niche · 0.6 market domain

Layer 1

Score 18.1 / 100 24 providers 2 APIs Search apis.io →
Variants seen in the corpus: Layer 1Layer-1layer-1

Providers using this tag (24)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Strong 1 Solid coverage with minor gaps
AptosBlockchainWeb3Move1 API60.2
Developing 2 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close
InjectiveCompanyCryptoBlockchainDeFi2 APIs42.7ThunderCoreCompanyCryptoBlockchainEVM4 APIs41.2
Thin 14 Limited public surface area
HyperliquidDeFiPerpetualsDEX1 API38.7NervosCompanyCrypto Web3Blockchain1 API38.7MonadBlockchainEVMHigh Performance1 API38.4MeterBlockchainWeb3CryptocurrencyLayer-11 API36.3SpacemeshCompanyCrypto InfrastructureBlockchainCryptocurrency2 APIs36.2KiteAgentic PaymentsAI Agentsx402Stablecoins3 APIs34.3FutureverseBlockchainWeb3metaversedigital-assets1 API32.1FlowBlockchainNFTsGamesDeFi1 API31.9Unto LabsCompanyCryptoBlockchain2 APIs31.8SeiBlockchainEVMDeFi2 APIs30.1Push ProtocolWeb3BlockchainUniversal Apps5 APIs28.7BerachainBlockchainEVMProof of Liquidity10 APIs28.1Iron FishBlockchainCryptocurrencyPrivacyZero Knowledge1 API27.4KadenaCompanyCrypto Web3BlockchainSmart Contracts2 APIs26.3
Emerging 5 Early or largely undocumented
Quai NetworkCompanyBlockchainCryptocurrency1 API25.35ireBlockchainlayer-1smart-contractsEVM3 APIs23.4Celo FoundationCompanyBlockchainWeb323.4RialoCompanyCryptoBlockchain14.3CypheriumCompanyCryptoBlockchain2 APIs13.9
Minimal 2 Almost no public developer surface
Altius LabsCompanyCryptoBlockchainInfrastructure10.8Rangers ProtocolCompanyCryptoBlockchainWeb38.0

APIs with this tag (2)

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Thin 1 Limited public surface area
The Root Network Node RPCPublic archive-node RPC for The Root Network mainnet, exposing both the Substrate JSON-RPC surface (author,...32.1
Emerging 1 Early or largely undocumented
5ireChain Mainnet JSON-RPCEthereum-compatible JSON-RPC 2.0 endpoint for the 5ireChain mainnet (EIP-155 chain ID 995, native currency ...23.4

Score breakdown

Frequency
39.4
log-scaled weighted occurrences
Breadth
0.7
spread across providers
Quality lift
35.6
mean composite of providers using it
Cohesion
6.7
strength of nearest seed neighbor

Related tags

Testnet 7 co-occurrences EVM 14 co-occurrences JSON-RPC 12 co-occurrences Smart Contracts 10 co-occurrences DeFi 12 co-occurrences Blockchain 23 co-occurrences Web3 17 co-occurrences Crypto 7 co-occurrences

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