Amazon’s Managed Blockchain Makes Blockchain Data Accessible To All: Report

Key Points:

• Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB) offers developers access to blockchain data across multiple chains through APIs.
• AMB Access expands node offerings with serverless, scalable access to blockchains.
• AMB Query provides developers with access to blockchain data across multiple chains, starting with Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB) provides developers access to data across multiple chains, beginning with Bitcoin and Ethereum, through APIs. AMB Access offers scalable access to blockchains, expanding node offerings. AMB Query provides data access.

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched Amazon Managed Blockchain (AMB), a fully managed service that provides developers access to blockchain data across multiple chains through application programming interfaces (APIs). The service offers AMB Access, which expands AMB’s node offerings with serverless, scalable access to blockchains.

Developers can use standard remote procedure calls to interact with digital assets and distributed applications across multiple blockchains without specialized infrastructure. The service will initially support the Bitcoin network. AMB Query provides developers access to blockchain data across multiple chains, beginning with Bitcoin and Ethereum, through APIs. Pricing is done through a pay-as-you-go model.

During the two-day AWS Web3/Blockchain Summit in New York City, the company expanded the general availability of AMB Access and Query functions. Amazon lists the potential use cases as custodial and wallet crypto applications and Web3 consumer engagement campaigns that use non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

Amazon Web Services is the largest provider of cloud services in the world. The Seattle-founded tech giant added Amazon Managed Blockchain to the mix in 2019 and has gradually moved further into the Web3 space. Earlier this year, Amazon posted new job listings for Web3 staffers.

Developers can now interact with digital assets and distributed applications across multiple blockchains without specialized infrastructure. In addition, the service will initially support the Bitcoin network, which is the most well-known and widely used blockchain.

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