Infrastructure & Tooling

Every healthy blockchain needs operators, tooling authors, and infrastructure providers beyond the core team. AERE is open infrastructure, run a node, serve RPC, build indexers, or operate oracle reporters. The grants program pays for work that strengthens the network.

AERE is an EVM-compatible Layer 1. The network software, node configuration guide, and system contract source code are published at git.aere.network. Public infrastructure endpoints are maintained by the Foundation; community operators can run independent nodes and serve the ecosystem.

Live public endpoints

ServiceEndpointProtocol
JSON-RPChttps://rpc.aere.networkHTTPS / ETH RPC
WebSocketwss://wss.aere.networkWebSocket / ETH RPC
Block explorerhttps://explorer.aere.networkWeb / REST
Indexer APIhttps://api.aere.networkREST JSON
Source codehttps://git.aere.networkGitea / Git

Infrastructure roles

01
Run a node or RPC provider
The AERE node software is available on Gitea. Running a full node contributes to network resilience and allows projects that need guaranteed RPC availability to self-host. The node exposes the standard Ethereum JSON-RPC interface, any tooling that works with geth or Besu works with an AERE node. Community operators who run stable public or private RPC services are eligible for infrastructure grants. The ideal state for the network is multiple independent RPC providers so that no single operator is a dependency for the ecosystem.
02
Build indexers and data services
The Foundation runs a reference indexer at api.aere.network that indexes logs, transactions, and token transfers. Additional indexers, with specialised schemas for DeFi events, NFT transfer histories, or identity attestation lookups, would materially improve the developer experience for application builders. Subgraph-compatible indexers (The Graph protocol or self-hosted equivalents), event-driven databases, and analytics dashboards are all open infrastructure needs. The AERE indexer API is open for integration; building a compatible or complementary service is a well-scoped grant project.
03
Operate oracle reporters
AereOracle uses a multi-reporter median model, the more independent reporters submit price data, the more robust and manipulation-resistant the feed becomes. Reporter status is granted by the Foundation after a review of the operator's infrastructure, price-source attribution, and submission reliability. There is no on-chain reward currently; incentives will be introduced through the DAO grant budget once governance V2 is live. Operators interested in becoming reporters should open an issue on the AERE repository at git.aere.network with their operator profile and planned price sources.

Grants for infrastructure builders

Infrastructure grants are among the most straightforward to approve in the AERE program. Clear scope, a demonstrable prior work record, and a deliverable that the ecosystem can use, that is the bar. Open-source RPC libraries, wallet connection adapters, bridge adapters connecting AERE to other chains, developer CLI tools, and monitoring dashboards are all eligible. Quick-build grants ($1k, $5k) have a seven-day approval window. Larger infrastructure projects ($5k, $25k) are milestone-based with a fourteen-day review.

Start building

Network details: Chain ID 2800, native token AERE. Node software and system contract source code are at git.aere.network. The documentation covers node setup, the indexer API schema, oracle reporter onboarding, and the full list of deployed system contracts.

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