diff --git a/api/scripts/verify-rpcs.ts b/api/scripts/verify-rpcs.ts
index 73a312d..de16b83 100644
--- a/api/scripts/verify-rpcs.ts
+++ b/api/scripts/verify-rpcs.ts
@@ -1,34 +1,14 @@
-// Checks each RPC in src/rpcUrls.ts against a real ENS resolution (forward +
-// reverse for vitalik.eth) and prints latency. Run: `pnpm run verify:rpcs`.
-import { createClient, http } from "viem";
-import { mainnet } from "viem/chains";
-import { getEnsAddress, getEnsName, normalize } from "viem/ens";
+// Health-checks each RPC in src/rpcUrls.ts with the same check the worker uses
+// at runtime (ENS forward-resolve of vitalik.eth) and prints latency.
+// Run: `pnpm run verify:rpcs`.
+import { checkRpc } from "../src/checkRpc.ts";
 import { rpcUrls } from "../src/rpcUrls.ts";
 
-const VITALIK = "0xd8da6bf26964af9d7eed9e03e53415d37aa96045";
-
 const results = await Promise.all(
   rpcUrls.map(async (url) => {
-    const client = createClient({
-      chain: mainnet,
-      transport: http(url, { retryCount: 0, timeout: 8000 }),
-    });
     const start = Date.now();
-    try {
-      const [forward, reverse] = await Promise.all([
-        getEnsAddress(client, { name: normalize("vitalik.eth") }),
-        getEnsName(client, { address: VITALIK }),
-      ]);
-      const ok = forward?.toLowerCase() === VITALIK && reverse === "vitalik.eth";
-      return `${ok ? "OK  " : "BAD "}${Date.now() - start}ms  ${url}`;
-    } catch (error) {
-      const message = String(
-        (error as { shortMessage?: string }).shortMessage ??
-          (error as Error).message ??
-          error
-      ).split("\n")[0];
-      return `FAIL ${Date.now() - start}ms  ${url}  ${message.slice(0, 60)}`;
-    }
+    const ok = await checkRpc(url, 8000);
+    return `${ok ? "OK  " : "BAD "}${Date.now() - start}ms  ${url}`;
   })
 );
 
diff --git a/api/src/checkRpc.test.ts b/api/src/checkRpc.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb88178
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/checkRpc.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { afterEach, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { checkRpc } from "./checkRpc";
+
+afterEach(() => vi.unstubAllGlobals());
+
+it("returns false when the RPC is rate-limited", async () => {
+  vi.stubGlobal("fetch", async () => new Response("rate limited", { status: 429 }));
+  expect(await checkRpc("https://rate-limited.example", 1000)).toBe(false);
+});
+
+it("returns false when the RPC network call fails", async () => {
+  vi.stubGlobal("fetch", async () => {
+    throw new Error("boom");
+  });
+  expect(await checkRpc("https://down.example", 1000)).toBe(false);
+});
diff --git a/api/src/checkRpc.ts b/api/src/checkRpc.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bdc2fc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/checkRpc.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { createClient, http } from "viem";
+import { mainnet } from "viem/chains";
+import { getEnsAddress, normalize } from "viem/ens";
+
+const VITALIK = "0xd8da6bf26964af9d7eed9e03e53415d37aa96045";
+
+/**
+ * True if the RPC is reachable and correctly serves the ENS universal-resolver
+ * `eth_call` (forward-resolving `vitalik.eth`). This is the bar for a usable
+ * endpoint — plenty of public RPCs are up but revert or lack ENS support.
