Flare Launches Blockchain Images on Google Cloud

Flare, the blockchain for data networks, has released a new tool that allows the setting up of blockchain nodes quickly and cheaply

Flare’s newest product is Blockchain Machine Images, a node-as-a-service option that lets web3 developers use Google Cloud’s marketplace for faster node deployment. Running independent apps, blockchain platforms, and data streams with Blockchain Machine Images is now easier.

The answer works with many of the best blockchain networks, such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Avalanche.

The Flare team said on October 25 that blockchain developers can use this option to set up and connect dedicated nodes quickly. Users can also choose a picture ID for autoscaling, and the infrastructure can be set up and used in just a few minutes.

Flare pointed out that making it easier to install and sync nodes is good for the ecosystem as a whole. For $300 a month, companies can run a dedicated Flare node. This is much less than other node-as-a-service platforms, which charge up to $2,000 monthly.

Flare’s new node service lets you make as many remote process calls, workloads, and data indexing requests as possible. Josh Edwards, vice president of engineering at Flare, says that Blockchain Machine Images is a tool that will help Flare’s authentication providers.

Attestation providers are separate organizations in the Flare environment whose job is to get data from outside networks like Bitcoin or Ripple safely. Because they verify data and send it to the blockchain, these companies are very important to Flare’s ecosystem.