Helius is a company that provides developer infrastructure and data services for Solana applications. Its offerings include Solana RPC access and APIs for wallet, token, NFT, transaction, and historical data, as well as event streaming tools. Helius is a private service provider that builds on Solana; it is not the Solana protocol and does not control the network.
Products and Data
Helius documents several distinct services rather than one universal API. Its Digital Asset Standard (DAS) API provides structured information about Solana digital assets, including NFTs, fungible tokens, and compressed assets. Other endpoints cover parsed transactions, wallet and token information, historical data, and real-time notifications. Product names and supported features can change, so developers should use the current documentation for the endpoint they plan to rely on.
Helius says it was founded in 2022 by Mert Mumtaz, Nicolas Pennie, and Liam Vovk. The company’s tools can reduce the need to run every data service or indexer in-house, but they do not remove the need to understand the underlying Solana transactions and account model.
Trade-offs
A hosted RPC or data API adds a provider dependency. Rate limits, availability, indexing delay, supported query types, and pricing may differ by plan and endpoint. Applications with important functions may compare more than one provider, monitor errors, and decide how they will respond if a provider is unavailable. A polished API also does not make its interpretation of on-chain data infallible; critical results should be checked against the chain or another trusted source.
Social Media Sentiment
- In one Solana developer discussion, users compared RPC providers and mentioned both reliability and rate-limit concerns; one participant said Helius worked well for their use. This is a small user discussion, not a controlled performance test or broad customer survey. Read the discussion about reliable Solana RPC providers.
Last updated: 2026-10
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See Also
- The Drift Protocol Hack and North Korea’s Alleged Role
- Why Smart Contract Audits Fail
- What Is MEV? Ethereum’s Hidden Transaction Tax
- ChangeNOW
Sources
- About Helius — The company’s profile identifies its founding team and summarizes its developer infrastructure services.
- Helius data API documentation — The documentation describes DAS, wallet, transaction, token, and historical data capabilities.
- Helius developer platform — The current product overview lists the services available to Solana developers.
- Solana RPC provider discussion — Developers share limited personal experiences and trade-offs among hosted RPC providers.