Tech giant Google announced on Thursday that it is introducing a custom Blockchain Node Engine (BNE) built on Google Cloud.
With BNE node-hosting service, Web 3.0 businesses may build smart contracts, relay transactions, and read or write blockchain data on Google Cloud.
For blockchain developers, the service will make onboarding and node infrastructure simpler.
The first blockchain that BNE will support is Ethereum. According to the company:
“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.”
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 a developer team on call to keep an eye out for potential disruptions because it is a fully managed solution.
Regarding business development in the Web 3.0 space, Google has been active. In the past, Google and Near Protocol collaborated to offer technical assistance to the winners of the latter’s grants. The internet titan partnered with Coinbase two weeks earlier to integrate cryptocurrency payments into its cloud services.
Several well-known Web 3.0 businesses, including Solana, Hedera, and Dapper Labs, are now using Google Cloud. The layer-1 blockchain company Aptos has also claimed that by integrating the tech giant’s Cloud, node deployment times have been slashed to under 15 minutes.