XRP Ledger Foundation Says Free Ankr Public Nodes Now Handle 1.7 Million Daily Requests

The $XRP Ledger Foundation (@XRPLF) says the free public $XRP Ledger ($XRP) nodes it set up with @ankr now handle more than 1.7 million developer requests every 24 hours. According to crypto.news, the foundation shared the usage figure in an update on Nov. 12 for infrastructure launched in August.

The service needs no API key or sign-up. Wallets and apps can use it to connect to the $XRP Ledger mainnet and testnet without running their own server.

How the Public XRPL Nodes Work

The rollout was announced in early August, when the foundation said it was widening public access to the network for developers and users. Crypto.news reported that the portal provides free JSON-RPC endpoints for both the mainnet and the testnet, and displays network health, ledger height, median latency and request volume in real time.

Ankr's own announcement says its public RPC infrastructure gives developers direct access to the $XRP Ledger without running nodes. Ankr's blog states that the nodes support 43 methods across the main categories, including account queries covering balances, trust lines, NFTs and payment channels.

The nodes are spread across several regions. Cryptonomist reported deployments in New York, Singapore, Amsterdam and San Francisco. The public portal lists mainnet.xrpl-rpc.com for the live ledger and testnet.xrpl-rpc.com for testing, according to crypto.news.

Limits of Free Public Access

The free tier has constraints. Ankr says its XRPL nodes keep roughly the last two weeks of transaction history, and crypto.news notes that public access carries rate limits. Developers who need a full ledger archive would need another provider. The XRPL server directory lists other public connections run by Ripple, InFTF and Honeycluster, including services with full ledger history, per crypto.news.

Public endpoints also do not replace independently run nodes for organizations that need direct control over data availability, as noted by AI Chains.

The 1.7 million daily request figure is a usage update from the foundation and does not by itself show how many unique developers or apps are using the service.

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