Show HN: Revera – local-first crypto API for 20 EVM chains

Revera, a local-first crypto API, launched support for 20 EVM chains and 3.6M+ tokens, according to the GitHub release. The project was built to serve crypto prices locally with ultra-low latency, addressing the performance constraints of traditional centralized API services that require network round-trips to external servers.

The API is designed as a local-first system, meaning data is processed and served from a user's local environment rather than requiring real-time calls to remote servers. This architecture eliminates the latency overhead typical of cloud-based crypto data providers and reduces dependency on external infrastructure availability. By supporting 20 Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatible chains, Revera covers a broad swath of the Ethereum ecosystem and layer-2 solutions, enabling developers to query price data across fragmented blockchain networks from a single interface.

Local-first crypto APIs address a growing need in the developer community for faster, more reliable access to on-chain data without sacrificing decentralization or control. As blockchain applications proliferate across multiple chains, developers face complexity in aggregating data across disparate networks. Centralized API providers like CoinGecko and chain-specific RPC endpoints have become bottlenecks for applications requiring real-time price feeds. Revera's approach of shifting computation and storage to the client side reflects a broader trend in crypto infrastructure toward reducing trust assumptions and improving performance.

The project is available on GitHub for developers to integrate into their applications. No details on pricing, commercial availability, or user adoption have been disclosed.