Fastest free Akash Network RPC, live no-key endpoint latency
HTTP round-trip latency for the Tendermint status method against every free, no-key public Akash Network Cosmos SDK endpoint, audited every 60 seconds from 3 regions.
TL;DR. As of , Polkachu leads rpc latency at 195 ms (p50, 24h) on Fastest free Akash Network RPC, live no-key endpoint latency. Source: OpenChainBench, https://openchainbench.com/benchmarks/akash-rpc.
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Akash Network (akashnet-2) is a Cosmos SDK blockchain providing a decentralized cloud compute marketplace where providers bid on workloads, AKT governance and staking token. It uses CometBFT consensus and connects to the IBC ecosystem. PublicNode, Polkachu, and Ecostake provide keyless Tendermint RPC endpoints probed every 60 seconds from three regions.
Methodology
Per-chain member of the RPC latency cluster, extended to Akash Network. We measure the round-trip latency of a single, identical Cosmos SDK call (Tendermint `status`) against every no-key public Akash Network endpoint that sustains continuous probing, 4 providers at launch, every 60 seconds, from us-east, eu-west and Singapore. The harness classifies every response (ok / http_err / jsonrpc_err / stale / timeout) so the leaderboard rewards sustained availability rather than fast error messages. The cross-chain view lives on the parent `rpc-capabilities` benchmark; this page is the Akash Network-scoped answer with per-region breakdowns as a first-class dimension.
Frequently asked
What is the fastest free Akash Network RPC right now?
Polkachu currently leads at 195 ms (Tendermint `status` p50 over the last 24h), measured against 4 no-key providers probed every 60 seconds from us-east, eu-west and Singapore. The leaderboard re-sorts continuously against fresh Prometheus samples.
Which Akash Network RPCs work without an API key?
4 endpoints sustain continuous keyless probing at launch: PublicNode, Polkachu, Ecostake, AutoStake. Every listed endpoint was live-verified before inclusion.
Does the fastest Akash Network RPC change by region?
Often. The region tabs at the top of the page re-scope every number to a single origin; pick the one closest to where your requests originate.
How is Akash Network RPC latency measured here?
One identical Tendermint `status` POST every 60 seconds against each provider from each of 3 regions. Responses are classified so an endpoint stuck on an old block is never ranked as fastest.
Source code github.com/ChainBench/OpenChainBench/tree/main/harnesses/rpc-capabilities