Full API node update - 31/5/2018
What is a full RPC node and why it is necessary
A full RPC node contains all STEEM blocks and several databases, in which e.g. account-related transactions, followers foran account, all posts of a blog from an account, .... are stored. Without nodes, the steemit site would be down, there would be no bid-bots and services as steemauto.com or GINAbot would not work.
Complete RPC node list
All nodes have support for https://. For nodes with websocket support (WSS is yes), wss:// has to put in front. All which have websocketsupport are checked twice (1x https and 1x wss).
The node version was read out from the server itself, and when this was not possible (node did not respond) a question mark is shown instead.
| Server | WSS | Ran By | Info |
|---|---|---|---|
| steemd.privex.io | yes | privex | post |
| steemd.pevo.science | yes | pharesim | post |
| rpc.steemliberator.com | yes | netuoso | post |
| rpc.buildteam.io | yes | themarkymark | post |
| gtg.steem.house:8090 | yes | gtg | post |
| api.steem.house | no | gtg | post |
| rpc.steemviz.com | yes | ausbitbank | post |
| seed.bitcoiner.me | yes | bitcoiner | link |
| steemd.steemgigs.org | yes | steemgigs | post |
| steemd.minnowsupportproject.org | yes | followbtcnews | post |
| rpc.curiesteem.com | no | curie | post |
| appbasetest.timcliff.com | yes | timcliff | post |
| api.steemit.com | no | Steemit Inc. | - |
| api.steemitstage.com | no | Steemit Inc. | - |
| api.steemitdev.com | no | Steemit Inc. | - |
api.steemitstage.com and api.steemitdev.com may contain newer node versions and should be used only with care.
get_config API call
This API call is available on 0.19.3 and 0.19.4 nodes.
List of nodes who did not answer
| node | error |
|---|---|
| https://steemd.steemgigs.org | NumRetriesReached |
| wss://steemd.steemgigs.org | NumRetriesReached |
| https://seed.bitcoiner.me | NumRetriesReached |
| wss://seed.bitcoiner.me | NumRetriesReached |
| wss://rpc.steemliberator.com | NumRetriesReached |
| https://rpc.steemliberator.com | NumRetriesReached |
List of working nodes
| node | duration [s] | version |
|---|---|---|
| wss://rpc.steemviz.com | 0.60 | 0.19.3 |
| wss://steemd.pevo.science | 0.68 | 0.19.2 |
| wss://rpc.buildteam.io | 0.69 | 0.19.3 |
| wss://steemd.privex.io | 0.72 | 0.19.3 |
| wss://steemd.minnowsupportproject.org | 0.72 | 0.19.3 |
| wss://appbasetest.timcliff.com | 0.81 | 0.19.4 |
| https://api.steemitdev.com | 1.74 | 0.19.4 |
| https://rpc.buildteam.io | 1.77 | 0.19.3 |
| https://api.steemitstage.com | 1.83 | 0.19.4 |
| https://api.steemit.com | 2.21 | 0.19.4 |
| https://api.steem.house | 2.75 | 0.19.4 |
| https://rpc.steemviz.com | 4.59 | 0.19.3 |
| https://steemd.pevo.science | 5.54 | 0.19.2 |
| https://steemd.minnowsupportproject.org | 9.50 | 0.19.3 |
| https://steemd.privex.io | 10.11 | 0.19.2 |
| https://appbasetest.timcliff.com | 11.13 | 0.19.4 |
| wss://gtg.steem.house:8090 | 47.17 | 0.19.3 |
| https://gtg.steem.house:8090 | 82.13 | 0.19.3 |
| https://rpc.curiesteem.com | 115.75 | 0.0.0 |
Streaming blocks
In this test, it is measured how many blocks a node can stream in 60 seconds.
