0xFast
Infrastructure
blockchain data api
SHOW HN2022
How HN took it
6 positive, 11 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 20 critical, out of 38 comments about the project. Thread score -0.30.
Idea: 2 for, 7 againstDocs: 0 for, 4 againstPricing: 1 for, 3 againstPerformance: 1 for, 2 againstDesign: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Drop-in compatible with Geth JSON-RPC and useful for blockchain data access
From 2 comments
This seems to implement the same JSON RPC interface as Geth, so it should be a drop in replacement RPC. I wonder how you are thinking about potential customers here? I wonder…
joshuakelly on HNI have played around. I love it! At 23gate.com we are not yet running our nodes for chainId=0x01, so I would love to switch our downloader to 0xfast. However it seems that there…
egorfine on HN
Interesting speedups; commenter would like a technical write-up
From 1 comment
I agree that the product itself seems like a nicer way to access web3 stuff! And I'd actually be interested in some blog posts about how the authors got such dramatic speedups.
com2kid on HN
Objections
Web3 branding is off-putting and vague
From 3 comments
The main page and the description is in a strange meme format, that creates a strawman Web2 Databases (cringe) and then argues that Web3 (but what is it?) is better without any…
FeistySkink on HN"Web3 data" means nothing. If you're referring to blockchain data, say blockchain data. "Web3" doesn't lend anything to technical conversations and is best used on board rooms…
acaloiar on HNNo matter how great the product, but if the pitch includes any Web version number, we won't make friends.
marban on HN
Claims of superiority over traditional databases are overstated; it resembles Postgres plus Elasticsearch
From 2 comments
This is what the website literally claims: === start quote === Web2 Databases were meant to deal with datasets that change frequently. They have to provide ACID guarantees to…
dmitriid on HN> And I'd actually be interested in some blog posts about how the authors got such dramatic speedups. You did mention Kafka. They got the speed ups exactly how you get views from…
dmitriid on HN
Pricing appears high relative to cloud bandwidth costs
From 2 comments
No sure what the purpose of this really is. But the pricing seems bizzare. Hetzner cloud costs 1€ per extra TB (20 included) while this costs 2$ per Gb. That is an order of…
LordHeini on HNAt least they clearly say they will charge you around 200x more than what you pay in the Web2 world for data transfer.
IMTDb on HN
Benchmark metrics (latency, QPS) appear to measure network rather than service
From 1 comment
It doesn't seem that it's the correct metrics, none of them makes much sense. Something is definitely wrong with the "Queries per second", it doesn't look like something…
splix on HN
Requests
Technical details and architecture write-up
From 2 comments
I agree that the product itself seems like a nicer way to access web3 stuff! And I'd actually be interested in some blog posts about how the authors got such dramatic speedups.
com2kid on HNThis seems to implement the same JSON RPC interface as Geth, so it should be a drop in replacement RPC. I wonder how you are thinking about potential customers here? I wonder…
joshuakelly on HN
Docs for connecting to Goerli versus mainnet
From 1 comment
Any docs for connecting to goerli vs mainnet?
anonfunction on HN
Questions
What are the cons compared with Alchemy?
From 1 comment
What are the cons of 0xFast vs Alchemy?
qwerty3344 on HN
Does it give fast access to full history?
From 1 comment
> So, Apache Kafka. Does that give access to the full history quickly? > Edit: as anyone who actually does this for a living: you never use the append-only log as your source of…
IanCal on HN
Alternatives named
Alchemy
From 1 comment
What are the cons of 0xFast vs Alchemy?
qwerty3344 on HN
Apache Kafka
From 2 comments
> The only thing relevant here is that blockchain data is almost exclusively append-only So, Apache Kafka. Edit: as anyone who actually does this for a living: you never use the…
dmitriid on HN> So, Apache Kafka. Does that give access to the full history quickly? > Edit: as anyone who actually does this for a living: you never use the append-only log as your source of…
IanCal on HN