OnFinality is a SaaS platform providing infrastructure services for the Polkadot/Substrate community. We just launched our beta version of a shared node API Service and are already listed in the Polkadot.js app. This service expands on our core mission - to support all blockchain developers in the world by providing core infrastructure so they can focus on building the next dApp.

This funding grant is for the ongoing running costs of two pools of Polkadot nodes for Q2 2021 (April, May, June) - this will be proposed again every three months.

• These costs are currently estimated at USD $9,714.86 each quarter
• In Q1 2021 we served (see previous proposal report):
  • A grand total of 666,946,005 requests over the quarter.
  • A record 31,447,298 daily requests
  • A rolling 7 day average at the end of the Q1 period of 9,441,503 requests each day
• Earlier today (21st April) we just passed 1 Billion requests to this service so usage is only accelerating
• We’ll maintain our free tier for users of 500,000 requests a day. This is so we can maintain and ensure that Polkadot is accessible by all, from the largest and most funded development teams, to the many amateurs tinkering away.
• We’ll maintain the one click deploy dedicated node access to Polkadot for customers that need more than what our API service is intended for
• You can access our public API service by creating a free account for our admin portal, or by connecting to it using Polkadot.js

You can read more about this proposal, including detailed itemised costing here