Access limitations

Method whitelist
Our general purpose access is based on an RPC method whitelist:
Method
Restrictions
Limitations
eth_getTransactionCount
N/A
N/A
eth_getBalance
N/A
N/A
eth_getBlockByNumber
N/A
N/A
eth_call
N/A
N/A
eth_getLogs
Maximum 10 calls per 30 minutes
Must use a filter
Filter must contain at least one topic
Will only search the last 100 blocks at most.
eth_sendRawTransaction
N/A
N/A
eth_getTransactionReceipt
N/A
N/A
eth_blockNumber
N/A
N/A
eth_coinbase
N/A
N/A
net_version
N/A
N/A
eth_chainId
N/A
N/A
eth_gasPrice
N/A
N/A
eth_estimateGas
N/A
N/A
eth_getTransactionByHash
N/A
N/A
eth_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex
N/A
N/A
eth_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex
N/A
N/A
eth_getUncleByBlockNumberAndIndex
N/A
N/A
eth_getBlockByHash
N/A
N/A
eth_getStorageAt
N/A
N/A
eth_syncing
N/A
N/A
eth_mining
N/A
N/A
eth_getCode
N/A
N/A
eth_protocolVersion
N/A
N/A
eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber
N/A
N/A
eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber
N/A
N/A
eth_getBlockTransactionCountByHash
N/A
N/A
eth_getUncleCountByBlockHash
N/A
N/A
Rate limits
In addition to the method whitelist, the following rate limiting is in place:
User starts out with 1,000 credits
Credits are reset 60 seconds after the first request
Single RPC requests costs 2 credits
Batch RPC requests costs 1 credit per message in batch
These limits are visible in the X-RateLimit-Limit, X-RateLimit-Remaining and X-RateLimit-Reset headers.
In addition to the rate limits that are transparent with the headers, there is a limit of 25,000 credits per 12 hours, and an absolute maximum of 2,500 POST requests per 5 minutes.
If you surpass these limits your requests will be throttled.
The rate limits of our free service is subject to change at any time without notice.

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Last updated 3 months ago

Method	Restrictions	Limitations
`eth_getTransactionCount`	N/A	N/A
`eth_getBalance`	N/A	N/A
`eth_getBlockByNumber`	N/A	N/A
`eth_call`	N/A	N/A
`eth_getLogs`	Maximum 10 calls per 30 minutes Must use a filter Filter must contain at least one topic	Will only search the last 100 blocks at most.
`eth_sendRawTransaction`	N/A	N/A
`eth_getTransactionReceipt`	N/A	N/A
`eth_blockNumber`	N/A	N/A
`eth_coinbase`	N/A	N/A
`net_version`	N/A	N/A
`eth_chainId`	N/A	N/A
`eth_gasPrice`	N/A	N/A
`eth_estimateGas`	N/A	N/A
`eth_getTransactionByHash`	N/A	N/A
`eth_getTransactionByBlockHashAndIndex`	N/A	N/A
`eth_getTransactionByBlockNumberAndIndex`	N/A	N/A
`eth_getUncleByBlockNumberAndIndex`	N/A	N/A
`eth_getBlockByHash`	N/A	N/A
`eth_getStorageAt`	N/A	N/A
`eth_syncing`	N/A	N/A
`eth_mining`	N/A	N/A
`eth_getCode`	N/A	N/A
`eth_protocolVersion`	N/A	N/A
`eth_getBlockTransactionCountByNumber`	N/A	N/A
`eth_getUncleCountByBlockNumber`	N/A	N/A
`eth_getBlockTransactionCountByHash`	N/A	N/A
`eth_getUncleCountByBlockHash`	N/A	N/A