Overview
ENS Labs is partnering with dRPC to run trustless CCIP Read gateways that will be critical for the future of the protocol by helping to lower gas fees.
To highlight the importance of this infrastructure, we envision that eventually, most ENS lookups will pass through these gateways as we move over to Namechain.
This gateway service must be:
- Highly reliable
- Globally distributed for improved latency
- Operated by many different entities to enhance decentralization
dRPC can fulfill these requirements. Initially, dRPC will report to ENS Labs for faster implementation. ENS Labs will fund the initial setup and ongoing costs. We hope that the DAO will eventually fund dRPC directly once they have proven that they can be relied upon to be a core infrastructure partner.
Why dRPC?
- Pay-as-you-go model: Perfect for us at this stage as we don’t know how much traffic we will need to handle.
- Globally distributed nodes and load balancing: Requests are served from the closest possible location, reducing latency.
- Decentralized architecture: Nodes are run by numerous independent entities, ensuring decentralization. Labs or anyone else can join this provider pool.
- Privacy focus: dRPC does not pass on the requester’s IP address to nodes; IPs are used solely for geographic routing.
- Cross-checking results: Automatically cross-checks results across multiple providers.
- Expertise: Already running nodes for 90+ chains.
- Proven provider: Currently ENS Labs’ preferred node provider.
Cost
The price includes running the gateway and the underlying L2 node.
| Description | Cost |
|---|---|
| Initial setup costs | $17,725 |
| Monthly @ 1M req/day | $44/day, $1,320/month, $15,840/year |
| Monthly @ 10M req/day | $364.80/day, $10,944/month, $131,382/year |
The price per 1M requests goes down as volume goes up. This trend would continue past the figures posted above.
Timeline
- Expected launch date: February 2025
