Is ethereumrpc.publicnode.com safe?
http://ethereumrpc.publicnode.com/
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How we checked
Coverage: strong · 3 of 4 applicable core capabilities
- Antivirus (59 of 93 engines answered): completed
- Google Safe Browsing: completed
- page reading · limited: did not fully complete
- page capture · not available: did not fully complete
- domain records: completed
- web research: completed
PublicNode's Ethereum RPC endpoint appears to be legitimate blockchain infrastructure, with one isolated antivirus flag
This address belongs to PublicNode, a free service listed on ethereum.org that provides RPC endpoints for many blockchains. Ethereum.org names Allnodes as its creator. The domain is about ten years old. The browser threat feed gave no warning and the connection is properly encrypted. One antivirus engine out of 93 flagged the address, but no other engine agreed. The root page returned an error, so no site text could be reviewed. We rate it Low Risk rather than Safe because of that unread page and the lone detection.
Where this site sits
- Dangerous1–20
- High Risk21–44
- Moderate Risk45–69
- Low Risk70–84
- Safe85–100
The score combines saved evidence strength and analysis quality. Coverage is reported separately.
Why 80/100
Low Risk covers scores 70–84. 1 finding pulled the score down; 4 pushed it up.
What pulled the score down
- Moderate1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result.
What pushed the score up
- SupportsListed on ethereum.org as a free RPC endpoint provider created by Allnodes.
- SupportsThe domain is about ten years old.
- SupportsGoogle Safe Browsing returned no threat warning
- SupportsThe saved TLS check found a valid encrypted connection
No points per finding are stored for this report: our analysis weighed all findings together to set the score. Each finding shows its saved severity instead (Decisive, Strong, Moderate or Minor). Community reviews never change the Safety Score.
01 · Investigation Brief
Investigation Brief
This address belongs to PublicNode, a free service listed on ethereum.org that provides RPC endpoints for many blockchains. Ethereum.org names Allnodes as its creator. The domain is about ten years old. The browser threat feed gave no warning and the connection is properly encrypted. One antivirus engine out of 93 flagged the address, but no other engine agreed. The root page returned an error, so no site text could be reviewed. We rate it Low Risk rather than Safe because of that unread page and the lone detection.
What the evidence shows
Ethereum.org lists PublicNode as a provider of free, privacy-first RPC endpoints for 102 blockchains and names Allnodes as its creator. The Allnodes blog announcing PublicNode describes Allnodes as a non-custodial hosting and staking platform.
The registrable domain is 3715 days old, which gives it an established history.
Technical checks versus operator risk
One antivirus vendor, Webroot, reported an adverse result. The other engines out of 93 did not, so there is no vendor consensus. Safe Browsing returned no warning, and the TLS connection was valid.
The address returned an HTTP 404 error, so no page, contact or policy text was reviewed. This does not show anything harmful. The address is intended for software connecting to Ethereum, not for people browsing a website. We found no shop, checkout or payment request.
Why the score is 80
The saved checks found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier. Coverage remains separate so missing sources cannot be mistaken for clean results.
02 · Security Evidence
Security evidence
Antivirus Engines
1/ 93
detectionsFresh result
1 engine flagged this URL
Every saved adverse engine is listed below. The full provider matrix remains available for audit.
