GetBlock strategy lab · updated 2026-08-04

The 2026 RPC market is a fight for cost and failure control.

New source-gated research: competitor positioning, pricing/packaging, developer demand, enterprise requirements, AI-agent opportunities, and three practical GetBlock bets for the next 90 days.

Open 2026 strategyOpportunity backlog
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Wedge

Reliability control plane: cost, workload isolation, method proof and incident accountability.

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Sources

Official competitor pages, Electric Capital, a16z, Coinbase AgentKit and comparison sources.

90d

Action horizon

Proof hub, Enterprise Reliability Launch, AI-Agent RPC Safety Gateway.

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2026 Web3 RPC strategy

Competitor positioning, pricing/packaging, demand, enterprise requirements, AI-agent opportunity and 3 bets.

Toxic Workload Suite

Turn logs, archive, polling, websockets and backfills into a visible product line.

ABM one-pagers

Sales-ready leave-behinds for enterprise launch, analytics/indexing, and AI-agent RPC accounts.

90-day bets

BetDeliverablesWhy it wins
Proof HubCU/credit/RU calculators + benchmarksTurns pricing confusion into GetBlock-led diagnosis.
Enterprise Reliability LaunchProcurement pack, SLA explainer, proof pilotConverts “reliable RPC” into a salesable package.
AI-Agent Safety GatewayScoped keys, budgets, MCP wrapper, simulationCaptures agent/wallet/payment builders before competitors define the category.