Quicknode Solana Infrastructure

Build high-performance Solana applications with Quicknode — blockchain infrastructure provider supporting 80+ chains with low-latency RPC endpoints, DAS API, Yellowstone gRPC streaming, real-time data pipelines, and developer-first APIs.

Overview

Quicknode provides:

RPC Endpoints: Low-latency Solana access with authentication embedded in the URL

DAS API: Unified NFT and token queries — standard NFTs, compressed NFTs (cNFTs), fungible tokens, MPL Core Assets, Token 2022

Yellowstone gRPC: Real-time Solana data streaming via Geyser plugin

Priority Fee API: Fee estimation for transaction landing

Streams: Real-time and historical data pipelines with JavaScript filtering

Webhooks: Event-driven blockchain notifications

Metis: Jupiter Swap API integration

IPFS: Decentralized file storage

Key-Value Store: Serverless state persistence for Streams

Admin API: Programmatic endpoint management

x402: Pay-per-request RPC via USDC micropayments (no API key needed)

Multi-Chain: 80+ networks including Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum, Base, BSC, Avalanche, Bitcoin, and more

Quick Start

Get Your Endpoint

Visit quicknode.com/endpoints

Select Solana and your network (Mainnet / Devnet)

Create an endpoint

Copy the HTTP and WSS URLs

Environment Setup

# .env file
QUICKNODE_RPC_URL=https://your-endpoint.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/your-token/
QUICKNODE_WSS_URL=wss://your-endpoint.solana-mainnet.quiknode.pro/your-token/
QUICKNODE_API_KEY=your_console_api_key  # Optional: for Admin API

Basic Setup with @solana/kit

```typescript
import { createSolanaRpc, createSolanaRpcSubscriptions } from "@solana/kit";

const rpc = createSolanaRpc(process.env.QUICKNODE_RPC_URL!);
const rpcSubscriptions = createSolanaRpcSubscriptions(process.env.QUICKNODE_WSS_URL!);

// Make RPC calls
const slot = await rpc.getSlot().s