Why We're Building CelerFi: The Web3 Infrastructure Crisis


The blockchain industry is projected to reach $1.43 trillion by 2030, growing at a staggering 90.1% CAGR. But there's a dirty secret nobody wants to admit: the infrastructure holding it all together is fundamentally broken.
While everyone's talking about the next hot DeFi protocol or NFT collection, developers are quietly pulling their hair out trying to build anything that actually works across multiple blockchains. We know this because we've been there.
The Hidden Bottleneck Choking Web3 Growth
We have observed 2 primary issues hindering innovation in the blockchain industry:
1. Chain Fragmentation
Imagine this: You're building the next breakthrough DeFi application. Your users want to trade on Ethereum, stake on Solana, and bridge assets through Arbitrum. Simple enough, right?
Wrong.
Here's what you actually have to do:
Integrate 3+ different RPC providers (Alchemy for Ethereum, Helius for Solana, QuickNode for everything else).
Manage 3+ different pricing models (you will be charged per request, compute unit, or data transfer depending on the RPC you use).
Handle 3+ different API specifications (JSON-RPC for Ethereum, custom APIs for Solana, GraphQL for others).
Monitor 3+ different service dashboards (because they all go down at different times).
Pray your app doesn't break when one provider has issues.
All this is just the beginning. What if your app wants to add support for Base, Polygon, and Avalanche? Multiply everything by two. Your "simple" multi-chain app now requires a full-time DevOps engineer just to keep the lights on.
This isn't just inefficient—it's fundamentally broken. And it's why we're building CelerFi.
2. Performance Issues
Fragmentation is just the tip of the iceberg. The real killer is performance.
Current RPC providers deliver 25-200ms response times. This might sound fast, but in the world of high-frequency trading, DeFi arbitrage, and real-time gaming, it's glacially slow.
Here's what that means in practice:
Trading opportunities vanish in the time it takes to fetch current prices.
Users abandon transactions because confirmations take forever.
Games feel laggy and unresponsive compared to Web2 alternatives.
Enterprise clients walk away because the infrastructure can't meet their SLAs.
We're not just talking about user experience issues. We're talking about billions of dollars in missed opportunities every single day.
What's Really at Stake
This infrastructure crisis isn't just a developer inconvenience—it's a systemic barrier to Web3's mainstream adoption:
For Developers: Innovation is stifled when teams spend more time wrestling with data infrastructure than building transformative applications.
For Enterprises: Unpredictable costs and fragmented solutions make blockchain adoption a procurement nightmare, slowing institutional adoption.
For the Ecosystem: Each new blockchain that launches faces the same integration challenges, creating barriers to innovation and limiting the potential for cross-chain collaboration.
For Users: Slow, unreliable applications with limited cross-chain functionality deliver subpar experiences that drive users back to centralized alternatives.
Why Does This Bother Us So Much?
Here's the thing that keeps us up at night: this infrastructure crisis isn't just hurting crypto companies. It is preventing the next wave of innovation that could transform entire industries.
Imagine if:
Traditional banks could offer real-time cross-border payments using blockchain rails
Supply chain companies could track products across multiple blockchain networks seamlessly
Gaming companies could build truly decentralized economies without worrying about infrastructure complexity
Financial advisors could manage client portfolios across all major blockchain networks through a single interface
All of this is technically possible today. The blockchain protocols exist. The smart contracts work. The security models are sound.
The only thing missing is infrastructure that doesn't suck.
The CelerFi Solution: Unified Multichain Infrastructure
At CelerFi, we're building what the multichain ecosystem desperately needs: a unified blockchain indexing platform that treats all networks as equal participants in a single, coherent data ecosystem.
Revolutionary Performance Standards
Built on our battle-tested Celer RPC infrastructure and powered by Golang's exceptional concurrency capabilities, CelerFi delivers:
1-15ms Event Indexing: From blockchain event to indexed data availability—3-50x faster than existing solutions
100K+ Events/Second: Sustained throughput across all supported chains
99.99% Uptime: Enterprise-grade availability with multi-region redundancy
<25ms Query Response: Real-time API query performance
True Multichain Unification
Starting with 12 MVP blockchain networks (Solana, Ethereum, SUI, Base, Stellar, BSC, and Tron), we're aggressively expanding to 37+ chains by 2026. But this isn't just about coverage—it's about seamless integration. This is what we offer:
Single API Integration: Developers integrate once and access all supported blockchains
Consistent Data Models: Standardized event schemas across different blockchain architectures
Cross-Chain Correlation: Native support for tracking assets and events across multiple networks
Universal Credit System: 1 Credit = 1 Request, regardless of chain or operation complexity
The Developer Experience We Offer
This is all you need to access Ethereum, Solana, Bitcoin, and 9 other chains:
const celerfi = new CelerFi({ apiKey: 'your-key' });
// Same API, any chain
const ethBalance = await celerfi.getBalance('ethereum', address);
const solBalance = await celerfi.getBalance('solana', address);
const btcBalance = await celerfi.getBalance('bitcoin', address);
// Cross-chain operations in a single call
const portfolio = await celerfi.getMultiChainPortfolio(address);
One SDK. One API key. Multiple blockchains. Zero headaches.
What Success Looks Like for Us
Our most important success metric is that the Web3 infrastructure crisis ends with CelerFi.
In 18 months, we envision a Web3 ecosystem where:
Any developer can build multi-chain applications in 30 minutes instead of 30 days.
Enterprise clients can rely on blockchain infrastructure like they rely on AWS.
New categories of applications emerge that were impossible with previous infrastructure limitations.
Web3 adoption accelerates because the technical barriers have been eliminated.
Join Us on Our Journey
The Web3 infrastructure crisis is real, but it's not permanent. Every technological revolution eventually reaches a point where the infrastructure matures enough to enable the next wave of innovation. We believe that moment is now.
Whether you're:
A developer tired of wrestling with fragmented APIs
An enterprise evaluating blockchain integration
An investor looking for infrastructure-grade returns in Web3
A partner who wants to help build the future
We want to journey with you.
The blockchain revolution promised to decentralize everything. Let's make sure the infrastructure keeps that promise.
Ready to experience the future of blockchain infrastructure? Join our waitlist and be among the first to build on the unified multichain platform that is redefining what's possible in Web3.
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Abdulrahman Adebayo
Abdulrahman Adebayo
I am a developer from Nigeria, currently learning!