July 25, 2026 · 4 min read
Astar RPC: One Chain, Two VMs, Polkadot Security
Astar is a Polkadot parachain that runs both EVM and WebAssembly contracts. Chain ID 592 is its EVM endpoint — standard eth_*, so viem/ethers/foundry just work — but underneath it's Substrate with Polkadot's deterministic GRANDPA finality. Here's the developer map: what the EVM RPC gives you, and what the parachain model changes.
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