FastNode

FastNode is a Dubai-based Web3 node infrastructure provider that delivers dedicated, high-performance RPC access across 75+ blockchains—including Solana—through JSON-RPC, WebSocket, and gRPC endpoints backed by 99.99% uptime SLAs and no rate limits.

What FastNode Does

Developers building decentralized applications face a chronic infrastructure problem: public blockchain nodes are shared resources. They rate-limit requests during peak periods, experience downtime, and introduce latency that makes time-sensitive operations—arbitrage, DeFi liquidations, real-time data feeds—unreliable. FastNode addresses this by providing dedicated RPC nodes, where a team or application gets exclusive access to computing resources rather than competing with other users on shared infrastructure.

The company was founded in 2022 by George Wilstein, with a small team based in Dubai, UAE. Its service model is straightforward: provision dedicated nodes on a given blockchain, hand developers clean API endpoints, and guarantee connection quality via SLA.

Core Mechanism

FastNode's infrastructure sits between application code and blockchain networks. Instead of developers managing their own validator or full nodes—which requires significant technical overhead, hardware investment, and ongoing maintenance—they route their RPC calls through FastNode's managed endpoints.

The platform exposes three connection methods:

• JSON-RPC: the standard request/response protocol for reading chain state, submitting transactions, and querying accounts or program data.
• WebSocket: persistent connections for real-time event subscriptions—slot changes, account updates, transaction confirmations.
• gRPC / Yellowstone: the binary, multiplexed streaming protocol that has become standard for latency-critical Solana applications; it uses HTTP/2 with binary protobuf payloads and server-side filtering, reducing bandwidth and parsing overhead compared to JSON WebSocket subscriptions.

Clients receive an API key, select their target network and node type, and point their application at FastNode's regional endpoint. The platform handles provisioning, scaling, and monitoring.

Supported Networks and Solana Position

FastNode supports over 75 blockchains across more than 97 networks, spanning mainnets and testnets. The list includes Solana alongside Ethereum, Bitcoin, BNB Chain, Avalanche, Polygon, Arbitrum One, Optimism, Base, zkSync Era, Starknet, Cosmos Hub, Polkadot, Sui, Aptos, Tron, Near, Cardano, Fantom, Filecoin, Cronos, Zilliqa, Zcash, and dozens more.

For Solana specifically, FastNode offers both full nodes and archive nodes. Full nodes provide current state access—sufficient for most dApps, wallets, and DeFi integrations. Archive nodes retain historical ledger data, useful for analytics platforms, indexers, and applications that need to reconstruct past state. The Yellowstone gRPC endpoint is particularly relevant for Solana-native MEV operations, high-frequency trading bots, and any application where arriving 50–100 milliseconds ahead of standard WebSocket delivery has economic value.

FastNode's multi-chain scope means it competes not only with Solana-specialist providers like Helius and QuickNode but also with generalist RPC providers such as GetBlock, NOWNodes, Chainstack, and OnFinality.

Key Features and Service Guarantees

99.99% uptime SLA. FastNode commits to sub-one-hour annual downtime on dedicated deployments. This is the figure that matters for applications where node outages directly translate to user failures or missed opportunities.

No rate limits. Shared node providers impose request-per-second caps because many users draw from the same pool. On dedicated infrastructure, the provisioned capacity belongs to one client, so rate limits are not a structural constraint.

Global endpoint coverage. The platform maintains six public endpoints available for benchmarking and exposes regional options for latency-sensitive workloads. Proximity to a validator cluster typically shaves single-digit to tens of milliseconds from round-trip time—meaningful for MEV and high-frequency trading use cases.

Multi-protocol API access. The combination of JSON-RPC, WebSocket, and gRPC within a single provider means teams can cover multiple connectivity needs without maintaining separate accounts or routing logic across vendors.

Enterprise SLAs and monitoring dashboards. FastNode offers custom SLA agreements for larger clients, along with real-time monitoring dashboards. Payment is accepted in both fiat and cryptocurrency.

24/7 support. The team offers continuous support, which matters for infrastructure that must function outside business hours.

Team and History

George Wilstein founded FastNode in 2022. The company operates out of Dubai, UAE, and the core team consists of approximately four people who reportedly worked together since university. No institutional funding has been publicly disclosed.

FastNode has been visible in multi-chain infrastructure contexts beyond Solana: in 2025, a community-funded proposal was submitted to provide public Zcash RPC infrastructure through FastNode, indicating the company actively pursues grant-funded integrations with smaller blockchain communities alongside its commercial offerings.

The company maintains a presence on LinkedIn, X (Twitter), and Discord. Its X account posted marketing content as recently as May 2025, advertising support for 75+ blockchains. FastNode is listed in Alchemy's Dapp Store under the RPC node providers category and appears in comparison tools such as CompareNodes, where its endpoint performance can be benchmarked against competitors from 30 global locations using the RPC Inspector Pro tool.

Tokens and Assets

FastNode has no native token. It is a pure infrastructure-as-a-service business. Revenue comes from subscription or usage-based fees for node access, with enterprise pricing negotiated directly. There is no governance token, no liquidity mining, and no on-chain protocol component.

Security and Audits

No public security audits have been disclosed for FastNode's infrastructure. As a node provider rather than a smart-contract protocol, the security surface differs from on-chain DeFi: the primary concerns are uptime reliability, data integrity of forwarded RPC responses, and key management for API credentials. No incidents or reported outages have appeared in public coverage. Independent latency benchmarking is available through CompareNodes' Inspector Pro tool, offering third-party transparency on performance.

Solana Ecosystem Fit

FastNode's role in the Solana ecosystem is as a connectivity layer. Applications that have outgrown the public Solana RPC endpoints—which are rate-limited and occasionally congested during high-traffic periods—can move to dedicated infrastructure without switching tooling or rewriting RPC logic. The Yellowstone gRPC support positions FastNode to serve the growing segment of Solana developers building MEV-aware systems, real-time trading bots, and indexing pipelines that depend on sub-100ms data delivery.

The multi-chain design also addresses teams building cross-chain applications on Solana alongside EVM networks, reducing the vendor count they need to manage. For a small team needing reliable Solana RPC plus Ethereum mainnet access under a single SLA and a single dashboard, FastNode is a practical option relative to maintaining separate provider relationships.