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Polkadot unites and secures a growing ecosystem of specialized blockchains called parachains. Apps and services on Polkadot can securely communicate across chains, forming the basis for a truly interoperable decentralized web.

Polkadot Public Endpoint

The below example uses the public API endpoint*. This endpoint is only suitable for testing. To avoid rate limiting and service interruption, sign up now to get your own API key.
Open In Polkadot JS
curl -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"id":1, "jsonrpc":"2.0", "method": "chain_getBlock"}' 'https://polkadot.api.onfinality.io/public'
https://polkadot.api.onfinality.io/public
wss://polkadot.api.onfinality.io/public-ws

* The public endpoint is rate limited

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Connect via HTTPS or websocket
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Full archive access at no extra cost
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