Who this Ethereum JSON-RPC endpoint is for
Wallets and dapps that only need the latest block rarely stress an RPC provider. etox shines when you need archive node semantics: reconciliation jobs, MEV analytics, portfolio history, fraud checks, and subgraph-adjacent pipelines. Our gateway enforces per-key rate limits and per-method compute unit (CU) weights, so you can forecast cost from traffic shape instead of guessing from opaque “credits.”
Endpoint shape and authentication
After you create a key in the dashboard, embed it as the first path
segment on HTTPS. WebSocket subscriptions use the parallel /ws/ prefix on the same host. Health
checks can hit /health without a key. For a zero-friction trial, Ethereum is also available
without signup on rpcfree.com under IP-based limits — see
our free tier page for quotas.
Method coverage and CU costs (summary)
Lightweight calls such as eth_blockNumber, eth_chainId, and
eth_gasPrice are inexpensive. State reads like eth_getBalance cost more; heavy
traces and filters are priced highest so abusive log scans cannot crowd out steady production traffic. The
full table lives on the docs page and is loaded into Redis for live enforcement at the
gateway.
Ethereum WebSocket RPC
Subscriptions for new heads, logs, and pending transactions are supported over WebSocket on
eth.etox.io using the same API key path convention as HTTP. This mirrors how teams already run
viem, ethers, or web3.js against other providers — only the host and path change.
Related reading
- Arbitrum RPC — L2 endpoint with a trace roadmap
- Base RPC — OP Stack L2 on op-reth
- Competitor 1 comparison and Competitor 2 comparison
- etox.io homepage for pricing and infrastructure overview