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Ethereum Integration

Ethereum Monitoring Built for Production Infrastructure

Ethereum node outages, RPC lag, and gas spikes happen without warning. BlackTide monitors your Ethereum mainnet endpoints 24/7 — tracking block height freshness, latency percentiles, and on-chain event thresholds — so you know before your users do.

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12s
Avg block time tracked
30s
Check interval
6
Global probe regions
5 min
Setup time

Why generic uptime tools fail on Ethereum

  • HTTP 200 responses from Ethereum RPC nodes do not mean the node is healthy — a syncing or lagging node returns 200 while serving stale block data silently
  • Gas price spikes are invisible to infrastructure monitors, yet a 10x spike can halt all pending transactions and freeze your DeFi frontend for users. Ethereum gas reference
  • Block reorganizations on Ethereum can invalidate recently confirmed transactions, and no generic monitor alerts you when reorgs exceed safe depth
  • Validator downtime on the consensus layer is not visible to execution layer monitors, leaving staking operators blind to missed attestations
  • RPC providers like Infura and Alchemy have regional incidents that impact only a subset of users — global averaging hides the degradation. Ethereum JSON-RPC spec

How BlackTide monitors Ethereum end-to-end

  • Block height lag detection compares your RPC endpoint against multiple Ethereum reference nodes every 30 seconds and alerts before stale data reaches users
  • Gas price monitoring tracks base fee and priority fee in real time, firing alerts when prices cross your configured thresholds so you can pause non-critical transactions
  • Multi-region probing from 6 global locations catches regional RPC degradation that single-region checks always miss
  • Smart contract event monitors fire immediately when a contract emits a configured event topic — liquidations, large transfers, governance actions

Capabilities

Everything you need to run Ethereum infrastructure reliably

Purpose-built checks for Ethereum mainnet — from execution layer RPC health to consensus layer validator performance.

Block height lag detection

BlackTide queries your Ethereum RPC endpoint every 30 seconds and compares the returned block number against consensus across multiple reference nodes. If your endpoint lags by more than your configured threshold, an alert fires before any user sees stale balance or price data.

Gas price tracking and alerts

Monitor EIP-1559 base fee and priority fee in real time. Configure high-gas alerts to pause transaction submission during spikes, or low-gas notifications to batch pending operations during off-peak periods.

Latency P50 / P95 / P99 percentiles

Ethereum RPC response times measured from 6 global regions give you the full latency distribution. P99 tail latency determines wallet UX — BlackTide surfaces the slow tail that averages always hide.

Smart contract event monitoring

Subscribe to any ERC-20 transfer, Uniswap swap, Aave liquidation, or custom event topic. BlackTide indexes logs every block and fires an alert the moment a configured event is detected on-chain.

Multi-provider failover

Configure Infura, Alchemy, QuickNode, or your self-hosted Geth node as primary and backup. When the primary degrades, BlackTide routes automatically to the next healthy provider with full incident logging.

Use Cases

Who uses BlackTide for Ethereum monitoring

DeFi protocol with a high-value smart contract

Monitor every Aave liquidation event, Uniswap pool price change, or governance proposal in real time. BlackTide fires alerts the moment an on-chain event crosses your configured threshold — before your Discord community notices.

Wallet provider serving retail users

At scale, a single lagging Ethereum RPC endpoint means thousands of users see stale balances. BlackTide detects block height drift in 30 seconds and fails over to a healthy provider before users file support tickets.

Staking operator tracking validator health

Missed attestations on Ethereum Proof of Stake incur penalties that compound over time. BlackTide monitors your validator status and fires alerts for missed proposals or declining inclusion rates.

Centralized exchange with Ethereum deposits

Deposit confirmation pipelines depend on reliable block indexing. BlackTide ensures your Ethereum node stays in sync and alerts your on-call team the moment block height lag risks delaying deposit confirmations.

Frequently asked questions about Ethereum monitoring

How does BlackTide detect Ethereum RPC lag?
Every 30 seconds, BlackTide calls eth_blockNumber on your configured endpoint and compares the result against a consensus value derived from multiple independent reference nodes. If your endpoint lags by more than your configured block threshold, an alert fires immediately via your chosen channels (Slack, PagerDuty, email, etc.).
Can BlackTide monitor both Ethereum mainnet and testnets?
Yes. BlackTide supports Ethereum mainnet and Sepolia testnet out of the box. You can configure separate monitor instances for each environment with independent alert thresholds, allowing you to keep staging and production monitoring completely isolated.
Does BlackTide support EIP-1559 gas price monitoring?
Yes. BlackTide tracks both the EIP-1559 base fee and the miner priority tip in real time. You can set high-gas alert thresholds to pause batch transactions during price spikes and low-gas notifications to opportunistically submit pending operations when fees drop.
Can I monitor a self-hosted Geth or Erigon node?
Any publicly accessible JSON-RPC endpoint can be monitored, including self-hosted full nodes running Geth, Erigon, Nethermind, or Besu. If your node is behind a firewall, you can whitelist BlackTide probe IPs to allow health checks without exposing the node publicly.
What smart contract events can I monitor on Ethereum?
BlackTide supports monitoring any EVM event log using the contract address and event topic hash. Common use cases include ERC-20 Transfer events for large whale movements, Uniswap V3 Swap events, Aave V3 LiquidationCall events, and custom events from your own smart contracts.

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