Binance Smart Chain API: a gateway to Web3 by Ankr

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Ankr

2 min readApr 22, 2021

In the course of the last months, Ankr has been committed to simplifying the access to Binance Smart Chain ecosystem with our set of tools for developers and stakers. Since the start of 2021, we have become the top validator on the network, introduced ETH staking on BSC, and launched a Binance Smart Chain API service.

BSC API enables developers to easily interact with the blockchain through the endpoint, delegating infrastructure scaling to Ankr and focusing their efforts on the core product. Our solution is being frequently compared to Infura and the services it provides for Ethereum, and in this article we are breaking down this comparison.

Ethereum API: Infura and Ankr

Infura is the industry-famous infrastructure provider that offers tools for developers to connect their applications to Web3, such as instant access APIs utilized by projects like Metamask, Uniswap and CryptoKitties. Developers who need to push large amounts of traffic through the Ethereum network can do so without spinning up their own nodes — a costly and time-consuming process.

While Ankr provides a matching infrastructure for developers and enterprises to interact with smart contracts and query data from the Ethereum blockchain, we also offer the only solution on the market for the rapidly growing Binance Smart Chain developer community.

The only Binance Smart Chain API on the market

Launched in 2019, Binance Smart Chain runs in parallel with Binance Chain, offering a full-fledged environment for developing decentralized applications. BSC is an EVM-compatible blockchain, which means that developers can easily configure their applications to work with it.

To access the chain, developers need to spin up and maintain their own infrastructure — or delegate it to Ankr, whose BSC API service offers distinct advantages such as fast request response times compared to self-hosted solutions.