Open Node
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What is the Factom Open Node?
Factom Open Node is a public, decentralized, load balanced factomd-node which provides an API to interact with the Factom blockchain protocol. It is an alternative to hosting and maintaining your own factomd-node.
High-availability Factomd API endpoint.
The endpoint only receives the following requests:POSTOPTIONS
Security best practices
- HTTPS only access via port 443
- Cloudflare DDOS protection
- An A+ Qualys SSL rating
- Least privilege firewall on both nodes and load balancers
- Configurable rate limiting
Factomd API
API Documentation
All API commands use JSON-RPC, which is a remote procedure call protocol encoded in JSON. It is a very simple protocol (and very similar to XML-RPC), defining only a handful of data types and commands.
API Clients
There are a variety of libraries for interacting with the Factom blockchain.
Provided by Factom Authority Node Operators
