Proponent: Pinknode

DOT Account: 13EAhGcpe93mqSFZQrQ4P2cfpdAo5txWc5UQVTfEKDoqZjhw

Date: 26/10/2022

Requested allocation: USD$53,243.06 for 3 quarters

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 archival data and higher rate limits, is also free for all builders and participants of Polkadot to utilize. We are not charging our users anything at this moment. 

- 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. Our [status page](https://pinknode.statuspage.io/#) is publicly maintained. 

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)

- Pinknode is a platform that provides infrastructure services for the Polkadot ecosystem.
- They offer free API services and a premium plan for developers to build on Polkadot.
- They have served millions of requests per day for Polkadot, Statemint, and Westend.
- They have made enhancements to their service and achieved a service reliability of 99.94%.
- They will continue to improve their service and aim for higher reliability.

#1368 Pinknode Public Infrastructure for Q1,Q2,Q3 2022