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Category: Amazon Managed Blockchain

IPFS on AWS, Part 2: Deploy a production IPFS cluster on Amazon EKS

This series of posts provides a comprehensive introduction to running IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) on AWS: In Part 1, we introduce the IPFS concepts and test IPFS features on an Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instance In Part 2, we propose a reference architecture and build an IPFS cluster on Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service […]

IPFS on AWS, Part 1 – Discover IPFS on a virtual machine

IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) is a storage protocol that allows content to be stored in a decentralized manner on the global IPFS network, without relying on any central entity. IPFS-enabled applications can benefit from a high level of redundancy and low latency, because content can be replicated, looked up, and downloaded from nearby IPFS nodes. […]

Build a digital asset tokenization framework for financial services use cases using Amazon Managed Blockchain – Part 1

This is the first post in a series of posts covering digital asset tokenization in financial services, a topic which is seeing tremendous interest in the sector. The series aims to be a guide for financial services customers looking to learn more about the topic, and who may be considering building a digital asset capability for their […]

Retrieve Bitcoin and Ethereum Public Blockchain Data with Amazon Managed Blockchain Query

Over the past two years, public blockchain adoption has been driven by three primary use cases: decentralized finance (DeFi), which provides an open financial system built using smart contracts on public blockchains non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that certify ownership of digital assets and enable broad transferability of those digital assets digital currency payments that enable value […]

Introducing Amazon Managed Blockchain Access Bitcoin

Builders in the blockchain space are often burdened with the undifferentiated heavy lifting involved in managing a resilient fleet of blockchain node clients to access one or more public blockchains. Configuring, provisioning, and maintaining a multitude of public blockchain nodes can be prohibitively resource intensive, both in infrastructure costs and in the human hours required […]

AWS expands Amazon Managed Blockchain with Access and Query

Today, we are happy to announce the general availability of Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB) Access and Query. These two services expand AMB’s capabilities to help developers seamlessly interact with public blockchains so they can build scalable applications quickly and securely. AMB Access provides a new serverless offering for non-mining, full blockchain nodes. With AMB Access, […]

How Broadridge used Amazon Managed Blockchain to build a private equity lifecycle management solution

Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE: BR), a global Fintech leader with more than $5 billion in revenues, provides the critical infrastructure that powers investing, corporate governance, and communications to enable better financial lives. We deliver technology-driven solutions that drive digital transformation for banks, broker-dealers, asset and wealth managers and public companies. Broadridge’s infrastructure serves as a […]

Deploy an Ethereum development environment using Amazon EC2 and Amazon Managed Blockchain

In this post, you learn how to deploy a cloud-based development environment with which to build, test, and deploy smart contracts on the public Ethereum Goerli testnet via a dedicated Ethereum full node managed using Amazon Managed Blockchain. You can also use the steps outlined in this post to create a development environment on the […]

Contributing to therapeutic drug development using Amazon Managed Blockchain

In the pharmaceutical industry, the cost of clinical research and clinical trials is extremely high, which results in higher drug prices and insurance expenses. Furthermore, the high costs have resulted in decreased numbers of clinical trials at national research institutes and universities, slowing the progress of pharmaceutical research. In addition, incidents of data falsification or […]

Amazon Managed Blockchain sessions and workshops from AWS re:Invent 2022

Engaging with the customers at AWS re:Invent is always a great opportunity for us to learn more about their use cases, get their feedback on our services, and present new features and capabilities. The Amazon Managed Blockchain team conducted a series of presentations and workshops that focused on how customers are using blockchain technology and […]