ChainBench · Flotapponnier · Aug 26, 2026 · Aug 26, 2026
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+# OpenChainBench. Bench No 235
+
+slug: dogecoin-rpc
+number: "235"
+title: Fastest free Dogecoin RPC, live no-key endpoint latency
+seo_title: "Fastest free Dogecoin RPC 2026"
+seo_description: "{{best_name}} leads free Dogecoin RPC at {{best_p50}} (getblockcount p50, 24h). 3 providers measured every 60s from 3 regions."
+subtitle: HTTP round-trip latency for getblockcount against every available public Dogecoin node, audited every 60 seconds from 3 regions.
+
+category: RPCs
+status: live
+metric: RPC latency
+unit: ms
+higher_is_better: false
+
+seo_intro: |
+  Dogecoin is a proof-of-work UTXO blockchain forked from Litecoin (itself a Bitcoin fork) and launched in December 2013. It targets one block every 60 seconds using the Scrypt hashing algorithm and has no hard supply cap. Dogecoin exposes a Bitcoin-compatible JSON-RPC interface — most node implementations accept `getblockcount` as a standard method. Public endpoints are available without an API key from Tatum, dRPC and BlockCypher. BlockCypher exposes a REST API instead of JSON-RPC, returning the current chain height via a GET request to its blockchain info endpoint. Every provider was live-verified with consecutive block-height probes at launch.
+
+abstract: |
+  Per-chain member of the RPC latency cluster, extended to Dogecoin.
+  We measure the round-trip latency of a block-height query against
+  every available public Dogecoin node that sustains continuous probing:
+  3 providers at launch, every 60 seconds, from us-east, eu-west and
+  Singapore. Tatum and dRPC are probed via JSON-RPC POST (getblockcount);
+  BlockCypher via REST GET of its blockchain info endpoint. The harness
+  classifies every response (ok / http_err / jsonrpc_err / stale / timeout)
+  with a Dogecoin-scaled staleness gap (5 blocks, around 5 min at 60 s/block).
+  The cross-chain view lives on the parent rpc-capabilities benchmark;
+  this page is the Dogecoin-scoped answer with per-region breakdowns as
+  a first-class dimension.
+
+methodology:
+  - "Cadence: every 60 seconds per provider, from each of 3 probe regions (us-east Virginia, eu-west Amsterdam, sgp Singapore). Headline p50/p90/p99 aggregate across all 3 regions via Prometheus avg(quantile_over_time(...)); per-region breakdowns are first-class on this page via the region tabs."
+  - "Payload (Tatum, dRPC): {\"jsonrpc\":\"2.0\",\"id\":<rotating>,\"method\":\"getblockcount\",\"params\":[]}. Plain HTTP POST. The result is a decimal integer (block count = current height + 1)."
+  - "Payload (BlockCypher): GET https://api.blockcypher.com/v1/doge/main. Returns a JSON object with a `height` field containing the current block height."
+  - "Latency: client-side round-trip delta in milliseconds, exposed as both a gauge and a histogram (buckets 50 ms to 10 s), so percentiles are computed via Prometheus quantile_over_time over the last 24 hours."
+  - "Call-result classification: ok (parsable block height returned), http_err, jsonrpc_err, stale (block more than 5 behind the cross-provider tip), timeout. Latency without reliability is a misleading ranking signal."
+  - "This page is part of the per-chain RPC cluster derived from the cross-chain rpc-capabilities benchmark; the identical harness, cadence and exclusion rules apply on every chain."
+  - "Chain scope: every query on this page is pinned to chain=dogecoin. Provider coverage at launch: 3 endpoints (Tatum, dRPC, BlockCypher)."
+
+findings:
+  - "{{best_name}} currently leads Dogecoin RPC at {{best_p50}} (getblockcount p50, 24h) across 3 measured providers."
+
+faq:
+  - q: "What is the fastest free Dogecoin RPC right now?"
+    a: "{{best_name}} currently leads at {{best_p50}} (Dogecoin block count p50 over the last 24h), measured against 3 providers probed every 60 seconds from us-east, eu-west and Singapore. The leaderboard re-sorts continuously against fresh Prometheus samples."
+  - q: "Which Dogecoin RPC endpoints work without an API key?"
+    a: "3 endpoints sustain continuous keyless probing at launch: Tatum (dogecoin-mainnet.gateway.tatum.io, JSON-RPC), dRPC (dogecoin.drpc.org, JSON-RPC) and BlockCypher (api.blockcypher.com/v1/doge/main, REST GET). Every listed endpoint was live-verified with a block-height probe returning a parsable result before inclusion."
