers and wallets that track the relay chain and parachains.