Blockchain Development Programming Tutorials, Guides & Best Practices

• Rate Limits: Infura’s free tier provides a generous number of requests (e.g., 100,000 requests per day) and supports more requests as you scale. This makes it more suitable for real-time dApps.
• Pricing: Infura’s paid plans offer higher limits and additional features like access to Layer 2 networks.

• Use Etherscan if:
• You only need to read blockchain data.
• You want to build tools for analytics or explorers.
• You don’t need to send transactions or interact directly with smart contracts.
• Use Infura if:
• You need to interact with the Ethereum blockchain in real-time.
• You’re building dApps, wallets, or tools that require transactions.
• You need to write data to the blockchain, such as sending Ether or deploying contracts.

By the end of this tutorial, you will be able to send Ether, call smart contract functions, and deploy contracts using Infura as your provider.

To follow along with this tutorial, you’ll need: