Let’s Architect! Architecting for Blockchain
AWS Architecture BlogLet’s Architect! Architecting for Blockchainby Luca Mezzalira, Laura Hyatt, Vittorio Denti, and Zamira Jaupaj | on23 MAR 2022| inAmazon Managed Blockchain,Architecture,Blockchain|Permalink|ShareYou’ve likely read about or heard someone talk about blockchain. This distributed and decentralized ledger collects immutable blocks of information and helps secure your data without going through third party. It is commonly used to maintain secure and decentralized records for registries, consensus, cryptocurrencies, and the latest trend: non-fungible tokens (NFTs).This collection of content will help you learn the basics of blockchain and drill down in to the mindset to apply while architecting for blockchain. We focus on the architectural aspects to explain what the blockchain is from a technological perspective, how it works, when we need it, as well as its characteristics applied to different scenarios.Amazon Managed Blockchain: When to use blockchainThere is a lot of buzz about blockchain, but when should you use it? What are its benefits and limitations? This video introduces you toAmazon Managed Blockchainand will help you identify if blockchain is a good solution for you and what type of blockchain is best suited for your use case.John Liu covers the characteristics and benefits of private and public blockchainDeep Dive on Amazon Managed BlockchainIn this video, Johnathan Fritz, a Principal Product Manager for Managed Blockchain shares some challenges his team faced while building a distributed and immutable network and how they overcame them. The talk provides a good example of mental models you can use to understand and solve challenges while architecting.Blockchain is based on a consensus mechanism in a distributed systemMint and deploy NFTs to the Ethereum blockchain using Amazon Managed BlockchainBuying NFTs is a hot topic right now. But how do you create your own? This blog post provides you a step-by-step guide that shows you how to create an NFT and how to establish a workflow to deployERC-721contracts to the public blockchainEthereumRinkeby testnet.The architecture uses Managed Blockchain to take advantage of maintained Ethereum nodes and allow developers to focus on smart contractsHow Specright uses Amazon QLDB to create a traceable supply chain networkBlockchain and distributed ledger technologies focus on decentralizing applications involving multiple parties where no single entity owns the application. When your application is decentralized and involves multiple, unknown parties, blockchains can be appropriate. On the other hand, if your application only requires a complete and verifiable history of data changes, you can consider a ledger database.This post shows howSpecrightuses useAmazon Quantum Ledger Database (Amazon QLDB)to generate a complete, verifiable history of data changes, to generate an append-only immutable journal of events. Their architecture makes sure that all members of the network have access to the same and latest version of the specification to instantly track change history to investigate quality issues.This architecture allows all members of the supply chain network to access the same and latest versions of specificationsSee you next time!Thanks for reading! If you’re looking for more ways tools to architect your workload, check out theAWS Architecture Center.See you in a couple of weeks when we discuss strategies for running microservices with containers!Other posts in this seriesLet’s Architect! Architecting for SustainabilityLet’s Architect! Architecting for Machine LearningLet’s Architect! Architecting for SecurityTAGS:Let's ArchitectLuca MezzaliraLuca is Principal Solutions Architect based in London. He has authored several books and is an international speaker. He lent his expertise predominantly in the solution architecture field. Luca has gained accolades for revolutionizing the scalability of front-end architectures with micro-frontends, from increasing the efficiency of workflows, to delivering quality in products.Laura HyattLaura Hyatt is a Solutions Architect for AWS Public Sector and helps Education customers in the UK. Laura helps customers not only architect and develop scalable solutions but also think big on innovative solutions facing the education sector at present. Laura's specialty is IoT, and she is also the Alexa SME for Education across EMEA.Vittorio DentiVittorio Denti is a Machine Learning Engineer at Amazon based in London. After completing his M.Sc. in Computer Science and Engineering at Politecnico di Milano (Milan) and the KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Stockholm), he joined AWS. Vittorio has a background in distributed systems and machine learning. He's especially passionate about software engineering and the latest innovations in machine learning science.Zamira JaupajZamira is an Enterprise Solutions Architect based in the Netherlands. She is highly passionate IT professional with over 10 years of multi-national experience in designing and implementing critical and complex solutions with containers, serverless, and data analytics for small and enterprise companies.
You’ve likely read about or heard someone talk about blockchain. This distributed and decentralized ledger collects immutable blocks of information and helps secure your data without going through third party. It is commonly used to maintain secure and decentralized records for registries, consensus, cryptocurrencies, and the latest trend: non-fungible tokens (NFTs). This collection of content […]
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