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May 26, 2026·5 min readPricing

What is a Compute Unit?

TheRPC charges by Compute Units (CU), not by request count. Here is what one CU buys you, why we picked this model, and how to think about it when sizing your usage.

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May 22, 2026·7 min readArchitecture

How TheRPC routes traffic

A look under the hood at how a single API key reaches 29 chains, the failover model, what we cache at the edge, and where the latency budget actually goes.

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May 18, 2026·6 min readTutorial

Multi-chain in one afternoon

A practical walk-through. Start with an Ethereum-only dApp, end with the same code reading from Ethereum, Base, Arbitrum, Polygon, and Avalanche — without changing your data layer.

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May 14, 2026·5 min readHonest

When NOT to use TheRPC

The honest version. Workloads we don't fit well, where you should self-host, and how to tell the difference before you commit.

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