@direct.dev/wire

Hyper-optimized encoding and decoding utilities for the Direct.dev ecosystem, written for minimal payload sizes and maximum performance for high-throughput Web3 JSON-RPC calls in our multi-tiered infrastructure.

‼️ Internal Use Only

This package is for internal use and not designed for external consumption. API stability is not guaranteed.

Features

• Minimal overhead encoding/decoding keeping our systems responsive during high-throughput.
• Bandwidth-efficient transmission by encoding only content, not structural information.
• Tailored for Web3 JSON-RPC to specifically optimize the most common calls for Direct.dev.

Design Rationale

@direct.dev/wire was built for maximum speed and minimal payload size in the Direct.dev ecosystem. Schemas are embedded directly in code, keeping the encoding/decoding path predictable and tightly optimized.

We chose UTF-8 as transfer format over full-binary formats: while binary can shrink payloads slightly, it proved to add unwanted overhead when decoding large strings. UTF-8 strikes the balance of small footprint, straightforward parsing, and fast decoding.

The library prioritizes raw encode/decode performance and bandwidth footprint above all else — sometimes at the expense of code readability — to handle high-throughput JSON-RPC workloads reliably.

Non-goals: it is not intended as a general-purpose serialization format or a developer-friendly abstraction layer.

License

🛡️ License: This software is provided under the Direct.dev Terms and Conditions. Use of this software requires agreement to those terms.

For inquiries, contact [email protected].