Fastest free Band Protocol RPC, live no-key endpoint latency
HTTP round-trip latency for Tendermint /status queries against every available public Band Protocol (laozi-mainnet) endpoint, audited every 60 seconds from 3 regions.
TL;DR. As of , Band Protocol posts the lowest rpc latency at 188 ms (p50, 24h) on Fastest free Band Protocol RPC, live no-key endpoint latency. Source: OpenChainBench, https://openchainbench.com/benchmarks/bandchain-rpc.
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Band Protocol is a cross-chain decentralized oracle network built on Cosmos SDK (chain ID laozi-mainnet). It aggregates and connects real-world data and APIs to smart contracts across multiple blockchains via its Yoda oracle daemon and data feed infrastructure. The chain uses the standard Tendermint RPC interface; block height is fetched via the /status endpoint. Public keyless RPC nodes are provided by the Band Protocol official team, High Stakes, and Stakewolle. Every provider was live-verified with consecutive block-height probes at launch.
Methodology
Per-chain member of the RPC latency cluster, extended to Band Protocol (laozi-mainnet). We measure the round-trip latency of a Tendermint /status query against every available public Band Protocol endpoint that sustains continuous probing: 3 providers at launch, every 60 seconds, from us-east, eu-west and Singapore. Each provider is probed via a GET /status request from which the block number is extracted. The harness classifies every response (ok / http_err / jsonrpc_err / stale / timeout) with a Cosmos-scaled staleness gap (40 blocks, around 4 min at 6 s/block). The cross-chain view lives on the parent rpc-capabilities benchmark; this page is the Band Protocol-scoped answer with per-region breakdowns as a first-class dimension.
Frequently asked
What is the fastest free Band Protocol RPC right now?
Band Protocol currently leads at 188 ms (Band Protocol block height p50 over the last 24h), measured against 3 providers probed every 60 seconds from us-east, eu-west and Singapore. The leaderboard re-sorts continuously against fresh Prometheus samples.
Which Band Protocol RPC endpoints work without an API key?
3 endpoints sustain continuous keyless probing at launch: Band Protocol official (rpc.laozi1.bandchain.org), High Stakes (bandprotocol-rpc.highstakes.ch), and Stakewolle (public.stakewolle.com/cosmos/bandchain/rpc). Every listed endpoint was live-verified before inclusion.
What is Band Protocol and why does its RPC latency matter?
Band Protocol is a cross-chain data oracle that aggregates real-world data feeds and delivers them to smart contracts via oracle scripts. Validators running the Yoda daemon and DeFi protocols consuming Band price feeds both depend on low-latency reliable RPC access to the Band chain.
Does the fastest Band Protocol RPC change by region?
Yes. The official Band node and community validators are hosted in different regions. The region tabs re-scope every number to a single probe origin so you can pick the best endpoint for your deployment geography.
What is the BAND token?
BAND is the native staking and governance token of Band Protocol (denominated as uband on-chain). It is used to stake as validators, pay for oracle data requests, and participate in on-chain governance of the laozi-mainnet.
Source code github.com/ChainBench/OpenChainBench/tree/main/harnesses/rpc-capabilities