An announcement made on Oct. 27 states that tech giant Google is introducing a custom Blockchain Node Engine (BNE) built on Google Cloud. With BNE's node-hosting service, Web3 businesses may install smart contracts, relay transactions, and read or write blockchain data on Google Cloud. The first blockchain that BNE will support is Ethereum.
"Today, manually deploying a node is a time-intensive process that involves provisioning a compute instance, installing an Ethereum client, and waiting for the node to sync with the network. [...] Google Cloud's BNE can make this process faster and easier by allowing developers to deploy a new node with a single operation and specify the desired region and network." Google said.
Nodes will be placed behind a virtual private cloud firewall by the service, preventing all but authorized users and machines from interacting with endpoints. The nodes would also be protected against distributed denial-of-service attacks by services like Google Cloud Armor. BNE will have its own developer team on call to keep an eye out for potential disruptions because it is a fully managed solution.
Google has been involved in business growth in the Web3 industry. In the past, Google and Near Protocol collaborated to offer technical assistance to the winners of the latter's grants. The software juggernaut partnered with Coinbase two weeks earlier to integrate cryptocurrency payments into its cloud services.
Several well-known Web3 businesses, including Solana, Hedera, and Dapper Labs, have signed up with Google Cloud at the moment. Aptos, a layer-1 blockchain business, also claimed that thanks to the Google Cloud connection, node deployment times were slashed to under 15 minutes.
Blockchains, which function as decentralized databases in a way, include transaction data that is permanently saved and encrypted. A node, which can be a computer, laptop, or server, houses a complete copy of the blockchain's transaction history, and serves as the system's governing infrastructure rather than relying on a central authority to validate and store data. A peer-to-peer network of nodes on a blockchain regularly exchanges the most recent blockchain data to keep every node up to date.
Self-managed nodes can be challenging to set up and need ongoing care, but Blockchain Node Engine is a fully managed node-hosting solution that can reduce the number of node operations required. With the dependability, performance, and security they have come to expect from Google Cloud computation and network infrastructure, Web3 companies who need dedicated nodes can relay transactions, create smart contracts, and read, or write blockchain data.
