Portal

The new blockchain
data standard

Stream fast, reliable, and autonomous on-chain data with the Portal — a decentralized retrieval layer designed for high-performance indexing. Your data pipeline, upgraded.

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The Portal is a fast, decentralized solution for accessing blockchain data, powered by over 2,500 worker nodes.

Enjoy unmatched speed, reliability, and control with 30x data replication and real-time access — perfect for heavy workloads and seamless scalability.
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Why Portal

Blazing-Fast Performance

Query up to 20 million blocks per second with optimized parallelism.

Full Data Autonomy

Run your own Portal for total control over your blockchain data.

Decentralized Network Stability

Powered by 2,500+ worker nodes with 30x data replication.

Seamless Migration

Transition effortlessly from centralized Archives with minimal effort.

Enhanced Reliability

Built-in redundancy ensures your data is always available and secure.

Anonymous Access

Enjoy token-gated access with full bandwidth control and privacy.

Flexible deployments

Host the components you need—or use our managed service. The only open-source, decentralized solution built for scale.

Real-Time Data Streaming

Hot Blocks for decentralized real-time data updates.

Why Portal Matters

Modern blockchain data engineering faces a fundamental problem: RPC was designed for wallets and transactions, not for data extraction at scale.
Solution

The Portal is a unified hub for developers to leverage the SQD Network for building and fast, cost-efficient data indexers and GraphQL APIs.

  • Access 100x faster, reliable historical data via the decentralized SQD Network.
  • Reduce indexing costs by up to 90% versus centralized RPC services.
  • Use SQD Cloud for a fully managed service, offering zero-downtime scaling and no infrastructure hassle.
Problem

Web3 data extraction and indexing are hindered by complexity, slow speeds, and high infrastructure costs.

  • Traditional indexing relies on expensive, centralized RPC providers.
  • Developers waste time on infrastructure maintenance and operations.
  • Indexing directly from nodes is slow and causes

What portal is (and Isn’t)

Portal is an HTTP interface designed for data extraction that scales where RPC fails.
Portal Is
An HTTP API for raw blockchain data
Designed for data pipelines and ETL
Interface-first with multiple implementations
Portable across deployment modes
Portal Is Not
A query language or domain DSL
A monolithic indexer framework
A centralized analytics SaaS
A vendor lock-in gateway

How portal compares

Capability
RPC
Subgraphs
Centralized Saas
Portal
Block-range queries
Manual
DSL-bound
Proprietary
Native
Finality & Reorgs
DIY
Hidden
Opaque
Explicit
Streaming
Limited
Framework specific
Custom
HTTP/NDJSON
Vendor lock-in
Low
Schema-coupled
High
None
Sovereignty
High
Medium
No
High
Scales on high-TPS + deep history
No
Partial
Vendor-locked
Yes

How Portal works?

Portal sits between blockchain nodes and your data pipeline, providing an HTTP API optimized for high-throughput data extraction. It handles the complexity of pagination, finality tracking, and reorg compensation so you don’t have to.

Choose your approach

Start building the way you prefer—consume raw Portal data, use the SDK for full pipelines, or self-host for maximum control. Pick the workflow that aligns with how you build.

Raw Portal API

Query any block range, stream NDJSON with minimal memory footprint, and rely on the Portal interface to handle reorgs, retries, and pagination for you.

Use with SDK

Leverage the TypeScript SDK to build full-data pipelines—ingest, transform and persist on-chain data with ease.

Self-Host a Portal

Take full control by hosting your own Portal. Achieve data sovereignty and autonomy with complete flexibility over your setup and usage.

Unlock Solana’s Full Potential

Access Solana blockchain data with lightning-fast speed and unmatched reliability. Query millions of blocks effortlessly, tailored for Solana developers.

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