Fastest free Ethereum Classic RPC, live no-key endpoint latency
HTTP round-trip latency for eth_getBlockByNumber against every free, no-key public Ethereum Classic EVM endpoint, audited every 60 seconds from 3 regions.
TL;DR. As of , dRPC posts the lowest rpc latency at 291 ms (p50, 24h) on Fastest free Ethereum Classic RPC, live no-key endpoint latency. Source: OpenChainBench, https://openchainbench.com/benchmarks/ethereum-classic-rpc.
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Ethereum Classic (chain 61) is the original Ethereum chain post-2016 DAO fork, continuing as a Proof-of-Work EVM network with ETC as the gas token. The chain upholds code-is-law immutability and has a dedicated long-term holder community. One keyless endpoint is probed continuously: dRPC (etc.drpc.org). ETCDesktop and ETCMC are no longer responding to probes and have been removed.
Methodology
Per-chain member of the RPC latency cluster, extended to Ethereum Classic. We measure the round-trip latency of a single, identical RPC call (`eth_getBlockByNumber`) against every no-key public Ethereum Classic endpoint that sustains continuous probing, 1 provider at launch, every 60 seconds, from us-east, eu-west and Singapore. The cross-chain view lives on the parent `rpc-capabilities` benchmark; this page is the Ethereum Classic-scoped answer with per-region breakdowns as a first-class dimension.
Frequently asked
What is the fastest free Ethereum Classic RPC right now?
dRPC currently leads at 291 ms (`eth_getBlockByNumber` p50 over the last 24h), measured against 1 no-key provider probed every 60 seconds from us-east, eu-west and Singapore.
Which Ethereum Classic RPCs work without an API key?
1 endpoint sustains continuous keyless probing: dRPC (etc.drpc.org). ETCDesktop and ETCMC stopped responding to probes and have been removed from the bench.
Does the fastest Ethereum Classic RPC change by region?
Often. The region tabs at the top of the page re-scope every number to a single origin.
How is Ethereum Classic RPC latency measured here?
One identical JSON-RPC POST (`eth_getBlockByNumber`) every 60 seconds against each provider from each of 3 regions.
Source code github.com/ChainBench/OpenChainBench/tree/main/harnesses/rpc-capabilities