HTTP proxies: the all-in-one guide for productive scraping
Learn how an HTTP proxy works, when to use it instead of SOCKS5 and how to configure it in Python, Node and cURL.
The ChronoProxy blog
Guides, explanations and news about proxies, scraping, antifraud and multi-accounting.
SOCKS5 proxy explained: from protocol to setup
What SOCKS5 does differently, why UDP association matters and how to set it up in your tools.
Residential vs datacenter proxies: which one to buy in 2026
A practical comparison by target type, budget and detection risk.
What is an IP address? Public vs private IPs explained
The basics behind every proxy: how addresses are assigned and what websites see.
Multi-accounting with antidetect browsers: proxies that pass
How to pair proxy types with browser profiles so accounts stay alive.
Web scraping without blocks: rotation, sessions and headers
The checklist we send to every customer who asks why their scraper gets 403s.