blockfrost-js VS cardano-node

That way you use your own node to conduct the transactions rather than using a service like blockfrost

Nothing against blockfrost.io just wanna know if this is possible/easy

Im trying to get the list of NFTs in a specific wallet, Im using Koios but planning to switch to blockfrost.io but couldn't identify the particular API, any help?

If you don't want to run a Cardano node then you can use Blockfrost

🔹 blockfrost.io announced the availability of two new testnet networks: Preview and Preprod.

Since the start of June, we have been successfully running an early build of the new node (which includes diffusion pipelining and the new Plutus v2 CIPs among other enhancements) as a semi-public Vasil developer testnet (Devnet). We now have some 35 developers from across 27 projects testing their DApps and helping identify any issues, along with 16 stake pool operators (SPOs) supporting. We’re also working closely with some of the leading tool/API providers, including Blockfrost, Cardano Serialization library (EMURGO), and Cardano Multiplatform Library (dcSpark). We want to call out the work of Mlabs and Dquadrant in particular for providing great support throughout the process. This developer testnet stage puts us in a good position when it comes to Plutus code compatibility and functionality. This valuable work will continue on this development testnet over the next few weeks.

Five Binaries is a Prague, Czech Republic based consulting company who have been 100% focused on improving the Cardano ecosystem since day one. The members are all ex-Trezor Suite core developers and previously maintained the backend infrastructure for Trezor Wallet. The team created the first stake pool on the ITN and second on Mainnet,StakeNuts. They also processed the first Shelley Mainnet transaction. The Five Binaries team are also behind the first oracle solution on Cardano, Nut.link, and developed Blockfrost, APIs which are used to access the Cardano blockchain. Regarding usage and adoption, Blockfrost APIs is a core service used by the ecosystem and has a community of over 10,000 developers that have contributed to over 4,000 projects.

You can however call an SC using Blockfrost; this is an Web2-style API designed specifically to interacting with the Cardano network.

Notably, Sabrina Tachdijan - HBAR Foundation Head of Fintech & Payments - joined Cardano Founder Charles Hoskinson, InvestaX Co-Founder Alice Chen, Plume Network Co-Founder Teddy Pornprinya, and EY Blockchain Leader Paul Brody for a panel discussion on “The Rise of RWA Chains”.

It sees quite a lot of use in the traditional finance industry in europe from what I've been told but basically all of that is closed source.

However probably the "biggest" open source project with direct commercial use would be the Cardano blockchain (IOG, one of the main developers for Cardano, is one of the top sponsors for the Glasgow Haskell Compiler as well as a major contributor nowadays).

The cardano node implementation is linked here: https://github.com/IntersectMBO/cardano-node

However a lot of tooling for the ecosystem is spread between that org, the IOG org, and the CF org, as well as others.

https://github.com/IntersectMBO/

https://github.com/input-output-hk/

https://github.com/cardano-foundation/

By no means is this the best example but it is a decent example of an extremely large, primarily haskell based project that sees regular use.

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Hoskinson decided to support Ethereum classic after that and also launched Cardano.

This sluggish activity is hitting smaller cryptocurrencies like Cardano and Solana, which are seeing much slower growth than bitcoin. Trading platforms popular with retail investors, such as Robinhood, are moving to end support for trading these tokens, and the risk of an SEC crackdown has made institutional investors even more leery of them.

Cardano Node 8.1.1 is out. https://github.com/input-output-hk/cardano-node/releases/tag/8.1.1