+  - q: "Does the fastest Dogecoin RPC change by region?"
+    a: "Often. dRPC routes through a decentralized mesh so latency varies by origin region; Tatum and BlockCypher have fixed infrastructure, so latency rankings can shift significantly depending on your geographic origin. The region tabs at the top of the page re-scope every number to a single origin."
+  - q: "How is Dogecoin RPC latency measured here, technically?"
+    a: "One block-height probe every 60 seconds against each provider from each of 3 regions. Wall-clock round-trip is recorded at millisecond precision; p50/p90/p99 are computed via Prometheus quantile_over_time over 24 hours. Tatum and dRPC use JSON-RPC POST (getblockcount); BlockCypher uses REST GET of its blockchain info endpoint. Best-effort measurements; p50 is the median, p90 the 90th percentile and p99 the 99th percentile of latency samples collected over the last 24 hours."
+  - q: "Why does BlockCypher use a different API method than the other Dogecoin providers?"
+    a: "BlockCypher exposes a proprietary REST API rather than a Bitcoin-compatible JSON-RPC interface. Instead of getblockcount, we send a GET request to its blockchain info endpoint, which returns a JSON object with a height field. The measurement logic is identical: client-side round-trip in milliseconds, classified as ok when a parsable block height is returned."
+
+source: https://github.com/ChainBench/OpenChainBench/tree/main/harnesses/rpc-capabilities
+
+prometheus:
+  window: 24h
+  freshness_metric: rpc_latency_milliseconds
+
+rank_matrix_query: avg by (provider, region) (ocb:rpc_latency_milliseconds:p50_24h{chain="dogecoin"})
+
+dimensions:
+  region:
+    - { value: all,     label: All regions }
+    - { value: us-east, label: US-East }
+    - { value: eu-west, label: EU-West }
+    - { value: sgp,     label: Singapore }
+
+providers:
+  - slug: tatum
+    name: Tatum
+    tag: Tatum public Dogecoin RPC gateway, no API key required
+    formula: "50th percentile over 24h of client-side round-trip latency (ms) for a getblockcount POST sent every 60s from 3 regions to dogecoin-mainnet.gateway.tatum.io."
+    queries:
+      p50: avg(ocb:rpc_latency_milliseconds:p50_24h{provider="tatum", chain="dogecoin"})
+      p90: avg(ocb:rpc_latency_milliseconds:p90_24h{provider="tatum", chain="dogecoin"})
+      p99: avg(ocb:rpc_latency_milliseconds:p99_24h{provider="tatum", chain="dogecoin"})
+      mean: avg(ocb:rpc_latency_milliseconds:mean_24h{provider="tatum", chain="dogecoin"})
+      success: sum(ocb:rpc_call:ok_rate_24h{provider="tatum", chain="dogecoin"}) / sum(ocb:rpc_call:rate_24h{provider="tatum", chain="dogecoin"})
+      sample_size: sum(ocb:rpc_call:increase_24h{provider="tatum", chain="dogecoin"})
+      series: avg(avg_over_time(rpc_latency_milliseconds{provider="tatum", chain="dogecoin"}[1h]))
+      regions:
+        - region: us-east
+          p50: avg(ocb:rpc_latency_milliseconds:p50_24h{provider="tatum", chain="dogecoin", region="us-east"})
+          series: avg_over_time(rpc_latency_milliseconds{provider="tatum", chain="dogecoin", region="us-east"}[1h])
+        - region: eu-west
+          p50: avg(ocb:rpc_latency_milliseconds:p50_24h{provider="tatum", chain="dogecoin", region="eu-west"})
+          series: avg_over_time(rpc_latency_milliseconds{provider="tatum", chain="dogecoin", region="eu-west"}[1h])
+        - region: ap-southeast
+          p50: avg(ocb:rpc_latency_milliseconds:p50_24h{provider="tatum", chain="dogecoin", region="sgp"})
+          series: avg_over_time(rpc_latency_milliseconds{provider="tatum", chain="dogecoin", region="sgp"}[1h])
+
+  - slug: drpc
+    name: dRPC
+    tag: dRPC decentralized RPC mesh, Dogecoin public endpoint, no key required
+    formula: "50th percentile over 24h of client-side round-trip latency (ms) for a getblockcount POST sent every 60s from 3 regions to dogecoin.drpc.org."
+    queries:
+      p50: avg(ocb:rpc_latency_milliseconds:p50_24h{provider="drpc", chain="dogecoin"})
+      p90: avg(ocb:rpc_latency_milliseconds:p90_24h{provider="drpc", chain="dogecoin"})
+      p99: avg(ocb:rpc_latency_milliseconds:p99_24h{provider="drpc", chain="dogecoin"})
+      mean: avg(ocb:rpc_latency_milliseconds:mean_24h{provider="drpc", chain="dogecoin"})
+      success: sum(ocb:rpc_call:ok_rate_24h{provider="drpc", chain="dogecoin"}) / sum(ocb:rpc_call:rate_24h{provider="drpc", chain="dogecoin"})
+      sample_size: sum(ocb:rpc_call:increase_24h{provider="drpc", chain="dogecoin"})
+      series: avg(avg_over_time(rpc_latency_milliseconds{provider="drpc", chain="dogecoin"}[1h]))
+      regions:
+        - region: us-east
+          p50: avg(ocb:rpc_latency_milliseconds:p50_24h{provider="drpc", chain="dogecoin", region="us-east"})
+          series: avg_over_time(rpc_latency_milliseconds{provider="drpc", chain="dogecoin", region="us-east"}[1h])
+        - region: eu-west
+          p50: avg(ocb:rpc_latency_milliseconds:p50_24h{provider="drpc", chain="dogecoin", region="eu-west"})
+          series: avg_over_time(rpc_latency_milliseconds{provider="drpc", chain="dogecoin", region="eu-west"}[1h])
+        - region: ap-southeast
+          p50: avg(ocb:rpc_latency_milliseconds:p50_24h{provider="drpc", chain="dogecoin", region="sgp"})
+          series: avg_over_time(rpc_latency_milliseconds{provider="drpc", chain="dogecoin", region="sgp"}[1h])
+
+  - slug: blockcypher
+    name: BlockCypher
+    tag: BlockCypher public Dogecoin REST API, no API key required for basic queries
+    formula: "50th percentile over 24h of client-side round-trip latency (ms) for a GET request sent every 60s from 3 regions to api.blockcypher.com/v1/doge/main."
+    queries:
+      p50: avg(ocb:rpc_latency_milliseconds:p50_24h{provider="blockcypher", chain="dogecoin"})
+      p90: avg(ocb:rpc_latency_milliseconds:p90_24h{provider="blockcypher", chain="dogecoin"})
+      p99: avg(ocb:rpc_latency_milliseconds:p99_24h{provider="blockcypher", chain="dogecoin"})
+      mean: avg(ocb:rpc_latency_milliseconds:mean_24h{provider="blockcypher", chain="dogecoin"})
+      success: sum(ocb:rpc_call:ok_rate_24h{provider="blockcypher", chain="dogecoin"}) / sum(ocb:rpc_call:rate_24h{provider="blockcypher", chain="dogecoin"})
+      sample_size: sum(ocb:rpc_call:increase_24h{provider="blockcypher", chain="dogecoin"})
+      series: avg(avg_over_time(rpc_latency_milliseconds{provider="blockcypher", chain="dogecoin"}[1h]))
+      regions:
+        - region: us-east
+          p50: avg(ocb:rpc_latency_milliseconds:p50_24h{provider="blockcypher", chain="dogecoin", region="us-east"})
+          series: avg_over_time(rpc_latency_milliseconds{provider="blockcypher", chain="dogecoin", region="us-east"}[1h])
+        - region: eu-west
+          p50: avg(ocb:rpc_latency_milliseconds:p50_24h{provider="blockcypher", chain="dogecoin", region="eu-west"})
+          series: avg_over_time(rpc_latency_milliseconds{provider="blockcypher", chain="dogecoin", region="eu-west"}[1h])
+        - region: ap-southeast
+          p50: avg(ocb:rpc_latency_milliseconds:p50_24h{provider="blockcypher", chain="dogecoin", region="sgp"})
+          series: avg_over_time(rpc_latency_milliseconds{provider="blockcypher", chain="dogecoin", region="sgp"}[1h])
@@ -1629,6 +1629,17 @@ func chains() []Chain {
 				{Slug: "ngd2", Name: "NGD (2)", URL: envDefault("RPC_URL_NEO_NGD2", "https://n3seed2.ngd.network:10332")},
 			},
 		},
+		// 2026-08-23 wave-9. Dogecoin — getblockcount JSON-RPC (Tatum, dRPC) + BlockCypher REST GET. ~60 s/block.
+		{
+			Slug: "dogecoin",
+			Name: "Dogecoin",
+			Kind: "dogecoin",
+			Providers: []Provider{
+				{Slug: "tatum", Name: "Tatum", URL: envDefault("RPC_URL_DOGECOIN_TATUM", "https://dogecoin-mainnet.gateway.tatum.io")},
+				{Slug: "drpc", Name: "dRPC", URL: envDefault("RPC_URL_DOGECOIN_DRPC", "https://dogecoin.drpc.org")},
+				{Slug: "blockcypher", Name: "BlockCypher", URL: envDefault("RPC_URL_DOGECOIN_BLOCKCYPHER", "https://api.blockcypher.com/v1/doge/main")},
+			},
+		},
 		// 2026-08-18 wave-8. Tezos L1 — REST GET /chains/main/blocks/head/header, ~30 s/block. 4 keyless providers.
 		{
 			Slug: "tezos",

@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ const (
 	// wavesStaleBlockGap: Waves closes a block every ~60 s,
 	// so 5 blocks ≈ 5 min.
 	wavesStaleBlockGap uint64 = 5
+	// dogecoinStaleBlockGap: Dogecoin produces one block every ~60 s,
+	// so 5 blocks ≈ 5 min gives the same reliability tolerance as EVM.
+	dogecoinStaleBlockGap uint64 = 5
 	// veChainStaleBlockGap: VeChain produces one block every ~10 s,
 	// so 30 blocks ≈ 5 min.
 	veChainStaleBlockGap uint64 = 30
@@ -280,6 +283,12 @@ func probeOne(ctx context.Context, c Chain, p Provider) {
 			block, result, latency, err = callMultiversxNonce(probeCtx, p.URL)
 		case "neo":
 			block, result, latency, err = callNeoBlockCount(probeCtx, p.URL)
+		case "dogecoin":
+			if strings.Contains(p.URL, "blockcypher.com") {
+				block, result, latency, err = callBlockCypherDoge(probeCtx, p.URL)
+			} else {
+				block, result, latency, err = callNeoBlockCount(probeCtx, p.URL)
+			}
 		case "tezos":
 			block, result, latency, err = callTezosBlock(probeCtx, p.URL)
 		case "antelope":
@@ -329,6 +338,8 @@ func probeOne(ctx context.Context, c Chain, p Provider) {
 				gap = multiversxStaleNonceGap
 			case "neo":
 				gap = neoStaleBlockGap
+			case "dogecoin":
+				gap = dogecoinStaleBlockGap
 			case "tezos":
 				gap = tezosStaleBlockGap
 			case "antelope":
@@ -358,7 +369,7 @@ func probeOne(ctx context.Context, c Chain, p Provider) {
 		case "solana", "polkadot", "cosmos", "starknet", "stellar",
 			"sui", "aptos", "xrpl", "algorand", "gram",
 			"near", "flow", "hedera", "ckb", "multiversx", "neo",
-			"tezos", "antelope", "waves", "vechain":
+			"tezos", "antelope", "waves", "vechain", "dogecoin":
 			// no consensus participation
 		default:
 			if result == "ok" || result == "stale" {
@@ -1466,3 +1477,39 @@ func callNeoBlockCount(ctx context.Context, url string) (count uint64, result st
 	}
 	return n, "ok", latencyMs, nil
 }
+
+// callBlockCypherDoge probes the BlockCypher REST API for Dogecoin mainnet.
+// GET https://api.blockcypher.com/v1/doge/main — reads the `height` field.
+func callBlockCypherDoge(ctx context.Context, url string) (height uint64, result string, latencyMs float64, err error) {
+	req, _ := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, "GET", url, nil)
+	req.Header.Set("User-Agent", "OpenChainBench/1.0 (+https://openchainbench.com)")
+	client := &http.Client{Timeout: probeTimeout}
+
+	start := time.Now()
+	resp, err := client.Do(req)
+	latencyMs = float64(time.Since(start).Nanoseconds()) / 1e6
+
+	if err != nil {
+		if ctx.Err() != nil || strings.Contains(err.Error(), "deadline exceeded") || strings.Contains(err.Error(), "Timeout") {
+			return 0, "timeout", latencyMs, err
+		}
+		return 0, "http_err", latencyMs, err
+	}
+	defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != 200 {
+		_, _ = io.Copy(io.Discard, resp.Body)
+		return 0, "http_err", latencyMs, fmt.Errorf("status %d", resp.StatusCode)
+	}
+
+	var body struct {
+		Height uint64 `json:"height"`
+	}
+	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil {
+		return 0, "http_err", latencyMs, err
+	}
+	if body.Height == 0 {
+		return 0, "jsonrpc_err", latencyMs, fmt.Errorf("blockcypher doge: height=0")
+	}
+	return body.Height, "ok", latencyMs, nil
+}