# Shred Stream

### Overview

The **Shred Stream** provides real-time access to Solana block shreds as they propagate through bloXroute’s Optimized Feed Relay (OFR).\
This is the **earliest point** at which block data becomes available - making it essential for low-latency trading, order flow analysis, and block reconstruction.

By subscribing to the Shred Stream, users receive raw shreds directly from bloXroute’s OFR infrastructure in the selected region.

### Getting Started

1. **Navigate to *****Account***** on the bloXroute portal**

* Log in to your bloXroute 
* On the top right of the portal, click on [***Account***](https://portal.bloxroute.com/details)  

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2. **Create a Subscription**

* Scroll down to ***Shred Stream***

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* ***Create New Shred Stream***, select the **region** closest to your machine:
  * 🇩🇪 Frankfurt
  * 🇳🇱 Amsterdam
  * 🇯🇵 Tokyo
  * 🇺🇸 New York
* Enter your receiving endpoint (IP:Port) where the UDP packets (i.e. shreds) should be streamed

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Ensure that your configured port is open to receive inbound **UDP** traffic
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* Click **Confirm** to add your stream<br>

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3. **Monitor Active Streams**

* The dashboard will show your current Shred Stream subscriptions, region, and creation time
* You can delete a stream at any time<br>

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You will now be able to receive shreds by listening to the port that you configured.


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