Tech giant Amazon just announced the general availability of Ethereum on its managed blockchain.
According to Amazon Web Services, or AWS, users now have the ability to “provision Ethereum nodes” as well as connect to the blockchain’s mainnet as well as the Ropsten and Rinkeby testnets through the Amazon Managed Blockchain. The program claims to offer secure access to the network with “standard open-source Ethereum APIs” and syncs to the Ethereum blockchain.
“Amazon Managed Blockchain monitors node health, replaces unhealthy nodes, and automates Ethereum software upgrades, improving the availability of customers’ Ethereum infrastructure,” said the firm. “In addition to DeFi applications, customers building analytical products such as smart contract monitoring tools and fraud detection software can also benefit from this scalable, highly available, and fully managed Ethereum service.”
AWS first launched its Amazon Managed Blockchain in April 2019, saying at the…