Alchemy – A Powerful Developer Platform and API for Ethereum Apps
Alchemy is a powerful blockchain developer platform providing a suite of developer tools. Developers building apps which interact with Ethereum can use Alchemy's powerful APIs to supercharge their apps, and leverage features not available in vanilla nodes. They also provide services like analytics, monitoring, alerting, logging and debugging.
Today, a number of the top Dapps in the Ethereum ecosystem use Alchemy, and the company recently made their API available to the general public. We chatted to Nikil Viswanathan, CEO & Co-founder about the platform, how it works and the problems it solves. We also addressed the concerns around centralization and ecosystem resiliency.
Topics discussed in this episode:
Nikil's background and how he got into crypto
The Blockchain infrastructure
Why Alchemy chose to focus Ethereum
On building developer tools, and what Alchemy offers
How it works on a technical level and how it’s different from what else is available on the market
What can users do with supernodes
Plans for expanding into validation and other services in the future
Concerns for user privacy
Adoption of Alchemy among crypto projects
Nikil’s views on centralization concerns and ecosystem resiliency
How Jay-Z become an investor/advisor and other interesting partnerships with Alchemy
Where to learn more and join Alchemy
Links mentioned in this episode:
Alchemy Website: https://bit.ly/387HeRS
Get started on Alchemy: https://bit.ly/3eo3EQ7
Alchemy Supernode: https://bit.ly/2TPV5Eg
Alchemy on Twitter: https://bit.ly/34SJcUf
Nikil on Twitter: https://bit.ly/3kU5Ml4
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This episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture & Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: https://epicenter.tv/364