Chainstack Blog

Arc is the USDC-native L1 built by Circle. A deep dive into its Reth + Malachite architecture, EIP-7708 log-as-ledger design, backers, validators, and RPC access.

Stable is a USDT0-native payments L1 with StableBFT consensus, sub-second finality, and no mempool. A dive into its architecture, backers, and changes for RPC infrastructure.

Every RPC provider claims a free tier. Most require a card, throttle you, or expire after 30 days. Chainstack’s Developer plan is the exception — here’s why.

Both call themselves on-chain prediction markets. But once you decode the contracts, world.xyz and Polymarket make opposite bets about who you have to trust.

Every year someone publishes another “Top 50 Blockchain Leaders” list. This isn’t that list — 20 Web3 builders who wrote the code you use every day.

Ethereum’s biggest protocol change since the Merge lands in H2 2026. ePBS moves block building into the protocol, BALs enable parallel execution. What to do about it.