This partnership is part of its vision of making Astar the best blockchain to build on. Providing developers with reliable, high-quality data that will allow them to build faster and easier is another step towards reaching that vision.

Future initiatives that will roll out in later stages include:

• Decentralizing the Astar Network data stack for redundancy and validator incentives
• The ability for developers to build their own endpoints in the chain
• Covalent’s analyst mode — enabling developers to write SQL to build bespoke dashboards

Furthermore, developers now can access Astar mainnet data with Covalent’s Unified API.

The data available includes

• Token balances per address
• Get NFT transactions for contract
• Historical transactions per address
• Get all contract metadata

Furthermore, Covalent brings full transparency and visibility to assets that span over 32 blockchains. It is also used and trusted by over 27,000 developers and counting! The dataset supports 25B+ transactions, 30,000+ price feeds, as well as 200,000 smart contracts for querying. A multichain can be enabled in minutes with Covalent’s Unified API by changing the chain ID parameter.

“One of the key features needed in launching a smart contract platform is an indexer. Covalent is one of the most used indexers out there and already offering great services to our builders on Shiden, our canary network on Kusama. Astar builders will find Covalent a great fit for creating the next generation dApps with innovative features.” — Maarten Henskens — Head of Ecosystem Development.

HOW DOES THIS PARTNERSHIP WORK

Covalent’s vision aligns with Astars, giving users access to composable, verifiable, permissionless, and trustless data. Their shared vision of Web 3.0 makes them very proud and excited about this partnership and what Covalent enables developers to build on Astar.

ABOUT Covalent
Covalent provides the industry-leading Unified API bringing visibility to billions of Web3 data points. Developers use Covalent to build exciting multi-chain applications like crypto wallets, NFT galleries, and as well as investor dashboard tools utilizing data from 32+ blockchains. Covalent is also trusted by a community of 27,000+ developers and powers data for 1000+ applications. It includes 0x, Zerion, Rainbow Wallet, Rotki, Bitski, and many others.

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ABOUT Astar Network
Astar Network is the Smart Contract Hub for WASM + EVM and the top Parachain on Polkadot. Total Value Locked + Most Ethereum Assets. Since winning its Parachain auction in January 2022, Astar Network has become the top Parachain in the Polkadot ecosystem in Total Value Locked and most Ethereum assets transferred over. Astar Network is the leading smart contract hub that connects the Polkadot ecosystem to Ethereum, Cosmos, and all major layer 1 blockchains.

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