Etherlink RPC Endpoint

Flat-rate Etherlink RPC provider and Etherlink RPC node access: free tier, no KYC, HTTP. Etherlink mainnet chain ID 42793.

Etherlink is an EVM-compatible layer 2 built on Tezos Smart Rollups, with XTZ as its gas token. Access Etherlink RPC endpoints with SwiftNodes.

Etherlink Mainnet RPC URL (HTTP)

Etherlink WebSocket RPC URL

Not available for Etherlink right now: none of its upstreams currently accepts a subscription in our health checks. Poll the HTTP endpoint above instead.

Quick Start: Connect to Etherlink

cURL

curl -X POST https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/etherlink?key=YOUR_API_KEY \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":1}'

ethers.js

import { JsonRpcProvider } from "ethers";

const provider = new JsonRpcProvider(
  "https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/etherlink?key=YOUR_API_KEY"
);

const blockNumber = await provider.getBlockNumber();
console.log("Etherlink block:", blockNumber);

viem

import { createPublicClient, http } from "viem";

const client = createPublicClient({
  transport: http("https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/etherlink?key=YOUR_API_KEY"),
});

const blockNumber = await client.getBlockNumber();

web3.py

from web3 import Web3

w3 = Web3(Web3.HTTPProvider("https://rpc.swiftnodes.io/rpc/etherlink?key=YOUR_API_KEY"))
print("Etherlink block:", w3.eth.block_number)

Add Etherlink to MetaMask

Features of SwiftNodes for Etherlink

• Load-balanced across multiple upstream nodes wherever a chain has more than one, with automatic failover
• Health-checked every 2 minutes with automatic failover
• Free tier available — no credit card or KYC required
• Flat-rate monthly pricing with no per-request fees
• HTTP support (WebSocket not available for this chain right now)
• One API key works across all 75+ supported chains, including Etherlink

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