+ */
+export async function checkRpc(url: string, timeout = 5000): Promise<boolean> {
+  try {
+    const client = createClient({
+      chain: mainnet,
+      transport: http(url, { retryCount: 0, timeout }),
+    });
+    const address = await getEnsAddress(client, { name: normalize("vitalik.eth") });
+    return address?.toLowerCase() === VITALIK;
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/api/src/ethereumTransport.test.ts b/api/src/ethereumTransport.test.ts
index 566f4d2..f531298 100644
--- a/api/src/ethereumTransport.test.ts
+++ b/api/src/ethereumTransport.test.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const blockNumber = numberToHex(123n);
 function requestBlockNumber() {
   const client = createClient({
     chain: mainnet,
-    transport: ethereumTransport(PAID_RPC_URL),
+    transport: ethereumTransport(rpcUrls, PAID_RPC_URL),
   });
   return client.request({ method: "eth_blockNumber" });
 }
diff --git a/api/src/ethereumTransport.ts b/api/src/ethereumTransport.ts
index 6bbc3c5..804f571 100644
--- a/api/src/ethereumTransport.ts
+++ b/api/src/ethereumTransport.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,21 @@
 import { fallback, http, type Transport } from "viem";
-import { rpcUrls } from "./rpcUrls";
 
 /**
- * viem transport that spreads ENS lookups across the free public RPCs in a
- * random order, only falling back to the paid endpoint when every free RPC
- * fails (e.g. rate-limited). viem's `fallback` already retries each transport
- * zero times and advances to the next on any non-user error, so a 429 rolls
- * over transparently — keeping paid RPC usage, and cost, to a minimum.
+ * viem transport that spreads ENS lookups across the given free public RPCs in a
+ * random order, only falling back to the paid endpoint when every free RPC fails
+ * (e.g. rate-limited). viem's `fallback` already retries each transport zero
+ * times and advances to the next on any non-user error, so a 429 rolls over
+ * transparently — keeping paid RPC usage, and cost, to a minimum.
  *
  * The random shuffle spreads load across the pool: without it `fallback` always
  * hits the first URL first and would hammer it into rate limits. A stateless
  * Worker can't do true round-robin (no shared counter), so per-request
  * randomization is the pragmatic equivalent.
  */
-export function ethereumTransport(paidRpcUrl?: string): Transport {
+export function ethereumTransport(
+  rpcUrls: readonly string[],
+  paidRpcUrl?: string
+): Transport {
   const free = shuffle(rpcUrls).map((url) => http(url));
   return fallback(paidRpcUrl ? [...free, http(paidRpcUrl)] : free);
 }
diff --git a/api/src/fetchChainlistRpcs.test.ts b/api/src/fetchChainlistRpcs.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ed61fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/fetchChainlistRpcs.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { afterEach, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { fetchChainlistRpcs } from "./fetchChainlistRpcs";
+
+afterEach(() => vi.unstubAllGlobals());
+
+it("keeps only mainnet https URLs without api-key placeholders", async () => {
+  const chains = [
+    {
+      chainId: 1,
+      rpc: [
+        { url: "https://good.example" },
+        { url: "https://keyed.example/${API_KEY}" },
+        { url: "http://insecure.example" },
+        { url: "wss://ws.example" },
+      ],
+    },
+    { chainId: 10, rpc: [{ url: "https://optimism.example" }] },
+  ];
+  vi.stubGlobal("fetch", async () => Response.json(chains));
+
+  expect(await fetchChainlistRpcs()).toEqual(["https://good.example"]);
+});
+
+it("throws on a non-ok chainlist response", async () => {
+  vi.stubGlobal("fetch", async () => new Response("nope", { status: 500 }));
+  await expect(fetchChainlistRpcs()).rejects.toThrow();
+});
diff --git a/api/src/fetchChainlistRpcs.ts b/api/src/fetchChainlistRpcs.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..95165bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/fetchChainlistRpcs.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+const CHAINLIST_URL = "https://chainlist.org/rpcs.json";
+const MAINNET_CHAIN_ID = 1;
+
+// Cap how many candidates we test so the health-check pass stays well under the
+// Workers per-invocation subrequest limit.
+const MAX_CANDIDATES = 40;
+
+type ChainlistChain = { chainId: number; rpc: { url: string }[] };
+
+/**
+ * Fetches chainlist's Ethereum mainnet RPCs, keeping usable public HTTPS URLs
+ * (dropping API-key-templated ones). These are candidates to be health-checked
+ * before use — chainlist lists many that are down or don't support ENS.