List of working nodes - block streaming
| node | N blocks | Duration [s] |
|---|---|---|
| wss://steemd.minnowsupportproject.org | 384 | 120.4 |
| https://api.steemitstage.com | 186 | 122.7 |
| https://api.steemitdev.com | 186 | 123.4 |
| https://api.steemit.com | 181 | 123.1 |
| wss://gtg.steem.house:8090 | 115 | 131.8 |
| https://api.steem.house | 101 | 124.8 |
| https://rpc.steemviz.com | 47 | 126.9 |
| https://rpc.buildteam.io | 42 | 123.4 |
| https://steemd.minnowsupportproject.org | 33 | 134.1 |
Account history
In this test, it is measured how many account operation a node can stream in 60 seconds.
List of working nodes - account history
| node | N acc hist | Duration [s] |
|---|---|---|
| wss://rpc.steemviz.com | 56460 | 121.9 |
| wss://steemd.minnowsupportproject.org | 49895 | 121.5 |
| wss://steemd.privex.io | 48986 | 121.5 |
| wss://rpc.buildteam.io | 47976 | 121.2 |
| wss://steemd.pevo.science | 31311 | 121.1 |
| https://api.steemitdev.com | 30099 | 121.6 |
| https://api.steemitstage.com | 29190 | 121.6 |
| https://api.steemit.com | 24140 | 121.4 |
| https://rpc.steemviz.com | 16666 | 121.6 |
| https://api.steem.house | 15050 | 121.1 |
| wss://gtg.steem.house:8090 | 11919 | 126.8 |
| https://steemd.minnowsupportproject.org | 10606 | 122.7 |
| https://steemd.privex.io | 607 | 139.8 |
| wss://appbasetest.timcliff.com | 566 | 7.3 |
Receiving a vote, a comment, and an account
In this test, the mean duration to receive an account, a comment, and a vote is measured.
List of working nodes - api calls
| node | Duration [s] |
|---|---|
| wss://appbasetest.timcliff.com | -1.000 |
| https://steemd.pevo.science | -1.000 |
| wss://steemd.pevo.science | -1.000 |
| wss://steemd.privex.io | -1.000 |
| https://appbasetest.timcliff.com | -1.000 |
| wss://steemd.minnowsupportproject.org | 0.052 |
| wss://rpc.steemviz.com | 0.068 |
| wss://rpc.buildteam.io | 0.126 |
| wss://gtg.steem.house:8090 | 0.137 |
| https://rpc.buildteam.io | 0.189 |
| https://api.steemitdev.com | 0.223 |
| https://api.steemit.com | 0.223 |
| https://api.steemitstage.com | 0.226 |
| https://api.steem.house | 0.304 |
| https://gtg.steem.house:8090 | 0.393 |
| https://rpc.steemviz.com | 0.719 |
| https://steemd.privex.io | 1.349 |
| https://steemd.minnowsupportproject.org | 1.636 |
| https://rpc.curiesteem.com | 3.411 |
Summary of working nodes
A node is working, when:
- returns data within 60 seconds,
- blocks can be streamed,
- account history is possible,
- votes, a comment, an account can successfully be fetched and are not empty.
The nodes in the following table are ranked by the mean rank of all three node tables shown above
| node | block rank | hist rank | call rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| wss://steemd.minnowsupportproject.org | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| https://api.steemit.com | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| wss://gtg.steem.house:8090 | 3 | 9 | 4 |
| https://api.steem.house | 4 | 8 | 7 |
| https://rpc.steemviz.com | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| https://steemd.minnowsupportproject.org | 7 | 10 | 11 |
Set fully working nodes with beempy
https://api.steemitstage.com, https://api.steemitdev.com and nodes with not working results were excluded.
beempy set nodes ['wss://steemd.minnowsupportproject.org', 'https://api.steemit.com', 'wss://gtg.steem.house:8090', 'https://api.steem.house', 'https://rpc.steemviz.com', 'https://steemd.minnowsupportproject.org']
Receive fully working nodes from json_metadata
The nodes are also stored in the json_metadata variable in each post from
Example code for python:
from beem.account import Account
acc = Account("fullnodeupdate")
latest_post = acc.get_blog(limit=1, raw_data=False)[0]
nodes = latest_post.json_metadata["nodes"]
acc.steem.set_default_nodes(nodes)