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TechnicalAugust 17, 2026
Robinhood Chain RPC: low-latency, reliable access at launch
An engineering account of how Alchemy prepared production RPC and WebSocket infrastructure for Robinhood Chain's launch, and what builders should do to get the same reliability.
TechnicalAugust 14, 2026
Best Base RPC provider for low latency: a Base, Arbitrum, and Optimism benchmark
In Alchemy's retained public benchmark window, Alchemy delivered the lowest average and p95 read latency on Base among four tested paid providers, with the fewest observed failures.
TechnicalAugust 3, 2026
Solana Account Archive: querying account state at any slot
getAccountInfo for any Solana account at any historical slot, with a never-pruned archive built by replaying a year of Solana.
TechnicalJuly 27, 2026
How we rebuilt historical logs for speed
We rebuilt the storage and query engine behind eth_getLogs, making large-range historical log reads over 2x faster at p99 in every region.
TechnicalJuly 21, 2026
Introducing historical Solana token balances
getTokenAccountsByOwnerAtSlot returns everything a wallet held at any past point in time, with exact balances, in a single call.
TechnicalJuly 20, 2026
How we fine tune our RPC for speed and reliability
We moved compression for large RPC responses to a better layer in our serving path, cutting P95 latency on heavy calls and reducing connection churn.
LearnJuly 15, 2026
How Alchemy's node infrastructure keeps DeFi fast at scale
DeFi teams depend on latency, reliability, and scale. See how 0x, Solflare, and Usual run high-pressure workloads on Alchemy's infrastructure.
LearnJuly 15, 2026
How to migrate from self-hosted nodes to dedicated infrastructure
Migrating from self-hosted nodes to dedicated infrastructure is an endpoint swap, not a rebuild. Why teams make the move, what they gain, and how it works.
LearnJuly 14, 2026
How to migrate between RPC providers with zero downtime
Migrating between RPC providers is an endpoint swap, not a rebuild. What drop-in compatibility covers, what to audit first, and how to switch without downtime.
PartnershipJuly 8, 2026
Alchemy expands support on Stellar with Data APIs and a path to Tier-1 validation
Alchemy is working toward becoming a tier-1 validator on Stellar and has added three indexed Data APIs for transfer history, token balances, and NFT holdings on mainnet and testnet.
LearnJune 30, 2026
How we benchmark RPC performance
Benchmark numbers are easy to quote and easy to misread. Here's exactly how Alchemy's public EVM read benchmark measures latency, success rate, failures, and timeouts under controlled conditions.
TechnicalJune 4, 2026
Migrating from Sim to Alchemy's Data APIs
Dune is retiring the Sim API on August 1, 2026. Alchemy's Data APIs cover the most common Sim migration paths across EVM chains and Solana.
TechnicalMay 27, 2026
How to build onchain agents: wallets, payments, and real-time data
How to build onchain agents: a chain-agnostic guide to giving AI agents secure wallets, x402-based autonomous payments, and real-time blockchain data with Alchemy.
TechnicalMay 26, 2026
How to build on UTXO chains: Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin, and Bitcoin Cash
UTXO chains for developers: how Bitcoin, Litecoin, Dogecoin, and Bitcoin Cash differ from EVM, what infrastructure you need, and how Alchemy delivers it.
TechnicalMay 13, 2026
How the edge layer powers faster RPC on Alchemy
Inside the Alchemy Edge Proxy: how a custom bare-metal ingress layer makes blockchain RPC up to 7.5x faster across 100+ networks, with no customer migration.
TechnicalMay 6, 2026
Zero downtime, zero gaps: how we built fault-tolerant Solana gRPC streaming
Multi-node redundancy, shred ingestion, and Richat — how we architected Solana gRPC streaming for teams that cannot afford gaps or spikes.
TechnicalApril 7, 2026
Solana Alpenglow: the biggest consensus overhaul in Solana's history
Alpenglow replaces both Proof of History and Tower BFT with a new consensus architecture that drops finality from 12.8 seconds to 150 milliseconds and eliminates 75% of Solana's block space overhead.
TechnicalMarch 12, 2026
How we designed for scalability on Solana
How we approached scalability when we rebuilt our Solana platform from the ground up — and how we're positioning it for what comes next.
TechnicalFebruary 24, 2026
How Alchemy built the fastest archival methods on Solana
Discover the architecture that makes our archive methods the fastest solution on the market today.
TechnicalFebruary 3, 2026
How to build a stablecoin in 2026
A technical guide covering everything you need to know to build your own stablecoin.
TechnicalJanuary 26, 2026
How to build Solana AI agents in 2026
A technical tutorial showing you how to build agents on Solana.
TechnicalDecember 19, 2025
How to make a memecoin on Solana: a step-by-step guide
Learn how to make a memecoin on Solana from a launchpad or DIY.
TechnicalDecember 10, 2025
How to build an AI trading bot: a complete developer's guide (2026)
A step-by-step technical guide to building a sentiment-enhanced crypto trading bot with on-chain data, machine learning, and risk management using Alchemy's blockchain APIs.
TechnicalDecember 3, 2025
From one node to Cortex: serving blockchain data at 100K TPS, globally
How Alchemy evolved from a single Ethereum node to Cortex, an intelligent blockchain engine serving 100K+ TPS globally with sub-50ms latency.
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