+ */
+export async function fetchChainlistRpcs(): Promise<string[]> {
+  const response = await fetch(CHAINLIST_URL, {
+    headers: { accept: "application/json" },
+  });
+  if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`chainlist ${response.status}`);
+
+  const chains: ChainlistChain[] = await response.json();
+  const mainnet = chains.find((chain) => chain.chainId === MAINNET_CHAIN_ID);
+
+  return (mainnet?.rpc ?? [])
+    .map((entry) => entry.url)
+    .filter((url) => url.startsWith("https://") && !url.includes("${"))
+    .slice(0, MAX_CANDIDATES);
+}
diff --git a/api/src/getHealthyRpcs.test.ts b/api/src/getHealthyRpcs.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..573a625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/getHealthyRpcs.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { rpcUrls } from "./rpcUrls";
+
+vi.mock("./checkRpc", () => ({ checkRpc: vi.fn() }));
+vi.mock("./fetchChainlistRpcs", () => ({ fetchChainlistRpcs: vi.fn() }));
+
+import { checkRpc } from "./checkRpc";
+import { fetchChainlistRpcs } from "./fetchChainlistRpcs";
+import { getHealthyRpcs } from "./getHealthyRpcs";
+
+const mockCheck = vi.mocked(checkRpc);
+const mockChainlist = vi.mocked(fetchChainlistRpcs);
+
+let store: Response | undefined;
+const cache = {
+  match: vi.fn(async () => store),
+  put: vi.fn(async (_key: unknown, res: Response) => {
+    store = res;
+  }),
+};
+
+function makeCtx() {
+  const tasks: Promise<unknown>[] = [];
+  const ctx = {
+    waitUntil: (p: Promise<unknown>) => tasks.push(p),
+  } as unknown as ExecutionContext;
+  return { ctx, tasks };
+}
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  store = undefined;
+  vi.clearAllMocks();
+  vi.stubGlobal("caches", { default: cache });
+});
+afterEach(() => vi.unstubAllGlobals());
+
+it("returns the seed list on a cold cache, then caches the health-checked survivors", async () => {
+  mockChainlist.mockResolvedValue(["https://good.example", "https://bad.example"]);
+  mockCheck.mockImplementation(
+    async (url) => url === "https://good.example" || (rpcUrls as readonly string[]).includes(url)
+  );
+  const { ctx, tasks } = makeCtx();
+
+  expect(await getHealthyRpcs(ctx)).toEqual(rpcUrls); // seed served immediately
+
+  await Promise.all(tasks); // let the background refresh finish
+  expect(cache.put).toHaveBeenCalledOnce();
+  const pool = (await store!.json()) as { rpcs: string[] };
+  expect(pool.rpcs).toContain("https://good.example");
+  expect(pool.rpcs).not.toContain("https://bad.example");
+});
+
+it("serves a fresh cached pool without refreshing", async () => {
+  store = Response.json({ generatedAt: Date.now(), rpcs: ["https://cached.example"] });
+  const { ctx, tasks } = makeCtx();
+
+  expect(await getHealthyRpcs(ctx)).toEqual(["https://cached.example"]);
+  expect(tasks).toHaveLength(0);
+  expect(mockChainlist).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+});
+
+it("serves a stale cached pool immediately and refreshes in the background", async () => {
+  store = Response.json({
+    generatedAt: Date.now() - 10 * 60 * 1000,
+    rpcs: ["https://stale.example"],
+  });
+  mockChainlist.mockResolvedValue([]);
+  mockCheck.mockResolvedValue(true);
+  const { ctx, tasks } = makeCtx();
+
+  expect(await getHealthyRpcs(ctx)).toEqual(["https://stale.example"]); // stale served now
+  expect(tasks.length).toBeGreaterThan(0);
+  await Promise.all(tasks);
+  expect(cache.put).toHaveBeenCalled();
+});
diff --git a/api/src/getHealthyRpcs.ts b/api/src/getHealthyRpcs.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c51ddd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/src/getHealthyRpcs.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+import { checkRpc } from "./checkRpc";
+import { fetchChainlistRpcs } from "./fetchChainlistRpcs";
+import { rpcUrls } from "./rpcUrls";
+
+const CACHE_KEY = "https://ens-ideas.internal/rpc-pool";
+const FRESH_MS = 5 * 60 * 1000;
+
+export type Pool = { generatedAt: number; checked: number; rpcs: string[] };
+
+const seedPool = (): Pool => ({ generatedAt: 0, checked: 0, rpcs: [...rpcUrls] });
+
+let refreshing = false;
+
+/**
+ * The current pool of known-good ENS RPCs plus freshness metadata. Reads a
+ * cached, periodically-refreshed health-checked list from the Cache API; on a
+ * cold or stale cache it returns the committed seed list immediately (with
+ * `generatedAt: 0`) and refreshes in the background (via `waitUntil`), so callers
+ * never block on the health-check pass.
