​Factom Open Node is a public, decentralized, load balanced factomd-node which provides an API to interact with the Factom blockchain protocol. It is an alternative to hosting and maintaining your own factomd-node.
Factom Open Node has the following security features:
HTTPS only access via port 443
Cloudflare DDOS protection
​An A+ Qualys SSL rating​
Least privilege firewall on both nodes and load balancers
Configurable rate limiting
If you encounter any issues using Open Node, please visit the Open Node support discord.
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