Bware Labs

Blast is Bware Labs' API provider platform that aims to solve Web 3 infrastructure issues related to reliability and latency, by employing geographically distributed third-party nodes.

Blast offers a multi-region architecture that, along with a series of clustering and geo-location mechanisms, ensures optimal routing of user requests to the closest point of presence relative to where a call is generated from. Moreover, using third-party nodes scattered all over the world, Blast ensures the decentralization of the underlying blockchain infrastructures thus reducing down-time and increasing reliability.

The set of blockchain projects available within the Blast platform is carefully selected in order to support Web 3 development efforts on the most relevant networks in the industry. Platform users are able to easily generate an API endpoint (RPC/WSS/REST) in just a couple of easy steps, after registering with their MetaMask account, or through WalletConnect. Once registered, all users have access to a free subscription plan which allows for a number of requests on each of the Blast supported blockchains. If the free plan is not enough, users are able to upgrade to paid plans according to their development and/or production requirements.

Third-party Node Providers that support the platform by registering their full nodes and fulfilling query requests are included in an incentivization mechanism that allows them to receive a share of the funds coming into the platform via subscription plan fees.

Additionally, all provider nodes have the option to create Staking Pools where they can stake INFRA Tokens and receive an APY in order to increase their revenue for hosting full nodes on Blast supported blockchains.

How it works
The users/customers of our platform will be able to choose from a list of subscription plans, depending on their needs, and will be provided access to fully-fledged endpoints (RPC, REST, WSS, GraphQL) for any of the networks we support at a given time. At this stage, Binance Smart Chain and Ethereum networks are already available.

On the other hand, Node Providers will be able to integrate their Full Nodes into our infrastructure and earn rewards for fulfilling API requests.

Even if our ultimate target is to become decentralized, at first, all the infrastructure needs will be supplied by Bware Labs via our own servers, which will allow us to gain a full perspective on what will be required from our future partners and also fine-tune the infrastructure before accepting third-party Node Providers.

Later on, when enough third-party Node Providers have joined our platform, most of the Bware Labs Nodes will be decommissioned and the team will transition into a support and monitoring role.

User benefits and constraints
As a user of our Platform, you will be able to obtain an endpoint allowing you to interact with any of our supported networks (currently ETH and BSC), just by performing a few simple clicks within a user-friendly interface. You will be required to connect your Metamask wallet in order to log in and will be asked to sign every operation via the same wallet. This way we can make sure the operation is intended and an actual human is the one performing it.

On the free version of our product (currently available) you will be able to generate one endpoint for each supported network and a maximum of two endpoints in total while the number of requests will be limited to 120000 per day.

Node providers
By joining our platform as Node Providers, our future partners will be able, for the first time, to earn rewards by simply hosting and maintaining a Full Node on a specific blockchain.

A Node Integrity Protocol will be developed by our team to ensure both the fulfillment of requirements and the good behavior of the Node Providers. This Node Integrity Protocol together with a state-of-the-art monitoring system will allow us to provide a high level of reliability and security to our users, even if we don’t have full control over the actual full nodes fulfilling the requests.

In order to enforce the good behavior of our partners, each full node owner will be required to stake an amount of BWR tokens prior to being accepted into our infrastructure. The amount will initially be decided by BwareLabs and then updated via our governance mechanism.

In the following sections, we will describe how you can obtain your own dedicated endpoints using our platform and we will provide examples of requests that can be made for each of the currently supported networks.