diff --git a/ci/testnet-deploy.sh b/ci/testnet-deploy.sh
index 0aba7cfd86..cdb308a4cd 100755
--- a/ci/testnet-deploy.sh
+++ b/ci/testnet-deploy.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ enableGpu=false
 bootDiskType=""
 leaderRotation=true
 useTarReleaseChannel=false
-apiNode=false
+blockstreamer=false
 
 usage() {
   exitcode=0
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Deploys a CD testnet
                                  (default: $tarChannelOrTag)
    -n [number]          - Number of additional full nodes (default: $additionalFullNodeCount)
    -c [number]          - Number of client bencher nodes (default: $clientNodeCount)
-   -u                   - Include an API node (default: $apiNode)
+   -u                   - Include a Blockstreamer (default: $blockstreamer)
    -P                   - Use public network IP addresses (default: $publicNetwork)
    -G                   - Enable GPU, and set count/type of GPUs to use (e.g n1-standard-16 --accelerator count=4,type=nvidia-tesla-k80)
    -g                   - Enable GPU (default: $enableGpu)
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ while getopts "h?p:Pn:c:s:t:gG:a:Dbd:ru" opt; do
     skipSetup=true
     ;;
   u)
-    apiNode=true
+    blockstreamer=true
     ;;
   *)
     usage "Error: unhandled option: $opt"
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ if ! $skipSetup; then
     -n "$additionalFullNodeCount"
   )
 
-  if $apiNode; then
+  if $blockstreamer; then
     create_args+=(-u)
   fi
 
diff --git a/net/common.sh b/net/common.sh
index e241b3e9a6..cc0e022502 100644
--- a/net/common.sh
+++ b/net/common.sh
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ fullnodeIpList=()
 fullnodeIpListPrivate=()
 clientIpList=()
 clientIpListPrivate=()
-apiIpList=()
-apiIpListPrivate=()
+blockstreamerIpList=()
+blockstreamerIpListPrivate=()
 leaderRotation=
 
 buildSshOptions() {
diff --git a/net/gce.sh b/net/gce.sh
index 816f027003..f4c31850fc 100755
--- a/net/gce.sh
+++ b/net/gce.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ gce)
   bootstrapLeaderMachineType=$cpuBootstrapLeaderMachineType
   fullNodeMachineType=n1-standard-16
   clientMachineType=n1-standard-16
-  apiNodeMachineType=n1-standard-8
+  blockstreamerMachineType=n1-standard-8
   ;;
 ec2)
   # shellcheck source=net/scripts/ec2-provider.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ ec2)
   bootstrapLeaderMachineType=$cpuBootstrapLeaderMachineType
   fullNodeMachineType=m4.2xlarge
   clientMachineType=m4.2xlarge
-  apiNodeMachineType=m4.2xlarge
+  blockstreamerMachineType=m4.2xlarge
   ;;
 *)
   echo "Error: Unknown cloud provider: $cloudProvider"
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ esac
 prefix=testnet-dev-${USER//[^A-Za-z0-9]/}
 additionalFullNodeCount=5
 clientNodeCount=1
-apiNode=false
+blockstreamer=false
 fullNodeBootDiskSizeInGb=1000
 clientBootDiskSizeInGb=75
 
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ Manage testnet instances
  create-specific options:
    -n [number]      - Number of additional fullnodes (default: $additionalFullNodeCount)
    -c [number]      - Number of client nodes (default: $clientNodeCount)
-   -u               - Include an API node (default: $apiNode)
+   -u               - Include a Blockstreamer (default: $blockstreamer)
    -P               - Use public network IP addresses (default: $publicNetwork)
    -g               - Enable GPU (default: $enableGpu)
    -G               - Enable GPU, and set count/type of GPUs to use
                       (e.g $cpuBootstrapLeaderMachineType --accelerator count=4,type=nvidia-tesla-k80)
-   -a [address]     - Address to be be assigned to the API node if present,
+   -a [address]     - Address to be be assigned to the Blockstreamer if present,
                       otherwise the bootstrap fullnode.
                       * For GCE, [address] is the "name" of the desired External
                         IP Address.
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ while getopts "h?p:Pn:c:z:gG:a:d:bu" opt; do
     bootDiskType=$OPTARG
     ;;
   u)
-    apiNode=true
+    blockstreamer=true
     ;;
   *)
     usage "unhandled option: $opt"
@@ -363,12 +363,12 @@ EOF
     cloud_ForEachInstance waitForStartupComplete
   }
 