- Malicious
- 1
- Suspicious
- 0
- Total
- 93
| Engine | Finding |
|---|---|
| WebrootMalicious | malicious |
All 93 engine results
- Webroot - Malicious
- 0xSI_f33d - Unrated
- Abusix - Clean
- Acronis - Clean
- ADMINUSLabs - Clean
- AILabs (MONITORAPP) - Clean
- AlienVault - Clean
- alphaMountain.ai - Unrated
- AlphaSOC - Unrated
- Antiy-AVL - Clean
- ArcSight Threat Intelligence - Unrated
- AutoShun - Unrated
- Bfore.Ai PreCrime - Unrated
- BitDefender - Clean
- Bkav - Unrated
- BlockList - Clean
- Blueliv - Clean
- Certego - Clean
- ChainPatrol - Clean
- Chong Lua Dao - Clean
- CINS Army - Clean
- CRDF - Clean
- Criminal IP - Unrated
- CSIS Security Group - Unrated
- CTX AI - Clean
- Cyan - Unrated
- Cyble - Clean
- CyRadar - Clean
- desenmascara.me - Clean
- DNS8 - Unrated
- Dr.Web - Clean
- EmergingThreats - Clean
- Emsisoft - Clean
- Ermes - Unrated
- ESET - Clean
- ESTsecurity - Clean
- Forcepoint ThreatSeeker - Clean
- Fortinet - Clean
- Fortra - Unrated
- G-Data - Clean
- GCP Abuse Intelligence - Unrated
- Google Safe Browsing - Clean
- GreenSnow - Clean
- GreyNoise - Unrated
- Gridinsoft - Unrated
- Guardpot - Unrated
- Heimdal Security - Clean
- Hunt.io Intelligence - Unrated
- IPsum - Clean
- Juniper Networks - Clean
- K7AntiVirus - Unrated
- Kaspersky - Clean
- LevelBlue - Clean
- Lionic - Clean
- Lumu - Unrated
- Malwared - Clean
- MalwarePatrol - Clean
- MalwareURL - Unrated
- Mimecast - Unrated
- Netcraft - Unrated
- OpenPhish - Clean
- Orcapot - Unrated
- PhishFort - Unrated
- Phishing Database - Clean
- Phishtank - Clean
- PREBYTES - Clean
- PrecisionSec - Unrated
- Quick Heal - Clean
- Quttera - Clean
- Rising - Clean
- SafeToOpen - Unrated
- Sangfor - Clean
- Sansec eComscan - Unrated
- Scantitan - Clean
- SCUMWARE.org - Clean
- Seclookup - Clean
- Snort IP sample list - Unrated
- SOCRadar - Unrated
- Sophos - Clean
- StopForumSpam - Clean
- Sucuri SiteCheck - Clean
- Synthient - Unrated
- ThreatHive - Clean
- URLhaus - Clean
- URLQuery - Unrated
- Viettel Threat Intelligence - Clean
- VIPRE - Unrated
- ViriBack - Clean
- VX Vault - Clean
- Xcitium Verdict Cloud - Clean
- Yandex Safebrowsing - Clean
- ZeroCERT - Clean
- ZeroFox - Unrated
How security vendors categorise this site
- WebrootPhishing and Other Frauds
- Forcepoint ThreatSeekerinformation technology
- Sophosinformation technology
Each vendor’s own label for the site, saved with the antivirus result. Labels are separate from the engine verdicts above and can disagree with each other.
Security Scans
Checked against the browser threat feeds available to this scan — no hit.
03 · Investigation Story
Investigation story
What the site claims
Independent evidence classifies the site as web3, but the page's own claim could not be captured.
What we observed
The page itself could not be fully inspected, so the report relies on the other saved checks.
What independent research found
3 external findings were saved and compared with the page evidence.
What remains unverified
1 of the 4 applicable core capabilities did not complete, so those gaps remain visible in the coverage ledger.
What kind of site and risk is this?
Threat category
No threat category confirmed
Service and business model
Web3
Observed behavior
Evidence behind this classification
- 01Listed on ethereum.org as a free RPC endpoint provider created by Allnodes.
- 02One antivirus detection out of 93 engines, with no vendor consensus.
- 03The root URL returned a 404 error, so no page text was reviewed.
Web research findings
Independent findings for ethereumrpc.publicnode.com, including public complaints, named review sources, registration records, and look-alike-domain evidence. A missing result is shown as unverified, never converted into a clean bill of health.
Reputation Sources
How this domain rates across independent threat-intelligence and blocklist providers.
