Polymarket brings blockchain indexing in-house with rindexer for faster data
Polymarket has moved its primary blockchain indexing infrastructure in-house, cutting the time needed to surface some onchain events by as much as 14 blocks, or roughly 28 seconds. Polymarket Vice President of Engineering Josh Stevens said the prediction market platform built the new system internally using rindexer, an open-source indexing tool written in Rust. The infrastructure can index data within 0 to 10 milliseconds of a block being broadcast, according to Stevens. “We now see onchain data events up to 14 blocks (28 seconds) faster, and we index within 0-10ms of block broadcasting, making it nearly instant,” Stevens said. The change means trades, user positions and balances can update more quickly as blockchain events reach Polymarket‘s systems. Stevens said Goldsky, which previously handled important parts of the platform’s real-time blockchain data infrastructure, will remain as a backup while Polymarket primarily operates its own indexing stack. We have built our Polymarket indexing systems in-house, powered by rindexer in Rust. We now see onchain data events up to 14 blocks (28 seconds) faster, and we index within 0-10ms of block broadcasting, making it nearly instant. This means trades, positions, and balances will… — Josh (@devjoshstevens) September 15, 2026 Polymarket indexing system moves to rindexer Rindexer is an open-source EVM