-  echo "apiIpList=()" >> "$configFile"
-  echo "apiIpListPrivate=()" >> "$configFile"
-  echo "Looking for api instances..."
-  cloud_FindInstances "$prefix-api"
+  echo "blockstreamerIpList=()" >> "$configFile"
+  echo "blockstreamerIpListPrivate=()" >> "$configFile"
+  echo "Looking for blockstreamer instances..."
+  cloud_FindInstances "$prefix-blockstreamer"
   [[ ${#instances[@]} -eq 0 ]] || {
-    cloud_ForEachInstance recordInstanceIp apiIpList
+    cloud_ForEachInstance recordInstanceIp blockstreamerIpList
     cloud_ForEachInstance waitForStartupComplete
   }
 
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ Network composition:
   Bootstrap leader = $bootstrapLeaderMachineType (GPU=$enableGpu)
   Additional fullnodes = $additionalFullNodeCount x $fullNodeMachineType
   Client(s) = $clientNodeCount x $clientMachineType
-  API Node = $apiNode
+  Blockstreamer = $blockstreamer
 
 Leader rotation: $leaderRotation
 
@@ -497,8 +497,8 @@ touch /.instance-startup-complete
 
 EOF
 
-  if $apiNode; then
-    apiNodeAddress=$customAddress
+  if $blockstreamer; then
+    blockstreamerAddress=$customAddress
   else
     bootstrapLeaderAddress=$customAddress
   fi
@@ -519,10 +519,10 @@ EOF
       "$startupScript" "" "$bootDiskType"
   fi
 
-  if $apiNode; then
-    cloud_CreateInstances "$prefix" "$prefix-api" "1" \
-      "$imageName" "$apiNodeMachineType" "$fullNodeBootDiskSizeInGb" \
-      "$startupScript" "$apiNodeAddress" "$bootDiskType"
+  if $blockstreamer; then
+    cloud_CreateInstances "$prefix" "$prefix-blockstreamer" "1" \
+      "$imageName" "$blockstreamerMachineType" "$fullNodeBootDiskSizeInGb" \
+      "$startupScript" "$blockstreamerAddress" "$bootDiskType"
   fi
 
   $metricsWriteDatapoint "testnet-deploy net-create-complete=1"
@@ -558,10 +558,10 @@ info)
     printNode bench-tps "$ipAddress" "$ipAddressPrivate"
   done
 
-  for i in $(seq 0 $(( ${#apiIpList[@]} - 1)) ); do
-    ipAddress=${apiIpList[$i]}
-    ipAddressPrivate=${apiIpListPrivate[$i]}
-    printNode api "$ipAddress" "$ipAddressPrivate"
+  for i in $(seq 0 $(( ${#blockstreamerIpList[@]} - 1)) ); do
+    ipAddress=${blockstreamerIpList[$i]}
+    ipAddressPrivate=${blockstreamerIpListPrivate[$i]}
+    printNode blockstreamer "$ipAddress" "$ipAddressPrivate"
   done
   ;;
 *)
diff --git a/net/net.sh b/net/net.sh
index f633cf4e7d..946a3087ab 100755
--- a/net/net.sh
+++ b/net/net.sh
@@ -358,9 +358,9 @@ start() {
 
