Blockdaemon · Rate Limits

Blockdaemon Rate Limits

Reconciled rate limits for the Blockdaemon API Suite. Limits are enforced either as Requests-Per-Second / Requests-Per-Minute or as monthly Compute Unit quotas. Exceeding allowances triggers a 429 response.

Blockdaemon Rate Limits is the machine-readable rate-limit profile for Blockdaemon on the APIs.io network, conforming to the API Commons Rate Limits specification.

It captures 6 rate-limit definitions, measuring requestsPerMinute, computeUnits, requestsPerSecond, and none.

The profile also includes response codes documented for throttled and quotaExceeded.

Tagged areas include Blockchain, Rate Limiting, and Compute Units.

6 Limits Throttle: 429 Quota: 429
BlockchainRate LimitingCompute Units

Limits

requestsPerMinute
250
Enforced at entry point. Support can increase for institutional customers.
computeUnits
All protocols covered. Counts against subscription CU allotment.
requestsPerSecond
Plan-tier dependent. Shared RPC tier; Dedicated Nodes have no rate limit.
requestsPerSecond
Matches the RPC tier; aligned with RPC limits.
none
No rate limit; bare-metal capacity governed by node spec.
computeUnits
Plan-dependent; CU cost varies per endpoint (40–255 CU per request).

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