Blockchain developers have to make all kinds of decisions when considering the infrastructure and tooling they use, and one of the most crucial regards their choice of API model.
Communication protocols are crucial for blockchain nodes to interact with one another, so they can transmit information, validate and process transactions in concert. Most developers rely on a combination of protocols including TCP/IP, HTTP WebSocket, and either Remote Procedure Call (RPC) or Representational State Transfer (REST) APIs.
Differences Between RPC & REST
The choice of RPC or REST API is one of the key considerations that blockchain developers must weigh up, prior to getting started on building any decentralized application. RPC enables clients to directly invoke functions or procedures on a remote server, while REST utilizes stateless communication via HTTP methods including DELETE, GET, POST and PUT. Whereas RPC provides a procedural approach to API calls, REST is more resource
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