In an effort to show its commitment to the "future" of the Internet, Google has announced a new Blockchain Node Engine, which it hopes will help Web3 developers build and deploy new products across blockchain-based platforms.
This follows news in early 2022 that the company would introduce a new digital asset team to "support customer needs to create, transact, store value, and deploy new products on blockchain-based platforms."
Google Blockchain Node Engine
Given that cryptographic transactions are somewhat decentralized, a node is needed to validate and store the data, generally a portable computer, computer or programming server.
Self-managed nodes can be complex to implement and require constant monitoring, which Google considers a major drawback of this type of technology. He hopes to solve some of these problems with his Blockchain Node Engine.
Google plans to support Ethereum early on, and we'll likely see more blockchains implemented as the program expands.
"Web3 enterprises that need dedicated nodes can relay transactions, deploy smart contracts, and read or write blockchain data with the reliability, performance, and security they expect from Google's computing and networking infrastructure. Cloud," a publication by Google Cloud blog (opens in a new tab) says.
Google expects three key benefits to attract users to its Blockchain Node Engine product. First, it is designed to make the process easier and faster than current methods. It also promises to be more secure by using your own virtual private cloud firewall, Cloud Armor, etc.
Finally, Google is willing to sell the fact that this will be a fully managed operation. This means that users can reduce the number of workers required that would otherwise be spent troubleshooting and monitoring nodes.