Layerstack is the developer-facing intent layer on top of SyncNode — an institutional blockchain infrastructure provider operating validator and RPC services since 2018.
George Bunea wanted to start an Infura-class infrastructure business in 2018, with collaborators including Bruce Pon (Ocean Protocol). Then the bear market hit and the team didn't materialize. He kept building. Eight years later, the same vision — but with paid infrastructure, real customers, and a clear picture of what comes after RPC.
SyncNode operates institutional-grade validator and RPC infrastructure across 75+ networks. It's a Chainlink node operator, a Wormhole Guardian, and a behind-the-scenes provider for other infrastructure brands. Bare-metal performance, sub-100ms latency, 99.99% uptime, HSM-secured keys, multi-region failover. Customers like Wormhole, Chainlink, and Liquify already trust this layer with the kind of uptime where mistakes are public.
See syncnode.tech for the full institutional surface.
Builders don't want to write JSON-RPC by hand anymore. The next decade of crypto infrastructure isn't about being faster than Infura — it's about being smart enough to take an intent and return an answer. Magic Console is that surface today. Solver, Witness, and Pulse are coming.
The split is deliberate: AI lives in Layerstack, never in SyncNode. The metal stays deterministic; the layer above gets smart. That's the recipe of trust.
Operating Chainlink and Wormhole nodes since 2018. Built the SyncNode validator infrastructure single-handed across 75+ networks. Original 2018 vision now realized.
Product and UX. Building the human surface above the infra.
On the infra-to-product seam. Backend across both layers.