Covalent vs Steem

Covalent's blockchain-data platform rebranded to GoldRush, unifying wallet balances, transaction history, NFT ownership, and token/DEX pricing across 100+ EVM and non-EVM chains behind one API, plus JSON-RPC endpoints for 30+ EVM networks. New accounts get a 14-day trial (25,000 credits) before moving to a paid plan or per-request (x402) billing with no monthly minimum. All data comes back as JSON.

Steem's public JSON-RPC API lets any client read blocks, accounts, and the blogging/social content the chain stores, using the same condenser_api methods the steemit.com frontend calls. The endpoint is HTTPS-only now — the old plain-HTTP address no longer connects — and needs no signup or key for read access. Every route tested returned CORS headers open to browser-based callers.