grpc-server.md

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StreamingFast Firehose gRPC server component

gRPC Server

gRPC Server Component in Detail

The Firehose gRPC Server component is responsible for providing the extracted, formed, and collated blockchain data handled by the other Firehose components.

Historical Data

Firehose will use merged blocks from data storage directly for historical requests.

Live Data

Live blocks are received from the Relayer component.

Relayer & Reader Coordination

The Relayer component gets its data from one, or more, Reader components.

Serving Data

The Firehose gRPC Server component provides the data to the end consumer of Firehose through remote method calls to the server.