Solana RPC Benchmark: getTransaction vs getProgramAccounts
Why Solana RPC benchmark results change dramatically between lightweight reads and expensive historical or account scans.
Why Solana RPC benchmark results change dramatically between lightweight reads and expensive historical or account scans.
Different workloads
getTransaction depends on historical indexing, while getProgramAccounts can scan substantial account state. They test different provider subsystems.
Design fixtures
Use known recent signatures, fixed program IDs and identical commitment. Separate missing-history responses from network failures.
Concurrency
Increase concurrency gradually and measure tail latency, 429 responses and recovery. A provider may be fast at one request and unstable under bursts.
Interpret results
Choose providers by the workload your application actually uses. Wallet trackers, indexers and execution bots need different mixes.
Building this for production?
We turn this architecture into tested, non-custodial software with monitoring, documentation and deployment support.
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