In the latest flurry of high-profile partnerships, Ankr has been selected by Story to power critical infrastructure behind its highly anticipated layer-1 blockchain. Ankr will operate nodes and establish RPC connections for Story, allowing developers to build faster and discover the future of on-ramping, safeguarding, and monetizing intellectual property (IP) on the network.

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What Is Story?

Story is purpose-built to be the world’s IP blockchain, transforming IPs into networks that transcend mediums and platforms, unleashing global creativity and liquidity. Story was founded by a team of serial entrepreneurs and experienced operators with a diverse background in consumer tech, generative AI (Deepmind), and Web3 infrastructure (Flow and Harmony). Backed by some of the top investors like a16z crypto, Endeavor, and Hashed.

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This announcement comes just after Story launched its final testnet, Odyssey, on November 7th, inviting developers worldwide to begin building decentralized applications that tokenize a vast ocean of IPs from blueprints to memes and video game characters. Story sought out Ankr for its reputation for providing a seamless and high-performance connection to the on-chain data developers need to build dApps that can execute blockchain interactions seamlessly and at the scale of creativity.

A Big Step Forward for Developers On Story

The integration of Story into Ankr's Web3 API service offers a significant advantage for developers looking to build within the Story ecosystem. With Ankr's readily available RPC/API endpoints, developers can instantly access Story’s blockchain, streamlining the process of building powerful, decentralized applications.

“We’re excited to work with Story as they give developers every tool they’ll need to disrupt the IP industry that is so ripe for innovation now that we’ve entered the age of AI. Blockchain can uniquely turn the world of creative ownership on its head, but there is no room for error regarding the performance behind protocols proving their technological edge – that’s where Ankr comes in.”

– Chandler Song, Ankr Co-Founder and CEO

“It’s critical that we work with infrastructure partners that can supercharge and empower the developers building on Story’s purpose-built IP blockchain. Ankr does exactly this for our ecosystem, making accessibility to on-chain data an included utility for builders.”

– Weilei Yu, Story VP of Ecosystem

This collaboration not only eliminates the technical barriers traditionally associated with blockchain development but also opens the doors to new opportunities for Story users and developers to engage with blockchain technology in a meaningful way.

What Are Ankr’s New Story RPC Connections?

• Our Story RPCs (Remote Procedure Calls) will connect wallets, command-line interfaces, or decentralized applications with the Story blockchain. They act as messengers or blockchain routers that relay on-chain information between Story nodes, chains, and ultimately end-users so they can execute necessary tasks like transactions, populate wallet balances, fetch ownership information, and much more.
• Story RPC endpoints are a gateway for developers to interface directly with Story — a portal to communicate easily, remotely, and with no need to go through the DevOps of establishing their own Story nodes.
• Ankr is providing a geo-distributed Story RPC comprised of blockchain nodes running worldwide for incredibly low latency and reliable connections.

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How Do the Story RPCs Help Developers?

Building with Story is the premier choice for creating next-generation IP dApps, but requires access to the information on Story nodes to do so. Therefore, Ankr’s RPCs solve the following developer troubles:

Eliminates complex node ops - Story RPCs will completely remove the need for developers to set up their own Story nodes, removing hours of time spent building, calibrating, and fixing node issues.

Grants access to advanced tools -  Ankr’s Premium RPC Plan instantly grants access to the best tools to build applications quickly, including:

• At least 90,000 Story req/minute
• Prioritized requests
• Rapid support portal
• HTTPS / WSS connections

Powers chains, applications, and open-source software that need access to Story - Connect with a cluster of high-performance nodes that hold the information you need to build and operate applications with Story chain capabilities.

Supports the Story network - Ankr will strengthen the Story network globally by offering easier development and a broader, decentralized node infrastructure.

Make Your First Call to Story

Head to our RPC Service to get started building on the Story network. You will be able to use the Story endpoint to call the chain using the standard EVM JSON RPC methods.

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