Research on crypto infrastructure performance. Every figure is live benchmark data, citable under CC BY 4.0.
Key finding
“As of 23 October 2026, Solana's median finality is 404 ms over the preceding 24 hours (p90 579 ms, p99 765 ms, 357,000 measured slots), down from about 7 seconds under Tower BFT.”
Alpenglow cut Solana's median finality from about 7 s to 404 ms on mainnet. Live wall-clock data, why it is 17x and not 85x, and how Solana ranks now.
Robinhood Chain is live, and three providers offer keyed endpoints for it. We benchmarked all three on the same call, the same cadence, over a rolling 24-hour window. Here is which one delivers the fastest median read.
Two live benchmarks across quote latency and effective fees reveal a 10x spread in quote speed between the fastest and slowest providers. Rankings shift by corridor and region. No single provider leads on every measured dimension.
Seven live benchmarks across six categories reveal a fragmented market: no single provider leads price feeds, token metadata, DEX coverage, NFT data, asset registry, and wallet labeling simultaneously. This report maps where each provider wins, where it falls short, and why.