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The Critical Question Facing Web3 Infrastructure Startups

Tom Tunguz

Perhaps this dynamic drives consolidation in the market, paralleling the web2 infrastructure hypermarts of AWS, GCP, and Azure. Migrate the database (blockchain) and the file system to ensure on-chain asset ownership survives the company. Developers pay for low-latency storage with the same protocol token as they would pay for compute.

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Microsoft touts its first managed blockchain service: JPMorgan’s Quorum

IT World

Microsoft today announced its first Azure-based, managed blockchain platform using JPM's Quorum enterprise-class distributed ledger technology. Since 2015, Microsoft's Azure cloud service has allowed users to install a number of blockchain platforms, including Enterprise Ethereum, Hyperledger Fabric, R3 Corda, and Quorum.

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Microsoft launches Azure-based blockchain development kit

ITPro

Another blockchain project has been announced by Microsoft which aims to integrate blockchain and its cloud services.

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Ockam SDK taps blockchain-based identity services for IoT

IT World

Ockam Blockchain Network. When the SDK is added to firmware in connected devices, the devices become clients of the Ockam Blockchain Network, providing identity and trust for IoT and deployed on the Microsoft Azure cloud. . | Also: InfoWorld’s David Linthicum explains what exactly is edge computing. ].

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Ockam SDK taps blockchain-based identity services for IoT

IT World

Ockam Blockchain Network. When the SDK is added to firmware in connected devices, the devices become clients of the Ockam Blockchain Network, providing identity and trust for IoT and deployed on the Microsoft Azure cloud. . | Also: InfoWorld’s David Linthicum explains what exactly is edge computing. ].

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SaaStr Podcasts for the Week with Justin Bedecarre, Jen Nguyen, Jason Lemkin, and Aaron Levie

SaaStr

Five people in the digital team were looking at blockchain projects and three people on that digital team were looking for long term AI transformation. You don’t hear about the blockchain initiatives anymore. Jason Lemkin: Everyone had a pet project, right? Aaron Levie: Everybody had their digital team. Is AWS in the lead?