Blockchain RPC Provider That Won’t Track You: Case of GetBlock

Alex Grace

Alex Grace

November 30, 2022

4 min read

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As the dust has settled after FTX collapse, the Web3 segment is shaken up by the statement by the team of MetaMask, a leading non-custodial wallet. Many crypto users for the first time ever checked the RPC provider their dApps are using, and not for nothing.

Decentralization theater: Top blockchain RPC providers are tracking clients’ IP addresses

On November 24, 2022, MetaMask made headlines by its statement about the updates in Privacy Policy. The leading wallet for EVM blockchains announced that it transfers the IP addresses of its users to Infura, an RPC endpoints provider. While MetaMask works with all RPC providers, it leverages Infura’s APIs by default.

As Crypto Twitter was getting mad about such an announcement made by #1 decentralized wallet in Web3, MetaMask team released another one. It attempted to explain that nothing special happened as new policies ‘did not result in more intrusive data collection or data processing, and were not made in response to any regulatory changes or inquiries’.

However, some MetaMask users decided to change their RPC provider immediately and migrated from Infura to its competitors.

Alex Grace

Alex Grace

November 30, 2022

4 min read

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