The State of Web3 Infrastructure, H1 2026
Six months of GetBlock platform activity and what it says about where Web3 development is heading.
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Inside the Report
Where Blockchain Demand Lives
Which networks generated the most infrastructure activity in H1 2026.
What Web3 Built in H1 2026
From DEX platforms to payments, TradFi, analytics and AI — applications driving real RPC demand.
Workload Profile Across Regions
How infrastructure usage differs across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific.
Infrastructure Trends
From the rise of streaming protocols to new blockchain ecosystems gaining momentum.
Hidden Compute Economy
A small share of onchain workloads is doing most of the actual compute work. Why compute, not request count, is the real unit.
GetBlock in H1 2026
Traffic volumes, reliability metrics, customers, product launches, and operational changes that shaped the first half of 2026.
Who is this report for?
Built for teams making infrastructure, capacity, and multi-chain support decisions — and for anyone tracking where real production demand is moving.
Infrastructure and DevOps teams
deciding which chains to support, when to scale nodes, and how to allocate compute across tiers
Node operators and RPC providers
benchmarking tier economics, method mix, and the compute cost of archive-heavy workloads
CTOs and technical leadership
shaping multi-chain roadmaps, capacity planning, and vendor selection for 2026
Protocol and DeFi engineers
tracking how transport, streaming, and workload shape affect application architecture
Investment and research teams
connecting on-chain demand signals to ecosystem health and structural verticals
Enterprise and TradFi platforms
evaluating settlement rails, compliance posture, and production-grade reliability by region
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