Web3 RPC & API infrastructure companies serve as the backbone of the Dapp industry, servicing data and write access to blockchains to the large majority of the industry. However, with the evolution and maturation of the industry, the business model supporting this backbone faces a challenge.  Termed by DIN as the “RPC trilemma,” web3 RPC & API providers are confronted with the difficulty to simultaneously achieve three competing priorities:

This week DIN spotlights Validation Cloud, an AI-powered infrastructure company that ranks first worldwide for RPC performance on CompareNodes and secures billions of dollars in staked assets. Validation Cloud delivers three core product lines - Data × AI, Staking, and Node API / RPC - all supported by Mavrik, a proprietary intelligence engine that lets institutions query and automate Web3 data with natural-language workflows.

This week DIN spotlights Chainstack, one of our inaugural infrastructure providers and a long-time contributor to Consensys projects. Since 2018 Chainstack has focused on making blockchain infrastructure as dependable and straightforward as modern cloud workloads. Early work included hosting Ethereum Archive nodes and helping MetaMask absorb congestion spikes, experiences that positioned the team perfectly for DIN’s permissionless RPC marketplace.

This week, we are highlighting NodeFleet, a trusted infrastructure provider powering more than 10 billion relays per month across over 40 blockchain networks. From their roots in validator infrastructure to their current role supporting high-throughput, production-grade RPC, NodeFleet brings deep operational experience to DIN’s decentralized infrastructure marketplace.

This week’s Web3 Wednesday is a special edition. We are proud to highlight AltLayer, our first featured Tech Partner and a foundational contributor to DIN’s Autonomous Verifiable Service (AVS). AltLayer has played a central role in shaping the architecture and operational success of DIN’s AVS, working closely with the DIN and EigenLayer teams to ensure seamless integration, robust performance, and rapid iteration as protocol updates evolve.

This week, we are spotlighting Liquify, a founding member of the DIN provider cohort and an advocate for deep decentralization across the Web3 stack. Known for their bare-metal infrastructure and commitment to independence from cloud platforms, Liquify brings both operational excellence and a strong philosophical alignment to DIN’s mission.

In this week’s Web3 Wednesday, we highlight Rivet, a core contributor to the DIN protocol and a long-standing force in open source blockchain infrastructure. From the beginning, Rivet has focused on a single, urgent mission: eliminating the centralization that continues to limit the potential of Web3. As a partner and co-designer of DIN, Rivet has been instrumental in helping shape a new model for reliable, decentralized RPC.

This week, we’re highlighting 0xFury, a DIN Provider helping define what decentralized infrastructure looks like at scale. With deep technical roots and a long history of collaboration, 0xFury is bringing reliability, responsiveness, and resilience to the DIN ecosystem.

Welcome to the inaugural series of Web3 Wednesday blog posts highlighting our DIN Partners across the Web3 Infrastructure ecosystem.