This week DIN spotlights CompareNodes, the first independent Watcher to join our ecosystem and a pioneer in transparent RPC benchmarking. Rather than operate nodes, CompareNodes measures them, giving builders verifiable data on latency, throughput, error rates, and stability across twenty-seven global test locations. Their neutral, audit-ready metrics are now woven into DIN’s decentralized stack, raising the bar for provider accountability.

Why Benchmarking Matters in a Decentralized Marketplace

Web3 developers often choose infrastructure blindly, trusting marketing claims or small test scripts that miss real-world variability. CompareNodes solves that problem with RPC Node Benchmarking as a Service. Teams can submit any two endpoints—public or premium—and receive side-by-side results in seconds. Long-running charts track hundreds of providers over time, revealing performance trends and outliers.

Key stats today

• 200+ providers indexed

• 560+ protocols covered

• 2,200+ endpoints benchmarked

• 27 global probe sites spanning North America, Europe, and Asia

Because CompareNodes does not sell RPC or data services, its results remain impartial, allowing everyone (from solo devs to enterprise teams) to compare infrastructure on a level playing field.

Why CompareNodes Became DIN’s First Watcher

Most DIN partners deliver traffic; CompareNodes delivers measurement. By onboarding as the network’s first Official Watcher in May 2024, CompareNodes adds a native layer of monitoring that is both independent and verifiable. Their role is to

1. Onboard nodes into DIN’s registry with baseline performance checks

2. Monitor health continuously from multiple regions

3. Publish results so routing and staking rewards align with real performance

This collaboration ensures DIN’s marketplace remains transparent, rewarding providers that meet strict latency and reliability targets.

How CompareNodes Strengthens DIN

DIN already routes calls to the fastest endpoints within each network. CompareNodes’ granular data makes that routing smarter, adding region-specific insights that help operators fine-tune deployments. Builders can:

• Discover the best endpoint for their user base in Frankfurt, N. Virginia, or Singapore

• Validate that premium plans outperform free tiers before committing budget

• Compare their own self-hosted nodes against top DIN providers

This feedback loop accelerates decentralization by letting performance, not marketing, determine traffic flow.

Early Wins and Milestones

A standout milestone came when CompareNodes launched three-region Ethereum benchmarking (Frankfurt, N. Virginia, Singapore) just weeks after joining DIN. Providers quickly used the metrics to optimize load balancers, and several DIN nodes saw measurable drops in p95 latency. The community responded with tooling proposals that feed CompareNodes data into dashboards and auto-scaling scripts, illustrating the power of open metrics.

What Comes Next

1. Deeper dashboard integration: Surface live CompareNodes charts directly inside DIN tools so builders see performance at a glance.

2. Routing hooks: Let DIN’s AVS reference real-time benchmarks when selecting fallbacks or triggering slashing conditions.

3. More chains and regions: Expand probes to South America, Africa, and emerging L2 ecosystems.

4. Custom APIs: Offer teams programmatic access to benchmarking data for CI pipelines and automated failover logic.

Together, DIN and CompareNodes will make performance transparency a native feature of decentralized infrastructure—turning raw data into better routing, fairer incentives, and a smoother developer experience.

Explore More

• DIN Gateway Program → din.build

• CompareNodes Inspector → comparenodes.com