Quicknode

December 29, 2022 — 5 min read

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

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 — アルゴランド, Avalanche, Arbitrum,

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

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,

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. 💙