Nodies vs Optimism

Split decision: Nodies leads on Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains (301 ms vs 332 ms); Optimism leads on Fastest free Optimism RPC, live no-key endpoint latency (332 ms vs 341 ms).

Read methodology Last measured Sat, 22 Aug 2026 03:13:48 UTCWindow: rolling 24h3 shared benchmarks

Nodies

Nodies is the surviving public-RPC frontend for POKT Network's decentralized infrastructure. Per-chain subdomains like `eth-pokt.nodies.app`, `polygon-pokt.nodies.app`, `arb-pokt.nodies.app`. Covers most major EVM chains no-key.

Optimism

Optimistic rollup and the canonical OP Stack reference implementation. 2-second sequencer block time, 7-day fraud-proof window, anchored to Ethereum L1 via batch submissions to the Optimism Portal.

Side by side measurements

Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains (plus Solana and Polkadot)

RPCs

Nodies

Leads

301 ms

p99: 2.01 s
rank: #8
samples: 25,876

Optimism

Trails

332 ms

p99: 387 ms
rank: #10
samples: 4,319

Latency is conditional on success: the harness times only calls returning a valid fresh block, so a mostly-failing endpoint can post a fast p50. Rows below 50 percent success are degraded; unresponsive probes pin below the table. The All chains aggregate favours single-chain foundation endpoints (Base, Binance, Arbitrum, Optimism, Avalanche officials) since they rank on one chain only; use a chain tab for honest comparison. Dead endpoints (cloudflare-eth POST returns -32603) are excluded.

Fastest free Optimism RPC, live no-key endpoint latency

RPCs

Nodies

Trails

341 ms

p99: 1.97 s
rank: #5
samples: 4,314

Optimism

Leads

332 ms

p99: 387 ms
rank: #4
samples: 4,319

Most reliable free public RPC, correctness incidents across 7 EVM chains

RPCs

Nodies

Trails

168

p99: 0.250
rank: #4
samples: 492

Optimism

No data in window

A zero row means no incident was caught in the window, not a proof of correctness. Most providers post zero most days; this bench exists for the days they do not, and for the errors: a blocked eth_getLogs or a balance read gated behind a paid key at 40 blocks of depth counts as an incident because it is one from the caller's seat.

Frequently asked questions

Nodies vs Optimism: which one is better?

Nodies and Optimism are compared on 3 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Nodies leads on Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains. Optimism leads on Fastest free Optimism RPC, live no-key endpoint latency. See the live table on this page for every metric.

Which is faster, Nodies or Optimism?

On the Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains benchmark, Nodies leads at 301 ms versus Optimism at 332 ms. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

Which is faster, Nodies or Optimism?

On the Fastest free Optimism RPC, live no-key endpoint latency benchmark, Optimism leads at 332 ms versus Nodies at 341 ms. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

How is the Nodies vs Optimism comparison measured?

Every benchmark on this page uses the same open methodology, published at https://openchainbench.com/methodology. Data is CC-BY-4.0. Measurement harnesses are MIT-licensed.

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How this pair was selected

Auto-generated pairs require: both providers in the same benchmark for seven consecutive days, at least 1000 samples per provider, observable third-party search demand, and a public /products/[slug] page on OCB. Editorially curated pairs (like this one) may publish early when search demand is high and data is accruing — panels with fewer than 100 samples are shown as provisional. The full pair ledger is versioned in the public repo.