Free chain. Paid hosted API.
The Glurk protocol on Solana is permanently free — anyone can read program accounts directly with zero cost beyond standard RPC. The hosted convenience API at glurk.slayerblade.site sits on top with caching, email lookups, and managed quotas. That's where the business model lives.
Chain Access
Free, forever.
Read directly from Solana — no key, no quota.
Monthly quota: Unlimited
- ·@glurk-protocol/sdk
- ·Direct Solana RPC access
- ·All credential PDAs are public
- ·No protocol gating
Free Hosted API
$0/mo
1,000 hosted calls / month, no credit card.
Monthly quota: 1,000
- ·GET /api/v1/check (cached, fast)
- ·Email lookup support
- ·X-Glurk-Tier headers for ops
- ·Self-serve key in 30 seconds
Pro
$49/mo
50,000 calls / month. For production apps.
Monthly quota: 50,000
- ·Higher monthly quota
- ·Priority support
- ·Webhook delivery (coming)
- ·Usage analytics dashboard
Enterprise
Custom
1M+ calls / month. Custom SLAs.
Monthly quota: 1M+
- ·Dedicated infra option
- ·99.9% uptime SLA
- ·Custom rate limits
- ·Direct Slack with founders
Why pay for hosted?
Cached responses (~30s edge cache), email→wallet resolution, no Solana RPC keys to manage, monthly usage analytics. For production apps that don't want to babysit chain reads.
Why is the chain free?
Because credentials only have value if anyone can verify them without asking permission. The chain is the moat. The hosted API is the cash register that sits beside it — like Plaid sitting beside bank APIs.
What about issuers?
Becoming an issuer is permissionless and free (you pay only ~0.002 SOL of devnet rent). The protocol does not charge issuers. Hosted-API monetization is reader-side only.
Questions?
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