v1.6.0 — 1 August 2026

Direct crypto payments — straight to our own wallet

Crypto checkout no longer goes through a payment processor: plans and CU top-ups are now paid directly to NodeFlare's own wallet — you send an exact amount, we verify it on-chain on our own nodes, and your plan activates the moment the transfer confirms
Four assets: USDC and USDT (on Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism or Solana, where each is natively issued), native ETH (Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Optimism) and native SOL — native coins quoted at the live market price when your invoice opens
10-minute payment window with a live countdown; late payments keep being detected for 24 hours
Card payments via Stripe are unchanged

v1.5.0 — 1 July 2026

Per-method API reference, docs corrections, dashboard polish

New per-method API reference: every JSON-RPC method documented per chain — parameters, compute-unit cost, curl/ethers examples (browse from any chain page)
New per-chain landing pages and solutions pages (trading bots, indexing, wallets, DeFi)
WebSocket now available on all 7 chains through the gateway (previously Ethereum, Base and HyperEVM only) — format: wss://rpc.nodeflare.app/{chain}/ws/v1/{key}, with rate limiting and method guards applied
Dashboard: /app now redirects to the overview, paid plans get a Manage subscription button (Stripe portal — update card, download invoices, cancel), usage card shows an upgrade prompt above 80%, account page shows your profile
Blog now has an RSS feed and structured article metadata
Corrected stale compute-unit figures in older posts (current weights: rate limits)

Heavy methods on the free tier

eth_getLogs, eth_getFilterLogs, filter methods, trace_* and debug_* are now available on the Free plan (and all paid plans) — previously key-only on paid. They remain restricted on the public no-key endpoint
These heavy methods now carry higher CU weights so the monthly quota throttles abuse: eth_getLogs/eth_getFilterLogs = 75 CU, trace_*/debug_* = 100 CU, filter/proof methods = 20 CU (full table)
Requests are now capped at 100 calls per batch and a 256 KB body to protect upstream nodes
Public endpoint rate limit documented accurately: 2 req/sec · 500 req/day

Compute Units billing

Usage is now measured in Compute Units (CU) instead of raw request counts — heavier calls cost more quota, lighter calls cost less
Per-method CU weights: eth_blockNumber = 1 CU, eth_call = 5 CU, eth_getLogs = 15 CU, trace_* = 25 CU (full table)
Batch requests sum the CU of every call in the batch
Extra CU top-up (1M for €5) now deducts at the correct per-method rate instead of a flat 1 per request
Referral reward updated to 500,000 CU
Usage tracking is now real-time accurate — counts reflect all requests including the last 30 seconds
Dashboard usage card updated to show CU consumed with per-chain breakdown

5 regions, 17 nodes, WebSocket endpoints

Singapore region + geo routing

Initial launch

JSON-RPC proxy for 6 EVM chains: Ethereum, Base, BNB, Arbitrum, Optimism, HyperLiquid
Free tier: 100K CU/month
Paid plans: Starter (5M CU/mo) and Pro (50M CU/mo)
Stripe and crypto (NOWPayments) billing
Per-chain usage tracking in dashboard
Clerk authentication
GDPR-compliant privacy policy and Terms of Service