Security - Edge RPC - Goldsky Docs

Edge RPC provides authentication and rate limiting controls to secure your endpoints.

Authentication

Each Edge RPC endpoint requires an API key for authentication. The key is included in the URL:

https://edge.goldsky.com/standard/evm/{chainId}?key=demo

Pass the key as a URL query parameter:

curl "https://edge.goldsky.com/standard/evm/1?key=demo" \
  -X POST \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","method":"eth_blockNumber","params":[],"id":1}'

Rate Limiting

Rate limits can be configured per key in the Goldsky Dashboard. The following options are available:

Option	Total RPS	Per-IP RPS	Description
`None (Unlimited)`	Unlimited	Unlimited	No rate limiting applied
`edge-tier-6krpm-total-unlimited-per-ip`	~100	Unlimited	Low volume, no per-IP restrictions
`edge-tier-60krpm-total-unlimited-per-ip`	~1,000	Unlimited	Medium volume, no per-IP restrictions
`edge-tier-180krpm-total-unlimited-per-ip`	~3,000	Unlimited	High volume, no per-IP restrictions
`edge-tier-360krpm-total-unlimited-per-ip`	~6,000	Unlimited	Very high volume, no per-IP restrictions
`edge-tier-600krpm-total-unlimited-per-ip`	~10,000	Unlimited	Enterprise volume, no per-IP restrictions
`edge-tier-6krpm-total-500rpm-per-ip`	~100	~8	Low volume with per-IP protection
`edge-tier-60krpm-total-500rpm-per-ip`	~1,000	~8	Medium volume with per-IP protection
`edge-tier-180krpm-total-500rpm-per-ip`	~3,000	~8	High volume with per-IP protection
`edge-tier-360krpm-total-500rpm-per-ip`	~6,000	~8	Very high volume with per-IP protection
`edge-tier-600krpm-total-500rpm-per-ip`	~10,000	~8	Enterprise volume with per-IP protection
`edge-tier-unlimited-total-100rpm-per-ip`	Unlimited	~1.7	Strict per-IP limiting only
`edge-tier-unlimited-total-500rpm-per-ip`	Unlimited	~8	Moderate per-IP limiting only

Total RPS: Maximum requests per second across all IPs using this key
Per-IP RPS: Maximum requests per second from a single IP address

A request here is a JSON-RPC call, not an HTTP request: a batch of 50 calls counts as 50, the same as sending them one at a time. Batching saves round trips, not quota.