GetBlock April 2026 Dev Update: TRON gRPC, Bittensor, GetBlock Research, Risk API

Welcome back to your favorite RPC provider's monthly recap! Each month we round up what shipped at GetBlock, what's underway, and a bit of insider info on what's launching next. 

This time, the "what's launching" part is bigger than usual: Four risk scoring APIs go live in May. Five more launches close behind across pre-indexed onchain data, TRON gas abstraction service, and enterprise infrastructure.

April 2026 at GetBlock – TL;DR

gRPC support for TRON

TRON nodes at GetBlock now support gRPC alongside JSON-RPC and REST interfaces. Available on both Shared and Dedicated node services.

This is a more modern way to work with Tron infrastructure, for builders that want a cleaner, faster interface for their node interactions.

What gRPC adds for TRON builders:

If you're already running TRON on GetBlock, gRPC is added to your dashboard alongside other interfaces – pick whichever endpoint fits.

Bittensor RPC comes to GetBlock Shared Nodes

In April, we extended Bittensor RPC support to Shared Nodes – JSON-RPC, WebSocket, and Substrate APIs are supported. That means Bittensor API is now reachable from any of our entry-level plans, including the free tier.

We've supported Bittensor on Dedicated Nodes for a while. Bittensor's decentralized AI network has been picking up steam, and the demand for RPC access has grown alongside it. Via Shared Nodes, builders can get this access in seconds. 

At launch, nodes are deployed in our us-east node cluster. We'll expand regions based on demand.

TAC Saint Petersburg Testnet support added

In addition to existing TAC mainnet support, we've added TAC Saint Petersburg test network RPC access on Shared Nodes (shortened to "TAC SPB" in the dashboard). 

TAC is the EVM bridge into the TON ecosystem that lets Solidity developers ship to TON's user base without rewriting in FunC. Saint Petersburg testnet (chain ID 2391) is where the actual building happens before mainnet.

After adding the testnet support, GetBlock becomes the full lifecycle provider for TAC builders – for dev, staging, and prod. 

Arbitrum & Polygon Archive nodes maintenance updates

On April 27th, we temporarily paused Arbitrum and Polygon archive endpoints on shared plans. Both had been experiencing intermittent instability. We briefly took them offline for a full infrastructure redeploy and upgrade. Users got direct notice ahead of the maintenance window. 

Where things stand now:

Taking a service offline isn't a great experience, but it's the decision we'd made instead of leaving a degraded service running.

US East Kubernetes migration already in progress

GetBlock keeps working through a multi-region orchestration overhaul. In March, we completed the Singapore cluster migration from Nomad to Kubernetes.

It delivered latency consistency, better failover, and update pipelines without disrupting running services, with virtually no downtime. We ended up at 99.9969% uptime in the Singapore cluster post-migration.

The US East cluster is next in line, already halfway through, bringing the same set of wins. No change to your endpoints, just steadier infra under the hood.

Node client upgrades

April was a heavy month for protocol upgrades and others scheduled for early May. We've upgraded our infrastructure to keep our nodes in sync ahead of every activation. Here are some highlights from the chains we support: 

GetBlock Research: First Web3 infrastructure report is out

We've kicked off a new quarterly research series at GetBlock, and the first edition is live: State of Blockchain Clients Q1 2026.

As an infrastructure provider running nodes across 130+ chains, we see client behavior in production, not just in release notes. That perspective seemed worth sharing more systematically, so we built a quarterly cadence around it. 

The Q1 edition covers protocol-level work across seven networks: Solana, Ethereum, BNB Chain, Bitcoin, Base, Arbitrum, and XRP Ledger. Touching on Alpenglow, Glamsterdam, Fermi, Base's move off the OP Stack, other upgrades worth tracking. And, more importantly – outcomes for those who build, run, or rely on Web3 infrastructure.

The full report is free to read. The whole thing fits in 15 pages – short enough to read in one sitting, long enough to actually be useful.

New on YouTube: Weekly News

There is no shortage of crypto news. There's a serious shortage of people filtering it down. That’s why we launched our new YouTube format: Web3 Weekly News. 

It is a quick weekly digest of the stories worth tracking across blockchain, crypto, AI, and security (with a bias toward what builders should actually pay attention to). 

The first episode covers:

New episodes weekly. Subscribe to our YouTube channel so you don't miss them! And tell us in the comments what you'd like to see covered.

What's launching soon: New APIs, data streams, enterprise products

We'll have more to show in the coming months.

AML & Risk APIs

First, we’re preparing a new set of API-first onchain intelligence services for launch – fast, AI-powered tools trained on years of network activity:

Available in your GetBlock dashboard starting this May.

Payment infrastructure

A new TRON Energy infrastructure is also nearly ready. Built for teams running serious volumes on TRON. The service delegates energy and bandwidth to you on demand, so you pay only for what you use without having to lock TRX.

Data APIs

We’re moving from raw RPC to filtered and structured data access with upcoming Historical Data Streams launch. This is the subscription service for pre-indexed on-chain data streams across 100+ chains that pipe directly into your database or processing pipeline.

Building out our enterprise stack

Over the past several months, we’ve been building a set of products designed for institutional, regulated, and privacy-sensitive workloads. Three products in this layer are getting close to public availability:

Want to take one for a spin before launch? Apply for beta access via the contact form.

New launches not far off. Stay tuned.

– The GetBlock Team