# Distributed Infrastructure for a Distributed Network: Gnosis and Gateway.fm with Igor Mandrigin

- Speakers: [Igor Mandrigin](https://streameth.org/speakers/igor-mandrigin)
- Channel: [Ethereum Denver](https://streameth.org/ethereum-denver)
- Date: 2023-10-07
- Duration: 17:58
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/yt-KdXSX_W_Ch0
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdXSX_W_Ch0

## Description

"When accessing blockchains today, we often rely on centralised services. These services grow big and gain international success. Consequently, lots of nodes are grouped in just a few locations around the globe.

Risks and concerns of that are quite well understood, from privacy to legal and censorship.
For a blockchain to be really decentralised, all critical pieces of infrastructure, like RPC services, validators, block explorers are distributed across the globe. But building an infrastructure system that is actually distributed brings its own sets of challenges.

In my talk, I will share our experiences in building infrastructure that works across platforms, from bare metal Linux to AWS cloud. I will discuss the challenges we faced, the lessons we learned, and the successes we achieved while building this infrastructure. I will also delve into the importance of distributing nodes around the world, the criteria we use to measure our success, and what comes next.

At [Gateway.fm](http://gateway.fm/), we have been supporting Gnosis Chain in their ambition to become the most decentralized and distributed network in the industry. Our infrastructure is distributed, portable and able to handle billions of requests with high availability."

Igor Mandrigin
Infrastructure + Scalability Stage