   declare bootstrapLeader=true
   declare nodeType=fullnode
-  for ipAddress in "${fullnodeIpList[@]}" - "${apiIpList[@]}"; do
+  for ipAddress in "${fullnodeIpList[@]}" - "${blockstreamerIpList[@]}"; do
     if [[ $ipAddress = - ]]; then
-      nodeType=apinode
+      nodeType=blockstreamer
       continue
     fi
     if $updateNodes; then
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ start() {
   echo
   echo "+++ Deployment Successful"
   echo "Bootstrap leader deployment took $bootstrapNodeDeployTime seconds"
-  echo "Additional fullnode deployment (${#fullnodeIpList[@]} full nodes, ${#apiIpList[@]} api nodes) took $additionalNodeDeployTime seconds"
+  echo "Additional fullnode deployment (${#fullnodeIpList[@]} full nodes, ${#blockstreamerIpList[@]} blockstreamer nodes) took $additionalNodeDeployTime seconds"
   echo "Client deployment (${#clientIpList[@]} instances) took $clientDeployTime seconds"
   echo "Network start logs in $netLogDir:"
   ls -l "$netLogDir"
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ stop() {
   SECONDS=0
   $metricsWriteDatapoint "testnet-deploy net-stop-begin=1"
 
-  for ipAddress in "${fullnodeIpList[@]}" "${apiIpList[@]}" "${clientIpList[@]}"; do
+  for ipAddress in "${fullnodeIpList[@]}" "${blockstreamerIpList[@]}" "${clientIpList[@]}"; do
     stopNode "$ipAddress"
   done
 
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ logs)
   for ipAddress in "${clientIpList[@]}"; do
     fetchRemoteLog "$ipAddress" client
   done
-  for ipAddress in "${apiIpList[@]}"; do
+  for ipAddress in "${blockstreamerIpList[@]}"; do
     fetchRemoteLog "$ipAddress" fullnode
   done
   ;;
diff --git a/net/remote/remote-node.sh b/net/remote/remote-node.sh
index 2eaec267ac..d7641f82a8 100755
--- a/net/remote/remote-node.sh
+++ b/net/remote/remote-node.sh
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ local|tar)
     ./multinode-demo/bootstrap-leader.sh $maybeNoLeaderRotation > bootstrap-leader.log 2>&1 &
     ln -sTf bootstrap-leader.log fullnode.log
     ;;
-  fullnode|apinode)
+  fullnode|blockstreamer)
     net/scripts/rsync-retry.sh -vPrc "$entrypointIp":~/.cargo/bin/ ~/.cargo/bin/
 
     if [[ -e /dev/nvidia0 && -x ~/.cargo/bin/solana-fullnode-cuda ]]; then
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ local|tar)
     if ! $leaderRotation; then
       args+=("--no-leader-rotation")
     fi
-    if [[ $nodeType = apinode ]]; then
+    if [[ $nodeType = blockstreamer ]]; then
       args+=(
         --blockstream /tmp/solana-blockstream.sock
         --no-signer
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ local|tar)
       ./multinode-demo/setup.sh -t fullnode $setupArgs
     fi
 
-    if [[ $nodeType = apinode ]]; then
+    if [[ $nodeType = blockstreamer ]]; then
       npm install @solana/blockexplorer@1
       npx solana-blockexplorer > blockexplorer.log 2>&1 &
     fi
diff --git a/net/ssh.sh b/net/ssh.sh
index 33156da10d..7842d3f835 100755
--- a/net/ssh.sh
+++ b/net/ssh.sh
@@ -63,11 +63,11 @@ else
   done
 fi
 echo
-echo API nodes:
-if [[ ${#apiIpList[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
+echo Blockstreamers:
+if [[ ${#blockstreamerIpList[@]} -eq 0 ]]; then
   echo "  None"
 else
-  for ipAddress in "${apiIpList[@]}"; do
+  for ipAddress in "${blockstreamerIpList[@]}"; do
     printNode fullnode "$ipAddress"
   done
 fi