Chainbase

Chainbase is an omnichain data network that indexes blockchain activity across more than 220 public chains — including Solana, Ethereum, Bitcoin, and over 200 EVM and non-EVM networks — and transforms that raw data into structured, verifiable, AI-ready formats. It serves developers building analytics tools, AI agents that need real-time on-chain context, and protocols requiring cross-chain data pipelines, all through a unified access layer backed by a decentralized network of node operators.

How It Works

Chainbase operates on a dual-chain architecture. A Consensus Layer built on CometBFT coordinates validator agreement and data provenance across the network. An Execution Layer powered by EigenLayer's Actively Validated Services (AVS) framework adds cryptoeconomic security via restaked ETH — as of late 2024, more than 581,075 ETH was secured across roughly 2,000 validators in the Chainbase AVS.

At the application layer, the Manuscript protocol serves as the core data transformation engine. Manuscript consists of programmable scripts that ingest raw blockchain data, standardize it across chain formats, and produce structured outputs compatible with SQL queries, AI model ingestion, and agent-callable APIs. Developers can run custom Manuscript scripts to model chain-specific logic or access the curated datasets Chainbase maintains across the indexed network.

For storage and verifiable retrieval, WalruS3 provides a decentralized storage gateway that functions like an S3-compatible interface layered on top of distributed storage. The x402 protocol handles monetizable data access, enabling data providers to gate and price dataset access using on-chain payment flows.

Key Products and Features

Data APIs: Chainbase exposes blockchain data via Web3 API, SQL API, CLI, and Tops API interfaces. Developers can retrieve token balances, wallet histories, NFT records, and social metrics across supported chains without running their own nodes or indexers.

AgentKey: Launched in May 2025, AgentKey is a unified credential layer that gives AI agents a single access key to Chainbase's data network. It integrates with Model Context Protocol (MCP) tooling and micropayment systems, allowing autonomous agents to query on-chain data programmatically and pay per access.

Tops: Released in July 2025, Tops is an AI-powered trending aggregator that combines on-chain signals with social metrics to surface relevant tokens, protocols, and market activity. By the end of 2025 it had reached more than 10,000 monthly active users and was processing over 600 million token inferences per day.

BuilderMaps: Launched in November 2025, BuilderMaps is an ecosystem mapping tool for researchers and ecosystem builders, tracking more than 570 projects across the Chainbase-integrated network. It generated over 300,000 impressions in its first month.

EVM Tracer: An execution-level data capture tool for Ethereum-compatible chains that captures fine-grained trace data, useful for MEV analysis, protocol debugging, and advanced indexing use cases.

The $C Token

The native $C token launched on July 14, 2025, and was listed on Binance as its 28th HODLer Airdrop, alongside Bithumb, Bybit, Gate, MEXC, and Bitget. Total supply is fixed at 1 billion tokens, deployed on Ethereum.

$C functions as the economic coordination layer across the network. It is used to pay for data queries and API access, to stake as a validator or node operator, to vote on governance proposals, and to distribute ecosystem rewards. The network's fee economics allocate 80% of query fees to operators and node runners, 15% to developers who build data tools on top of Manuscript, and 5% to a permanent token burn. The token reached a 700%+ price appreciation across 2025 following the Binance listing and associated airdrop.

Team and Funding

Chainbase was founded in 2021 and is incorporated in Singapore. The founding team is led by CEO Mogu, who set the network's direction toward decentralized AI-enabled data infrastructure, and COO/co-founder Chris Feng, who leads technology and operations.

In July 2024 the company closed a $15 million Series A, bringing cumulative funding to approximately $18 million. Investors include Tencent Investment (board seat), Matrix Partners China (board seat), Folius Ventures, Hash Global, JSquare, Mask Network, and Bodl Ventures.

As of late 2025, the broader community had grown to over 440,000 followers on X and approximately 330,000 Discord members, with 500,000+ total users across the platform's consumer-facing products.

Network Scale

By the end of 2025, Chainbase had processed more than 500 billion cumulative data calls and had 35,000+ developers building on the platform across 10,000+ active projects. Use cases span MEV infrastructure, L2 block explorers, agent protocols, DeFi analytics dashboards, and cross-chain portfolio tools.

Solana Ecosystem Fit

Solana is among the 220+ blockchains indexed by Chainbase. Developers building on Solana can use Chainbase's APIs and Manuscript framework to query Solana token data, wallet histories, and on-chain activity without maintaining their own RPC infrastructure. Chainbase demoed its platform to Superteam Balkan builders preparing for Solana Breakout hackathons, indicating community-level engagement with the Solana ecosystem. Solana-native AI agents can also interface with the network through AgentKey, using MCP integrations to pull structured Solana chain data on demand.

Chainbase is not a Solana-native protocol — its consensus and execution layers run independently of Solana — but it positions Solana as a first-class indexed chain within its data network, meaning projects building cross-chain tooling or AI agents that need Solana data alongside EVM or Bitcoin data can access it through a single unified interface.