As decentralized finance (DeFi) expands across an increasing number of Layer 1 and Layer 2 blockchain networks, developers are facing mounting challenges related to latency, synchronization delays, and inconsistent connectivity. These issues can affect the execution of smart contracts during periods of heavy network activity, potentially leading to failed transactions, timeout errors, or frontrunning. In response to these challenges, Ant Digital Technologies’ Web3 technology brand, ZAN, has introduced ZAN Node, an enterprise-grade infrastructure platform designed to improve communication speeds across multiple blockchain ecosystems.
The company said ZAN Node delivers high-performance Remote Procedure Call (RPC) HTTPS and WebSocket connectivity across more than 47 blockchain networks, including Ethereum, Solana, Base, and Polygon, with a focus on providing consistently low-latency performance for decentralized applications. By utilizing an extensive global cloud infrastructure together with proprietary acceleration technologies, the platform seeks to eliminate the trade-off between broad geographic coverage and network speed, enabling applications that require rapid transaction execution, such as high-frequency trading and cross-chain operations.
Infrastructure Designed for Faster Connectivity
According to the company, conventional public blockchain nodes often depend on distributed cloud infrastructure, resulting in variable internet round-trip times that can negatively impact application performance. To address this, ZAN developed a co-located physical infrastructure by placing node clusters in the same data centers or nearby geographic locations as core blockchain validators. The company stated that this deployment strategy reduces routing distances across the public internet and helps maintain network round-trip times below 30 milliseconds, minimizing delays associated with long-distance data transmission.
The infrastructure also incorporates an intelligent routing engine that continuously monitors node health, synchronization status, block height, and computational workloads. When decentralized applications submit RPC requests, the routing engine dynamically directs traffic to the most efficient node available at that moment. The company indicated that this predictive load-balancing system automatically reroutes traffic whenever node clusters experience increased demand, helping maintain uninterrupted service. It added that the infrastructure currently processes more than two billion requests each day while sustaining millisecond-level response times.
Customized Optimization Across Blockchain Networks
ZAN stated that it has tailored its infrastructure to accommodate the differing technical requirements of major blockchain ecosystems rather than relying on a uniform approach.
For Ethereum, the company explained that dedicated full-node clusters running optimized execution clients improve historical state queries and accelerate transaction broadcasting. It reported that the Ethereum RPC service supports the Ethereum Mainnet, Sepolia Testnet, and Holesky Testnet while offering enterprise features such as archive node access, gas price oracles, and mempool acceleration. According to the company, nodes located in Asia-Pacific data centers consistently achieve response times below 30 milliseconds.
For Solana, the company said its Solana Trading Boost service integrates Stake-Weighted Quality of Service (SWQoS) and advanced Jito block engine routing to improve transaction delivery. It reported that transactions routed through validator-backed nodes are protected from common network throttling and that approximately 95% of transactions reach confirmation within one second. The company added that response times in the Asia-Pacific region remain under 30 milliseconds, while nodes positioned alongside Solana validators can achieve round-trip times as low as two to five milliseconds.
What ZAN Node Service delivers:
• Fastest response time in Asia
• 99.9% uptime every day
• 40% below market price
• Support for 46 blockchain networksThis is the strong infrastructure smart agents can rely on.
— ZAN (@zan_team) July 3, 2026
The company also noted that Layer 2 networks including Base, Polygon, Arbitrum, Optimism, zkSync Era, and Starknet receive dedicated optimization through direct sequencer connections and multi-path broadcasting. According to ZAN, these enhancements shorten transaction finality times while supporting network-specific technologies such as Nitro architecture, Bedrock compatibility, ZK-Rollup optimization, and Cairo smart contract functionality.
Unified Access and Enterprise Reliability
Beyond network performance, ZAN said the platform simplifies multi-chain development by providing a unified API gateway that enables developers to access all supported blockchain networks through a single standardized endpoint. This approach is intended to reduce operational complexity associated with managing multiple API keys, varying data formats, and different infrastructure providers.
The company also stated that startups can access a free service tier offering up to 150 million requests each month, reducing infrastructure costs during application development. For enterprise customers, ZAN reported that the platform offers 99.9% service availability backed by continuous monitoring, automated failover mechanisms, and enterprise-grade service level agreements to support business-critical decentralized applications.
According to the company, the broader objective is to provide secure and scalable infrastructure through high-performance node services, zero-knowledge acceleration technologies, and smart contract auditing capabilities, helping decentralized applications achieve reliable performance as the Web3 ecosystem continues to expand.