+ */
+export async function getRpcPool(ctx: ExecutionContext): Promise<Pool> {
+  const cache = caches.default;
+  const cached = await cache.match(CACHE_KEY);
+
+  if (!cached) {
+    ctx.waitUntil(refresh(cache));
+    return seedPool();
+  }
+
+  const pool: Pool = await cached.json();
+  if (Date.now() - pool.generatedAt >= FRESH_MS) {
+    ctx.waitUntil(refresh(cache));
+  }
+  return pool.rpcs.length ? pool : seedPool();
+}
+
+/** Just the RPC URLs from {@link getRpcPool}. */
+export async function getHealthyRpcs(
+  ctx: ExecutionContext
+): Promise<readonly string[]> {
+  return (await getRpcPool(ctx)).rpcs;
+}
+
+/** Health-check chainlist candidates + the seed list and cache the survivors. */
+async function refresh(cache: Cache): Promise<void> {
+  if (refreshing) return;
+  refreshing = true;
+  try {
+    const candidates = await fetchChainlistRpcs().catch(() => []);
+    const unique = [...new Set([...candidates, ...rpcUrls])];
+    const healthy = (
+      await Promise.all(unique.map(async (url) => ((await checkRpc(url)) ? url : null)))
+    ).filter((url): url is string => url !== null);
+
+    const pool: Pool = {
+      generatedAt: Date.now(),
+      checked: unique.length,
+      rpcs: healthy.length ? healthy : [...rpcUrls],
+    };
+    await cache.put(
+      CACHE_KEY,
+      Response.json(pool, {
+        headers: { "Cache-Control": "public, max-age=86400" },
+      })
+    );
+  } finally {
+    refreshing = false;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/api/src/router.ts b/api/src/router.ts
index ff0d0f8..6679412 100644
--- a/api/src/router.ts
+++ b/api/src/router.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import { AutoRouter, IRequestStrict, status, json, cors } from "itty-router";
 import { createClient, isAddress } from "viem";
 import { mainnet } from "viem/chains";
 import { ethereumTransport } from "./ethereumTransport";
+import { getHealthyRpcs, getRpcPool } from "./getHealthyRpcs";
 import { resolveAddress } from "./resolveAddress";
 import { resolveName } from "./resolveName";
 import { resolveUrl } from "./resolveUrl";
@@ -18,10 +19,18 @@ export const router = AutoRouter<
   finally: [corsify],
 });
 
-router.get("/ens/resolve/:address", async ({ url, params }, env) => {
+// Current pool of known-good ENS RPCs (health-checked, cached). Handy for
+// debugging and reused by the resolver below.
+router.get("/rpcs", async (_request, _env, ctx) => {
+  return json(await getRpcPool(ctx), {
+    headers: { "Cache-Control": "public, max-age=60" },
+  });
+});
+
+router.get("/ens/resolve/:address", async ({ url, params }, env, ctx) => {
   const client = createClient({
     chain: mainnet,
-    transport: ethereumTransport(env.ETHEREUM_RPC_URL),
+    transport: ethereumTransport(await getHealthyRpcs(ctx), env.ETHEREUM_RPC_URL),
   });
 
   const lowercaseAddress = params.address.toLowerCase();