🛠 Binance Smart Chain Node Setup with TypeScript Based on guide by QuickNode Original: How to Run a Binance Smart Chain Node Edited by me — for programmatic interaction and connection using TypeScript

✅ Install dependencies bash Copy Edit yarn init --yes # or npm init --yes tsc --init --resolveJsonModule true

yarn add web3 dotenv axios

or

npm install web3 dotenv axios 📂 Project structure text Copy Edit bsc-node-connect/ ├── app.ts ├── .env ├── tsconfig.json └── README.md 🔐 .env example env Copy Edit BSC_NODE_URL=https://bsc-dataseed.binance.org/ # or your QuickNode/Ankr/etc endpoint ▶️ app.ts example ts Copy Edit import Web3 from "web3"; import dotenv from "dotenv";

dotenv.config();

const BSC_NODE_URL = process.env.BSC_NODE_URL || ""; const web3 = new Web3(BSC_NODE_URL);

(async () => { try { const latestBlock = await web3.eth.getBlock("latest"); console.log("Latest block:", latestBlock.number);

const gasPrice = await web3.eth.getGasPrice();
console.log("Current gas price:", web3.utils.fromWei(gasPrice, "gwei"), "Gwei");

// Add more logic here to interact with BSC smart contracts or nodes

} catch (error) { console.error("Error connecting to BSC node:", error); } })(); ▶️ Start project bash Copy Edit npx ts-node app.ts