Proponent: Pinknode

DOT Account: 13EAhGcpe93mqSFZQrQ4P2cfpdAo5txWc5UQVTfEKDoqZjhw

Date: 17/11/2022

Requested allocation: USD$53,243.06 for 3 quarters

Allocation in DOT: 9084.29

**Proposal Summary: Costs for running secure, reliable, and scalable public infrastructure for Polkadot, Statemint, and Westend**

**Project Summary**

Pinknode is a node-as-a-service platform focused on providing shared API endpoint and node operation services catering exclusively to the Polkadot ecosystem. We launched our MVP in June 2021 and have been providing free RPC services to the Polkadot ecosystem’s participants since Q3 2021. Our mission is to aid the Polkadot protocol in achieving its vision of a multi-chain future by providing easy-to-use, reliable, and scalable infrastructure services which remove an entire layer of complexities for developers to start building on Polkadot/Substrate.

Ecosystem participants can access our free API service by creating their own API Key on [Pinknode Portal ](https://portal.pinknode.io/signup)or using our public endpoints (listed at https://polkadot.js.org/apps). In a bid to reduce barriers to entry and attract more developers to the ecosystem, our premium plan, which includes archive data and higher rate limits, is also free for all builders and participants of Polkadot to utilize. 

- https://public-rpc.pinknode.io/polkadot
- wss://public-rpc.pinknode.io/polkadot
- https://public-rpc.pinknode.io/statemint
- wss://public-rpc.pinknode.io/statemint
- https://public-rpc.pinknode.io/westend
- wss://public-rpc.pinknode.io/westend

**Service Details**

**For Q1/22, from 1st January 2022 to 31st March 2022,**

Pinknode’s Polkadot RPC nodes have served an average of 2,737,933 requests per day, for a cumulative total of 246,413,975 requests for the quarter.

Pinknode’s Statemint RPC nodes have served an average of 159,873 requests per day, for a cumulative total of 14,388,568 requests for the quarter.

Pinknode’s Westend RPC nodes have served an average of 189,120 requests per day, for a cumulative total of 17,020,770 requests for the quarter.

**For Q2/22, from 1st April 2022 to 30th June 2022,**

Pinknode’s Polkadot RPC nodes have served an average of 4,849,336 requests per day, for a cumulative total of 441,289,552 requests for the quarter.

Pinknode’s Statemint RPC nodes have served an average of 174,230 requests per day, for a cumulative total of 15,854,972requests for the quarter.

Pinknode’s Westend RPC nodes have served an average of 230,021 requests per day, for a cumulative total of 20,931,893 requests for the quarter.

**For Q3/22, From 1 July 2022 to 30 September 2022,**

Pinknode’s Polkadot RPC nodes have served an average of 8,708,123 requests per day, for a cumulative total of 792,477,238 requests for the quarter.

Pinknode’s Statemint RPC nodes have served an average of 26,7682 requests per day, for a cumulative total of 24,359,125 requests for the quarter.

Pinknode’s Westend RPC nodes have served an average of 350,008 requests per day, for a cumulative total of 31,850,748 requests for the quarter.

**Enhancements for the past 3 quarters:**

- Configuration of our Kubernetes clusters and auto-scaling mechanism
- Automated snapshot scripts
- Setup health check and monitoring tools
- Launch of Pinknode 1.0
- Enhancement of Pinknode’s proxy service and routing protocol.
- Testing and implementation of service recovery scripts
- Introduction of Pinknode’s Status Page for better visibility
- Automated chain upgrade scripts

Pinknode achieved service reliability of 99.94% for Q3 2022 with one major downtime incident on 12 Aug 2022. This major incident was traced to insufficient resource allocation for Pinknode’s proxy service and the fault was promptly resolved. You can view our status page [here](https://pinknode.statuspage.io/).

Pinknode will continue to improve our service reliability by improvement to our automated service recovery scripts and monitoring processes. We are confident of achieving higher service reliability going forward.

Our full report including raw data and graphs can be viewed [here](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1L7uhTEbFpOJ6xQuvoop6EWCLJP7B8uKUQvd4zl1NmXs/edit?usp=sharing).

Approve a proposal. At a later time, the proposal will be allocated to the beneficiary
and the original deposit will be returned.

May only be called from `T::ApproveOrigin`.

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- DbReads: `Proposals`, `Approvals`
- DbWrite: `Approvals`
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- Pinknode is requesting funding for running infrastructure for Polkadot, Statemint, and Westend.
- They provide API services and node operation services for the Polkadot ecosystem.
- They have served millions of requests per day for each quarter.
- They have made enhancements to their services and achieved a service reliability of 99.94%.
- They will continue to improve their services and aim for higher service reliability.

#299 Pinknode Public Infrastructure for Q1,Q2,Q3 2022