The number of requests/second @infura_io must handle is insane. Every active Metamask user is sending them ~25 eth_getBlockByNumber calls a minute. If 50% of Metamask users have the extension enabled thats 200k requests/second right there.
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Infura could be to Consensys what Onavo VPN is to FB: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onavo (not making any privacy / ethical claims here, just pointing out the value of being in that position)
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Of course this a bit different with blockchain since a lot is public. Still, you could get private dapp adoption insights by tracking IPFS reads and eth_call usage both of which are not public
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Even something like Reddit's API would work fine. For Reddit, you get rate limited after ONE api request (lol) until you set your user agent to something unique and identifiable.
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Palatable transition path: 1. Announce users have 3 months to add a user agent 2. Three months later just make offending requests really slow 3. Start 429ing a small % a month after that. 4. Actually fully enforce after one more month
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Nice to do it this way because people stink at deadlines, aren't actually checking your updates, and might forget to update some of their code paths.
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I'm mainly fixating on API changes because I've run an API company for several years and breaking changes truly stink. You have to give really long notice and keep supporting the deprecated stuff while also rolling out new features. Can choke your eng team's productivity
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A shout out to
@mhswende’s work on separating transaction signing into a separate process and API, too.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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