description: 🧑🏽💻 Remote Development Environment for Ocean Protocol
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# Get API Keys for Blockchain Access
This article points out an alternative for configuring remote networks on Ocean Protocol components: the libraries, Provider, Aquarius, Subgraph, without using Barge services.
### Get API key for Ethereum node provider
Ocean Protocol's smart contracts are deployed on EVM-compatible networks. Using an API key provided by a third-party Ethereum node provider allows you to interact with the Ocean Protocol's smart contracts on the supported networks without requiring you to host a local node.
Choose any API provider of your choice. Some of the commonly used are:
