RPC Optimization

The one thing most people get wrong

JSON-RPC batching does not save you money. It merges HTTP round-trips. Every provider that documents the rule bills each method inside the batch:

• Alchemy: batch* | CU of method # times called
• Ankr: "every sub-call in a batch is billed and rate-limited individually"
• QuickNode: "batching also counts as CPS because each request is counted individually"
• Infura: bills the batch N+1 — "if the array contains 30 requests… this would be 31 total requests." Batching on Infura is strictly worse than serial.
• Helius: documents no batch rule at all. Do not claim one either way.

What saves money is aggregation — collapsing N logical reads into 1 billable method call. Measured, not estimated (benchmarks/, run 2026-08-04):