RPCs

Public RPC endpoints are available for the Filecoin mainnet.

Chainlist provides a dynamically updated list of available Filecoin - Mainnet RPCs.

These endpoints are limited to the read-only Filecoin JSON RPC API including read-only Filecoin Eth RPC methods, except for the write operations MPoolPush and EthSendRawTransaction for sending already signed messages.

Please note that most publicly hosted endpoints only guarantee recent state, i.e. 2000 of the latest blocks (last 16.67 hours). To request an archival node you can contact a provider below.

Provider	HTTPS endpoint	WSS endpoint	Docs	API Support
Glif Nodes	https://api.node.glif.io/rpc/v1	wss://wss.node.glif.io/apigw/lotus/rpc/v1	Glif Nodes - Docs	All Filecoin and Eth JSON RPC methods including MPoolPush
Ankr	https://rpc.ankr.com/filecoin	By request at: https://www.ankr.com/rpc/filecoin	Ankr Docs - Filecoin	All Filecoin and Eth JSON RPC methods including MPoolPush
Chainup Cloud	https://filecoin.chainup.net/rpc/v1	wss://filecoin.chainup.net/rpc/v1	Chainup Cloud Docs - Filecoin
NOWNodes	https://fil.nownodes.io (Free for 1 month with signup)		NOWNodes - Docs
GetBlock	https://filecoin.getblock.io (Free with signup)		GetBlock - Docs

Additional Notes:

• Glif Nodes offers a Lotus Lite node endpoint with the following command:

  FULLNODE_API_INFO=wss://wss.node.glif.io/apigw/lotus lotus daemon --lite

  When using a Lotus Lite node, omit /rpc/v1 from Glif’s WebSocket address.

  A Lotus Lite node is a stripped down version of a Lotus full-node capable of running on lower-end hardware. It also allows for local signing for storage deals without a full Lotus node.