Cloud Provider Comparisons: AWS vs Azure vs GCP – Blockchain

In Cloud Provider Comparisons, we take a look at the same cloud services across the three major public cloud providers – Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). In this episode we put the focus on blockchain. What is blockchain? Join ACG’s Scott Pletcher as he explains exactly what blockchain is (in simple terms!), where blockchain is used, and how the clouds compare when it comes to blockchain technology.

Links to everything covered in this episode are provided below.

Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:35 What is blockchain?
2:35 What applications use blockchain?
2:51 How do GCP, Azure, and AWS compare when it comes to blockchain technology?
6:21 What about other cloud providers?

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Continue your blockchain learning at ACG with these courses:
– Blockchain Explained (https://acloudguru.com/course/blockchain-explained)
– Blockchain Essentials (https://acloudguru.com/course/blockchain-essentials)
– The Future of Tech: Blockchain: https://youtu.be/V_hWgZc9xrU
– AWS Service Spotlight – Amazon Managed Blockchain, with Corey Quinn: https://acloud.guru/series/aws-service-spotlight/view/201
– Azure This Week: Blockchain’s Role in Azure SQL Database Ledger: https://acloud.guru/series/azure-this-week/view/423?_ga=2.236860290.281247614.1637629352-2037779948.1627441759

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Episode resources:
– Satoshi Nakamoto Institute – Computer Systems Established by David Chaum: https://nakamotoinstitute.org/static/docs/computer-systems-by-mutually-suspicious-groups.pdf
– Bellcore – How to Time-Stamp a Digital Document: https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download;jsessionid=3C1D09CBE27F74065DA9DDEFC7CCE747?doi=10.1.1.46.8740&rep=rep1&type=pdf
– Surety: https://www.surety.com
– Azure blockchain solutions: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/solutions/blockchain/
– ConsenSys: https://consensys.net/
– Azure SQL Database: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-au/products/azure-sql/database/
– Azure Confidential Ledger: https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/services/azure-confidential-ledger/
– AWS Managed Blockchain: https://aws.amazon.com/managed-blockchain/
– Amazon Quantum Ledger Database (QLDB): https://aws.amazon.com/qldb/
– IBM Blockchain: https://www.ibm.com/au-en/blockchain
– Hyperledger Fabric: https://github.com/hyperledger/fabric
– Oracle Blockchain Platform: https://docs.oracle.com/en/cloud/paas/blockchain-cloud/
– Gartner’s Hype Cycle for Blockchain 2021: https://blogs.gartner.com/avivah-litan/2021/07/14/hype-cycle-for-blockchain-2021-more-action-than-hype/

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