This week DIN spotlights Northwest Nodes, a provider that cut its teeth operating Chainlink nodes and grew into a broader infrastructure partner for high-performance networks. From the start, the team focused on working with the best engineering groups in crypto, applying disciplined operations to deliver reliable access for builders.
Why Northwest Nodes Joined DIN
Northwest Nodes saw DIN as the most credible path to a decentralized and merit-based infrastructure layer. DIN’s AVS model with slashing ties rewards to measurable outcomes such as redundancy, uptime, and responsiveness. That alignment fits the team’s philosophy that performance should be earned and verifiable rather than promised.
Networks Live on DIN
Northwest Nodes currently supports:
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ZKsync
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Swell
Both ecosystems demand specific expertise and tight operational practices. By contributing these networks to DIN, Northwest Nodes helps developers reach performant endpoints through a single integration while keeping decentralization and reliability front and center.
Operational Impact
Joining DIN added a new income stream and encouraged deeper investment in internal processes. The team refined monitoring, alerting, and incident response as part of meeting DIN’s performance expectations, which now benefits all customers who rely on their infrastructure.
Learnings and Internal Tooling
A standout outcome has been the creation of a proprietary RPC tracking system. It measures availability and latency across multiple dimensions and is robust enough to serve many use cases. This system informs day-to-day tuning and longer-term capacity planning, improving service quality across the board.
The Role of Decentralized Infrastructure
Northwest Nodes believes decentralized infrastructure is essential for real uptime, security, and redundancy. Centralized services can be fast, but they create single points of failure and policy risk. DIN proves that a decentralized system can provide strong reliability when incentives are clear and performance is enforced.
Looking Ahead
Northwest Nodes plans to:
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Expand coverage to additional high-demand networks as they mature.
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Continue improving its RPC tracking system and share insights that strengthen the broader provider community.
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Support DIN’s AVS roadmap so developers gain stronger guarantees without sacrificing usability.
Much appreciated note from the Northwest Team: “A big thank you from the team to DIN for professional guidance, thoughtful design, and ongoing support.”
Learn More
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Explore DIN → din.build
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Explore North West Nodes** → https://northwestnodes.com/ **