04 · Domain & Infrastructure
Domain & infrastructure
The plumbing behind the site — who registered it, how it’s encrypted, where it’s hosted, and where it links out. A valid certificate or a calm server doesn’t mean the business is honest — scam sites pass these checks too. Use this to corroborate the verdict, not to overturn it.
Infrastructure map
How the saved page connected to the wider web.
- Domainethereumrpc.publicnode.com
- Redirects toethereumrpc.publicnode.com
- Hosted byCloudflare, Inc.
Domain Timeline
- Aug 16, 2016Domain registered
First appeared in WHOIS records — 10 years old when this review was saved.
- Oct 19, 2026Saved security review — Rated Low Risk
This saved scan found no material threat, but the evidence was not strong enough for the highest Safe tier.
ethereumrpc.publicnode.com has operated for years and this review found no material threat — a long track record, though it is never a guarantee on its own.
Domain & Encryption
Cloudflare DNS is used by legitimate and scam sites alike, so it does not identify who runs the site.
Certificate issued for publicnode.com.
A shared Cloudflare address answers for many sites, so it is not the site's own server and says nothing about who runs it.
Redirect Chain
- 1301http://ethereumrpc.publicnode.com/
- 2404https://ethereumrpc.publicnode.com/
Server Reputation
05 · Evidence Ledger
Evidence ledger
- Antiviruscomplete
- Browser threat feedcomplete
- Page contentpartial
- Analysiscomplete
- Visual evidenceunavailable
The conclusion is supported by the evidence saved with this report.
Technical threat
suspiciousMalware, phishing, credential theft and hostile infrastructure.
1 independent antivirus family reported an adverse result.
Operator / customer risk
unknownComplaints, withdrawals, business conduct and commercial traps.
No confirmed evidence in this dimension.
Source coverage and freshness
Status shows whether usable evidence was saved; finding shows what that evidence observed.
| Source | Result | Completion | Finding | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antivirus | 1 of 93 engines flagged | Completed | Adverse | fresh · analysed Oct 19, 2026 |
| Browser protection | No browser threat-list match | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 19, 2026 |
| Page content | Page content was not available for semantic review | Limited | No saved finding | this scan · Oct 19, 2026 |
| Visual evidence | The saved page capture was not reliable enough to use | Unavailable | No saved finding | Not available |
| Independent research | 3 independent findings were saved | Completed | No adverse finding | this scan · Oct 19, 2026 |
- Antivirus
- Result1 of 93 engines flagged
- CompletionCompletedFindingAdverse
- Freshnessfresh · analysed Oct 19, 2026
- Browser protection
- ResultNo browser threat-list match
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 19, 2026
- Page content
- ResultPage content was not available for semantic review
- CompletionLimitedFindingNo saved finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 19, 2026
- Visual evidence
- ResultThe saved page capture was not reliable enough to use
- CompletionUnavailableFindingNo saved finding
- FreshnessNot available
- Independent research
- Result3 independent findings were saved
- CompletionCompletedFindingNo adverse finding
- Freshnessthis scan · Oct 19, 2026
07 · Safety FAQ
Safety FAQ
Common questions, answered directly from the scan data above — so the answers reflect the saved verdict and evidence in this report.
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08 · Final Verdict
Final verdict
PublicNode's Ethereum RPC endpoint appears to be legitimate blockchain infrastructure, with one isolated antivirus flag
The written conclusion remains part of the saved report.
This address belongs to PublicNode, a free service listed on ethereum.org that provides RPC endpoints for many blockchains. Ethereum.org names Allnodes as its creator. The domain is about ten years old. The browser threat feed gave no warning and the connection is properly encrypted. One antivirus engine out of 93 flagged the address, but no other engine agreed. The root page returned an error, so no site text could be reviewed. We rate it Low Risk rather than Safe because of that unread page and the lone detection.
09 · Community
Community
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