Transaction Development Tutorials, Guides & Insights
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Etherscan vs Infura: Choosing the Right API for Your Blockchain Application
- 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.
Sending Transactions and Interacting with Smart Contracts Using Infura and Ethers.js
In this tutorial, we will walk through how to use Ethers.js along with Infura to send Ethereum transactions and interact with smart contracts. Infura provides scalable access to Ethereum nodes, allowing you to interact with the blockchain in real-time without running your own node.
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.